Visitors Book

Here is a selection of the comments received in my Virtual Tour of Beamish Museum Visitors Book.

Name:
Jane Keogh
From:: Stockport
E-Mail:: james.keogh903@ntlworld.com
Comments:
It's been many years {17 in fact} since I have last visited Beamish and what a change. I am looking forward to bringing my children this summer to experience this wonderful place.
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Date created:: 28/02/2007

Name:
Lynn Henderson
From:: Penrith, Cumbria
E-Mail:
Comments:: MY HUSBAND WENT TO THE CAR SHOW THE OTHER WEEK WITH OUR FIVE CHILDREN.
I THINK BEAMISH IS A NICE PLACE TO TAKE THE CHILDREN TOO.
THERE IS SO MUCH TO DOO TOO.
WE LIKE GOING ON THE TRAM AND TRAIN.
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Date created:: 14/06/2006

Name:

Roxanne Dagg

From:

Milton Keynes

E-Mail:

Comments:

This is a really great tour we live in the south east of England Buckingham, near Milton Keynes, so it is quite a long way.

We did come to the museum when it was first being built, but there was still a lot of work to do, we had a really nice time, I love the north east my husband is a Sunderland man.

To come on this website for such a great tour has made me decide to come and visit Beamish in the summer again.

Thank you for the tour.

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25/02/2006

Name:: E Hewis
From:: Not Given
E-Mail:
Comments:: Fantastic website, I came across it whilst searching for the official Beamish site, yours is much better.
Eric H
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Date created:: 25/11/2005

Name:

Janet Milligan

From:

Not Given

E-Mail:

Comments:

I first learnt of Beamish Museum whilst watching Blue Peter as a child. Since that time I wanted to visit and eventually did so some 9 years ago.

I have just returned from a further visit. On this occasion we had our 8year old son and 5 year old daughter with us and they reacted just as we hoped they would. Keith had learned about Stephenson in school last year, so was thrilled to ride the Wagonway.

The main purpose for e-mailing is to thank you for your extremely helpful site which we consulted on numerous occasions before our visit.

We even found our accommodation with your help! We learnt about the "Church Mouse" via the site and thoroughly enjoyed our stay there.

Thanks for the hints, keep up the good work

Janet

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13/08/2005

Name:: David shreeve
Content:: Good
Submit:: SUBMIT
From:: Lincolnshire
E-Mail:: papermaybe@yahoo.co.uk
Comments:: I find this web site the best i have seen on Beamish Museum.100% better then the official site. Excellent photo gallery my family visit beamish museum every year the best museum in the uk Dave
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Found by:: from a friend
Date created:: Sat Jan 29 15:25:35 2005

Name:: Adam Taylor
Content:: Good
Submit:: SUBMIT
From:: Tow Law
E-Mail:: adam.t1047@durhamlea.org.uk
Comments:: I think this website is good however a could be improved eg more info on the things at Beamsih such as the mines or the school.
Layout:: Moderate
Found by:: Google
Date created:: Mon Nov 15 12:16:10 2004

Name:: Jim Prichard
Content:: Good
From:: Calgary Alberta Canada
E-Mail:: Ljprichar@canada.com
Comments:: Beamish was recommended by a friend as a MUST SEE on any trip to the U.K. We plan to visit you in September
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Found by:: Search Engine
Date created:: Thu Aug 26 06:57:16 2004

Name:: pete galloway
Content:: Good
From:: darlo'
E-Mail:: pl.galloway@ntlworld.com
Comments:: very good mate, far better than 'official' ! I found the real museum a bit expensive, both to enter AND purchase food, etc, especially if you have a family in tow !
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Found by:: looking at beamsh sites...
Date created:: Mon Aug 16 19:29:31 2004

Name:: Nick Stothard
Content:: Good
From:: Doha, Qatar
E-Mail:: thestothards@qatar.net.qa
Comments:: You can not print the fullitems on each page. Other wise a great site. I am originally from Fulwell, Sunderland.
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Found by:: Yahoo
Date created:: Wed Aug 4 10:47:36 2004

Name:: Kelly Beamish
Content:: Good
From:: Winnipeg, Canada
E-Mail:: kbeamish@mts.net
Comments:: I found it an interesting site for obvious rasons.
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Found by:: Googled my name
Date created:: Mon Aug 2 20:19:18 2004

Name:: Debbie Lloyd
Content:: Good
From:: Norfolk
E-Mail:: debra.Lloyd@uk.smuriftgroup.com
Comments:: Looking forward to my first visit in October, can anyone confirm that you are ale to exchange modern money for old coins to use at Beamish ? Thanks
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Found by:: Seaching
Date created:: Tue Jun 22 19:52:19 2004

Name:: robert markowski
Content:: Good
From:: arnold notts
E-Mail:: r.markowski@ntlworld.com
Comments:: excellent site. could do with a few more photos. accommodation ideas is a nice touch.comming up this week i hope to check out the reality. keep up the good work. cheers.
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Found by:: typed beamish
Date created:: Wed Jun 16 22:52:49 2004

