Beamish Museum: Town

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The Town portion of Beamish Museum occupies the north east corner of the site. The tramway runs east-west through a main street of shops, with a row of buildings along the north side, plus a park and a shorter row on the south side. At the east end, it curves south, with further buildings on either side.

General views

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  From Pit Village (to the south west)

Main street

Looking east down main street

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Main street, north side

Facades

The longest row of buildings is on the north side of the main street. From west to east, they are (with signage writing & colour):

• 54.889276°N 1.661527°W / 54.889276; -1.661527 A row of terraced houses (Ravensworth Terrace), incorporating a music teacher, dentist's surgery and family home, and solicitor’s office
• 54.889325°N 1.661218°W / 54.889325; -1.661218 A pub
  • The Sun Inn (black on white)
• 54.889317°N 1.661108°W / 54.889317; -1.661108 The arched entrance to the stables
  • Delivery Stable, The Newcastle Breweries Ltd (red on white)
  • Beamish Horse & Carriage Hire (red on yellow)
  • Joseph G. Carr Livery & Bait Stables (white on black)
• 54.889342°N 1.660987°W / 54.889342; -1.660987 A stationers/newspaper office/print works
  • J. C. Ord & Son (large black, small cream on blue)
  • Northern Daily Mail/Sunderland Daily Echo (cream on green)
• 54.889382°N 1.660757°W / 54.889382; -1.660757 A sweet shop
  • Jubilee Confectioners (gold on red)
  • Jubilee Confectioners (gold on black)
• 54.889453°N 1.660515°W / 54.889453; -1.660515 A waiting room for trams/buses, plus toilets built into each end (gents in the west, ladies in the east)
  • Beamish Tramway & Omnibus Waiting Room (black on white)

At the eastern end, beside the waiting room, is a stone fountain 54.889403°N 1.660325°W / 54.889403; -1.660325

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  End of terrace
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  End of terrace
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  terrace (dentist)
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  terrace, pub, stables
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  terrace, pub, stables, print works
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  print works
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  terrace, pub, stables, print works, sweet shop, waiting room
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  waiting room (gents toilet)
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  waiting room
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  waiting room (ladies toilet)
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  waiting room (ladies toilet)

Detail

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  Letter box on the solicitor's, Ravensworth Terrace
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  Brass plate for the doctors, Ravensworth Terrace
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  Plaque on Jubilee Confectioners
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  street & for sale signs at the west end of Ravensworth Terrace
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  Entrance to the gents toilet in the tram/bus waiting room building
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  Door into the stables courtyard, in the alleyway between the print works (right) and the sweet shop (left)
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  Posters on the wall next to (east of) the sweet shop

Main street, south side

Facades

On the south side, there are just two buildings, opposite the print works & sweet shop.

• 54.889128°N 1.660835°W / 54.889128; -1.660835 A general store (west)
  • Annfield Plain Industrial Co-Operative Society (cream on dark red)
• 54.889165°N 1.660582°W / 54.889165; -1.660582 A motor garage (east)
  • Motor & Cycle Works (large) / T. Cowie Ltd (small) (cream on green)

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  Co-Op, from Ravensworth Terrace
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  Co-Op, from Ravensworth Terrace
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  Garage & Co-Op
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  Garage (masonic lodge left)

Detail

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  Co-Op sidewalk, looking west
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  Co-Op sidewalk, looking west
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  Co-Op store window
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  Co-Op bicycle
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  Garage, looking north out of the entrance to the sweet shop
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  Oil cans in the motor works showroom window
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  1908 Armstrong-Whitworth car (S 130) in the motor works showroom window
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  1913 Renault car(PA 6186) in the motor works showroom window

Rear area

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  The view east across the back of the garage, to the bakery (under construction)

Main street curve

At its eastern end, the main street curves to the south. There are four buildings that front onto the street in this section:

• 54.889354°N 1.660065°W / 54.889354; -1.660065 A bank (east side, in line with the main street)
  • Barclays Bank (masonry)
• A small garage building in between the bank and lodge (a fabrication to hide the lift shaft of the masonic hall)
• 54.889226°N 1.659917°W / 54.889226; -1.659917 A masonic lodge (east side, south neighbour to the bank)
• 54.88896°N 1.660253°W / 54.88896; -1.660253 A bakery (west side)
  • Joseph Herron's (cream on mauve)

Street & facades

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  Looking NW along the curve
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  Looking NW along the curve
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  Looking N into the curve
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  Looking N into the curve
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  Looking NE, up the street to bank
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  Fountain, bank, lodge
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  Looking S across the curve along the street
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  Looking SE across the curve
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  bank & lodge facade
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  bank & lodge facade
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  bank & lodge facade
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  bank & lodge facade
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  bank & lodge facade
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  bank & lodge facade
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  bank facade
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  bank facade
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  bank facade
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  bank facade
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  bank, from Ravensworth Terrace front gardens
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  lodge facade
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  lodge facade
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  bakery facade
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  bakery facade
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  bakery (behind the tram)
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  Van turning the corner into the E-W section
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  Horse & cart turning the corner into the E-W section
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  Looking NE to the outside edge of the corner

Detail

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  Plaque on the bank's south gable end
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  Plaque on the bank's south gable end
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  Manager outside the bank

