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shewhoguards
Premium Review Beamish North of England Open Air Museum: Walk Down Memory Lane (485 words)
by shewhoguards - written on 29.05.08 (Very useful, 57 readings)
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It was a beautiful Bank Holiday Sunday and I had a friend staying with me. Being that we both enjoy a bit of history now and then we decided to take a drive down to Beamish. Beamish is a very large North Eastern open air museum. The entire thing is based in 1913 and you can ride on real old trams and buses between places such as a town ...

anwar7
Crowned Review Step back in time ! (1648 words)
by anwar7 - written on 20.10.07 (Very useful, 173 readings)
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One of my families favourite destinations for a great day out is Beamish open air museum. Situated in the north east of England Beamish has won British museum of the year award not only for the U.K but for Europe too. Advertised as where the past comes to life Beamish will take you back in time to the 1800’s and 1900’s. Getting ...

juicy_lucy
Crowned Review Beamish North of England Open Air Museum: Back in time (1596 words)
by juicy_lucy - written on 24.04.06 (Very useful, 262 readings)
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Beamish Easter Bank Holiday weekend, and it’s the same thing- where do we go today? So, one day, it was off to Beamish Museum, since I hadn’t been there since I had taken a class of children, and knew it would be somewhere Little Miss and her friend would enjoy Beamish museum is an Open air museum and is advertised as a place ...

perfectangel1
Premium Review Turning back the clock (905 words)
by perfectangel1 - written on 01.07.03 (Very useful, 95 readings)
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This was interesting for all of my family as we all share the same interest about finding about how people used to live. Going to beamish was a great way to find out. It was like going back in time??????.. ~~~Location~~~ This museum is located in County Durham about 12 miles north of Durham city ~~~What it is~~~~ Beamish is ...

Beamish North of England Open Air Museum: Turning back the clock (915 words)
by - written on 18.06.03
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Beamish North or England Open Air museum This was interesting for all of my family as we all share the same interest about finding about how people used to live. Going to beamish was a great way to find out. It was like going back in time??????.. ~~~Location~~~ This museum is located in County Durham about 12 miles north of ...

meah
Crowned Review An Extraordinary Day Out (1114 words)
by meah - written on 11.08.02 (Very useful, 351 readings)
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Approximately four miles north of Durham City and nine miles south of Newcastle upon Tyne encompassing 450 acres of beautiful countryside you find Beamish, The North of England Open Air Museum. Since the opening of the museum in the 1970’s I have been many times, it was a favourite family day out when our children were younger and is still ...

robinlawrie
Crowned Review Beamish North of England Open Air Museum: Victorian Nostalgia (1310 words)
by robinlawrie - written on 17.10.01 (Very useful, 1080 readings)
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The North of England Open Air Museum at Beamish in County Durham has won many prestigious awards since it’s opening some 30 years ago. Unless you have been and seen for yourself, you will not realise just what an ambitious project this actually is. The objective that they have set themselves is to have a living and working environment based ...

collingwood21
Crowned Review Beamish Open Air Museum (1211 words)
by collingwood21 - written on 04.10.01 (Very useful, 65 readings)
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Beamish - the North of England Open Air Museum - is situated in County Durham, close to the cities of Durham and Newcastle. As a museum studies student, I visited Beamish yesterday on a jaunt (sorry, educational visit), and am now going to exploit this opportunity to write an op on my experience there; I hope you will all find it useful! :-) ...

ks.h
Crowned Review Beamish North of England Open Air Museum: A Step Back in Time (1165 words)
by ks.h - written on 16.09.01 (Very useful, 189 readings)
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Beamish, The North of England Open Air Museum is situated in 300 acres of beautiful countryside just north of Durham City and nine mile south of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, it was opened in the 1970s. This is no ordinary museum but a living, working life size experience of how we lived in the 1800s and early 1900s and it has been improved and added to ...

shelley222
Premium Review the pride of the North East (1158 words)
by shelley222 - written on 03.07.01 (Very useful, 69 readings)
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Beamish is certainly the place where the past comes to life. This open air museum recreates life in the North of England in the early 1800s and 1900s in an entertaining way for visitors of all ages. Museum staff are dressed in period costumes and all act out the parts they are playing and are very friendly and entertaining and this certainly ...

geckohunter
Premium Review Beamish North of England Open Air Museum: Superb day out for all the family! Bringing history to life! (320 words)
by geckohunter - written on 22.05.01 (Very useful, 222 readings)
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Me and my family have jsut got back from a weekend in Durham. Not only was it a fantastic weekend in a great town, but without question, the highspot was the Beamish Open-air Museum. Unlike many other museums, this museam is real-life and your are encouraged to interact as much as possible. It is a town as you would have found in ...

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