{"id":872,"date":"2021-03-01T11:49:58","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T11:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stoswaldsfarm.co.uk\/blog\/?p=872"},"modified":"2021-03-01T11:50:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T11:50:00","slug":"discovering-our-museums-beamish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stoswaldsfarm.co.uk\/blog\/2021\/discovering-our-museums-beamish\/","title":{"rendered":"Discovering our Museums &#8211; Beamish"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>St Oswald&#8217;s Farm is so well placed for days out in Northumberland and there is so much to see and to do and experience across the County and the whole of the North East.  So whether you stay for a weekend, a week or two weeks you won&#8217;t be short of places to visit and enjoy.  If you like to soak up the history and enjoy discovering museums during your time away then Northumberland most definitely won&#8217;t disappoint!  Our museums are all so very different and many bring to life the lives of the people who once lived and worked here, and none more so than Beamish, an astonishing living and working museum set in over 300 acres of beautiful countryside in nearby Durham.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stoswaldsfarm.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Pit-village-canva-small.png\" alt=\"alt=&quot;Beamish pit village and countryside&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-899\" width=\"575\" height=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stoswaldsfarm.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Pit-village-canva-small.png 500w, https:\/\/www.stoswaldsfarm.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Pit-village-canva-small-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.stoswaldsfarm.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Pit-village-canva-small-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.stoswaldsfarm.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Pit-village-canva-small-125x125.png 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><figcaption>The Pit Village &#8211; Beamish<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Beamish&nbsp;&#8211; The Living Museum of the North is a world famous open air museum which tells the story of life in North East England during the 1820s, 1900s, 1940s and 1950s.  &#8220;A living, working museum that uses its collections to connect with people from all walks of life and tells the story of everyday life in the North East of England&#8221;.  And my goodness is certainly does, and in the best and most imaginative way ever!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You will step back in time when you visit Beamish, it is nostalgic, authentic, factual, enchanting, everything about it is interactive and engaging, you can&#8217;t help but be in awe of it&#8217;s scale and fond of it&#8217;s charm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"666\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stoswaldsfarm.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Beamish-permission-to-use-small.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"889\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.stoswaldsfarm.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=889\" class=\"wp-image-889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stoswaldsfarm.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Beamish-permission-to-use-small.jpg 666w, https:\/\/www.stoswaldsfarm.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Beamish-permission-to-use-small-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Board the tram&#8230;..<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"637\" height=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stoswaldsfarm.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Beamish-tram-free-to-use-small.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"891\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.stoswaldsfarm.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Beamish-tram-free-to-use-small.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.stoswaldsfarm.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=891\" class=\"wp-image-891\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stoswaldsfarm.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Beamish-tram-free-to-use-small.jpg 637w, https:\/\/www.stoswaldsfarm.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Beamish-tram-free-to-use-small-300x184.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 637px) 100vw, 637px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">&#8230;.and travel back in time<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hop on the tram and discover how families lived and worked in the years leading up to World War 1 in the 1900&#8217;s town, it&#8217;s everything a town should be.  A bank, the printers, a well stocked Co-op, the Masonic Hall, a chemist and the town stables.  See vintage cars, motorcycles and bikes in the replica early 1900&#8217;s garage, call in at Herron&#8217;s Bakery and watch bread and cakes being made using traditional recipes or pop into Jubilee confectioners and see &#8216;ye olde fashioned sweets&#8217; being made and of course there&#8217;s plenty to tempt you if you would like to take some treats to take home.  Buy a pint in The Sun Inn, try your hand at games at the fairground or enjoy a picnic by the bandstand in the Town park and if you time it right, the brass band will be playing too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"451\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stoswaldsfarm.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Beamish-horse-free-to-use-small.jpg\" alt=\"alt=&quot;horse and cart at Beamish&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stoswaldsfarm.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Beamish-horse-free-to-use-small.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.stoswaldsfarm.