Interiors

Bank

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  counter
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  office
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  strongbox
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  strongbox
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  strongroom
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  strongroom
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  strongroom
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  strongroom
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  strongroom transformer

Co-op

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  window display
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  counter
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  food shelves
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  food shelves
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  food shelves
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  food shelves
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  homeware shelves
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  cleaning shelves
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  cleaning shelves
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  hardware shelves
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  hardware shelves
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  shoe shelves
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  linen shelves
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  linen shelves
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  lino display
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  biscuit display
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  Fry's Chocolate display
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  boot display
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  nightdress display
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  poster
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  poster
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  back office

Masonic lodge

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  mosaic
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  lodge room east end (from the balcony)
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  lodge room east end (from the balcony)
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  lodge room east end (from the balcony)
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  lodge room east end (from the balcony)
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  lodge room east end (from the balcony)
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  lodge room east end (from the balcony)
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  lodge room east end (from the balcony)
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  lodge room east end
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  Master's position (lodge room east end)
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  lodge room east end marble
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  lodge room east end marble
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  lodge room west end
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  Senior Warden's position (lodge room west end)
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  Senior Warden's position (lodge room west end)
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  Junior Warden's position (lodge room south side)
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  Stained glass beside the Senior Warden's position
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  paintings in the lodge room
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  display room (upstairs, west end)
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  display room (upstairs, west end)
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  display room (upstairs, west end)
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  painting in the display room
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  painting in the display room
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  Stained glass in the display room window (west facade)
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Printers

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  Stationary counter (bottom floor, western half)
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Pub

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Ravensworth Terrace

No. 2 - Music teacher (Miss Florence Smith)

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  parlour
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  kitchen
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  front bedroom

No. 3 - Dentists (J. Jones)

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  surgery
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  surgery
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  surgery
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  workshop
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No. 4 - Residence of J. Jones

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  kitchen
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  parlour
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  master bedroom
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  master bedroom
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  nursery
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  nursery
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  bathroom
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No. 5 - Solicitor's (J. & R.S. Watson)

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Sweet shop

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Motor & Cycle works

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  Showroom (looking north)
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  MUP 662 in the rear garage, front half, east side (facing north)
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  MUP 662 in the rear garage, front half, east side (facing north)
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  BR 211 in the rear garage, rear half, west side (facing north)
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  BK 8794 in the rear garage, rear half, east side (facing north)
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  Looking east across the back of the rear garage
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  BP sign
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  sign on the rear wall of the rear garage

Other

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  Bakery equipment

Tramway detail

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  Crossover opposite the pub

Livery stables

The entrance arch for the stables in the north side of main street opens out onto a courtyard 54.889465°N 1.661087°W / 54.889465; -1.661087, which has stable blocks on its west side (behind the pub) and the north side. On the east side is the entrance to the large E-W aligned Carriage House, while on the south side, backing onto the rear of the print works, is a smaller carriage shed.

Courtyard

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  The SW corner of the courtyard & entrance archway from main street
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  Horse outside the north stable block
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  Horses outside the large carriage shed
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  Horse & carriage in the courtyard (SE corner)
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  Water butt in the courtyard (south east corner of the north stable block)
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Carriage sheds

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  The small carriage shed (south side)

Interiors

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  Carriage House interior, NW corner
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  Carriage House interior, NW corner
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  Carriage House interior, NW corner
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  Carriage House interior, NE corner
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  Carriage House interior, NE corner
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  Carriage House interior, NE corner
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  Carriage House interior, NE corner
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  Carriage House interior, SE corner
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  Carriage House interior, SE corner
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  Carriage House smithy (south wall)
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  Carriage House office (east wall)
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  Carriage House interior
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  Posters on lockers in the Carriage House (south wall)
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  Inside the small carriage shed
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  Inside the small carriage shed
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  One of the stable stalls
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  One of the stable stalls

Redman Park

On the south side of main street, west of the Co-Op and opposite Ravensworth Terrace, is a park. Entry is via a gate in the corner next to the Co-Op, opposite the pub.

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  Looking north along the side of the Co-Op, across the park gate, to the pub
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  Re-enactors leave the park entrance

WWI memorial gun

Object location	54° 53′ 19.04″ N, 1° 39′ 40.88″ W	View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap	54.888621; -1.661355

Reflecting the custom of the period, Redman Park features a captured German artillery piece on display as a World War 1 memorial. Positioned on the south side facing east, it's a 15 cm Kanone 16. It's not an actual ready to fire artillery piece, rather it's the barrel still on its 4 wheeled transporter wagon, with one of its axles removed.

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Bandstand

Centrepiece of the the park is the bandstand.

Object location	54° 53′ 20.22″ N, 1° 39′ 40.88″ W	View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap	54.888951; -1.661355

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  NE side (path from the park entrance)
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  NE side
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  west side
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  SE side
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  (on the right) Looking NE across the park to the pub

West of Ravensworth Terrace

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  Looking east along the road from the railway
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  Van approaching the railway
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  Looking east along the road from the railway (showing ice cream trailer)
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  Ice cream trailer
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  Fencing beyond Ravensworth Terrace
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  Fencing beyond Ravensworth Terrace
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  End of Ravensworth Terrace, from Redman Park

East of bakery

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  Looking east along the final section of double-track tramway at the east end of Town

Post boxes

See Beamish Museum: Post boxes