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Beamish-horse-free-to-use-small-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>Horse and cart at Beamish<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mining was a huge part of North East life and the 1900&#8217;s Colliery and Pit Village depict the life of the men and boys and ponies who worked the mines and how families lived in a pit village.  Admire the well tended vegetable gardens, grab a takeout at the local fish and chip shop, visit the chapel or go to school, you can even test your skill with the &#8216;booler&#8217; in the school yard.  You might need a Geordie dictionary to know what a booler is!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stoswaldsfarm.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Beamish-steam-train-free-to-use-small-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"902\" class=\"wp-image-902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stoswaldsfarm.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Beamish-steam-train-free-to-use-small-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.stoswaldsfarm.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Beamish-steam-train-free-to-use-small-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Railways at Beamish<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"563\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stoswaldsfarm.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Beamish-locomotive-free-to-use-smaller.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"903\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.stoswaldsfarm.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Beamish-locomotive-free-to-use-smaller.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.stoswaldsfarm.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=903\" class=\"wp-image-903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stoswaldsfarm.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Beamish-locomotive-free-to-use-smaller.jpg 563w, https:\/\/www.stoswaldsfarm.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Beamish-locomotive-free-to-use-smaller-300x236.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 563px) 100vw, 563px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Jump back on board the bus or tram and head to the 1940&#8217;s farm where you can walk through the homes of those living an everyday domestic life during wartime.  See how evacuees adjusted to living a rural life and what life was like for the land girls.  The farmhouse, the cottage, the old farm implements and buildings,  be sure to take note of the pig troughs at the farm, they once resided here at St Oswald&#8217;s Farm, and in fact they were where our house is now, before being given to Beamish around 50 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"658\" height=\"379\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stoswaldsfarm.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Beamish-farm-free-to-use-small-1.jpg\" alt=\"alt=&quot;old tractor at Beamish&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stoswaldsfarm.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Beamish-farm-free-to-use-small-1.jpg 658w, https:\/\/www.stoswaldsfarm.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Beamish-farm-free-to-use-small-1-300x173.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 658px) 100vw, 658px\" \/><figcaption>Life on the 1940&#8217;s farm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A visit to Beamish is a full day out with so much to explore and see and set over such a large area, be sure to wear comfortable shoes, as there&#8217;s lots to walk around and you wouldn&#8217;t want to miss a single bit!  It&#8217;s around an hour&#8217;s drive from St Oswald&#8217;s and we would recommend planning a whole day there to be sure you are able to enjoy it fully.  There&#8217;s plenty of loos and places to grab a bite to eat and plenty places to sit and enjoy a picnic if you would prefer.  For all the details of visiting Beamish please check their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beamish.org.uk\/\">website<\/a> for up to date information and current guidance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whatever your interest you&#8217;ll be sure to find plenty to see and do in the North East and of course if you need any help or guidance on where to visit you just need to ask and we&#8217;ll be happy to help.  We look forward to welcoming you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stoswaldsfarm.co.uk\">here<\/a> very soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St Oswald&#8217;s Farm is so well placed for days out in Northumberland and there is so much to see and to do and experience across the County and the whole of the North East. So whether you stay for a weekend, a week or two weeks you won&#8217;t be short of places to visit and<a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stoswaldsfarm.co.uk\/blog\/2021\/discovering-our-museums-beamish\/\" title=\"ReadDiscovering our Museums &#8211; Beamish\">&#8230; Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[35,36,39,40,37,5,38],"class_list":["post-872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hadrians-wall-area-attractions","category-northumberland","tag-beamish","tag-days-out","tag-durham","tag-museums","tag-north-east","tag-northumberland","tag-visit-northumberland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stoswaldsfarm.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stoswaldsfarm.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stoswaldsfarm.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stoswaldsfarm.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stoswaldsfarm.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=872"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.stoswaldsfarm.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":914,"href":"https:\/\/www.stoswaldsfarm.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872\/revisions\/914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stoswaldsfarm.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stoswaldsfarm.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stoswaldsfarm.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}