Name:: Maureen Wright
Content:: Good
From:: Liverpool
E-Mail:: maureen@ashtree.fslife.co.uk
Comments:: Excellent site for me as I am now planning a visit and it is obviously a place you love, as you present it in such a wonderfully personal manner. The more I see/read the sooner I want to be there - my friend and I are palnning to take our three 6-year olds camping locally in the summer with the sole purpose of visiting. Our children love learning about the past and have been learning all about the Victorian era at school just recently - it will be an educational and entertaining visit we hope.
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Found by:: search engine after seeing a Fred Dibnah programme featuring BEAMISH
Date created:: Fri Jun 4 18:06:46 2004

Name:: MARGARET BROWN
Content:: Good
From:: NEWCASTLE
E-Mail:: KENNY10@BLUEYONDER.CO.UK
Comments:: I VISTED THE MUSEUM WITH MY FAMILY AND WE HAD A VERY GOOD DAY WE REALLY ENJOYED OURSELVES WE WILL BE GOING BACK SOME TIME IN THE FUTURE
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Found by:: FROM THE BEAMISH BOOK
Date created:: Tue May 11 21:00:54 2004

Name:: Dave
Content:: Good
From:: Ferryhill, Co. Durham
E-Mail:: mail@neforum.co.uk
Comments:: A great website for a great place. The layout of the site makes for very easy navigation and the content captures the atmosphere of the place really well. Keep up the good work! Dave (webmaster - The NE Forum www.neforum.co.uk)
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Found by:: The North-Easterner links page
Date created:: Mon Mar 29 13:03:45 2004

Name:: Claire Johansson
Content:: Good
From:: Sweden
E-Mail:: lovecoffee@spray.se
Comments:: I love the look of beamish, I have been there on about 3 occasions, now living in sweden. Want to come and visit beamish in july or august, looking for somewhere to stay in the near vicinity. got any ideas? Thanks Claire
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Found by:: google
Date created:: Thu Mar 25 22:44:43 2004

Name:: Ray Prince
Content:: Good
From:: London
E-Mail:: rayprince@lineone.net
Comments:: Much superior to the official web site. Maybe they should seriously think about paying you to maintain their's. Keep up the good work.
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Found by:: Search for Beamish Museum
Date created:: Sun Mar 21 13:52:14 2004

Name:: Pam
Content:: Good
From:: australia
E-Mail:: pam.dee@bigpond.com.au
Comments:: I visited Beamish in 1993. My father was born in the area. I took a nostalgic trip down memory lane. My great-grandfather and grandfather were coalminers and were born and lived in Houghton Le Spring in County Durham in 1884. I was taken to Beamish by my cousin who is in the Cumbria constabulary and I was very impressed I dearly hope to return back there one day. It is so good to see heritage preserved. Bye for now.
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Found by:: surfing
Date created:: Thu Jan 22 10:24:28 2004

Name:: Christopher Beamish
Content:: Good
From:: MiamiBeach,Florida-U.S.A.
E-Mail:: cbeamish@the-beach.net
Comments:: I will be In your great country with my wife in late september,early october.Interested in the history of Beamish for obvious reasons.Cheers-Christopher beamish
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Found by:: Brother told me!
Date created:: Sun Jan 4 07:30:49 2004

Name:: janet wilkinson
Content:: Good
From:: orig. Stanley but lived in Athens, Greece for 27 years
E-Mail:: janris@acci.gr
Comments:: Orignally lived within walking distance of the museum and father still does so feel very ashamed that I've never visited. I suppose expense put me off many times as visiting with whole family after already paying airfares etc. Maybe now they're growing up we'll make the effort as it certainly looks worth it. Brings back many happy memories of growing up in Stanley!
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Found by:: Surfing
Date created:: Sat Nov 1 11:27:12 2003

Name:: Sarah Atkinson
Content:: Good
From:: Appleby-In-Westmorland
E-Mail:: dizzy-whizzy021189@amserve.net
Comments:: I thought beamish was really good, as we went all around. This was the 4th time i'd been around Beamish!
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Found by:: Went with school
Date created:: Thu Oct 9 10:51:33 2003

Name:: CHARLES MALLON
Content:: Good
From:: UDDINGSTON, SCOTLAND
E-Mail:: CMALLON1151@AOL.COM
Comments:: Have not been through the full site , what ihave seen so far is very good. I will certainly visit the site again , hoping to visit Beamish early October. Regards. C.Mallon
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Found by:: SEARCH ENGINE
Date created:: Mon Oct 6 21:27:35 2003

Name:: Chris Bradley
Content:: Good
From:: doncaster
E-Mail:: chrisbrad14@aol.com
Comments:: i have always wanted to visit Beamish since my children went there on school trips and said how good it was. It's been quite a wait but this month is my birthday and as a present i@ve requested a trip i can@t wait.
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Found by:: google
Date created:: Mon Oct 6 16:03:33 2003

Name:: Gerry Ladley
Content:: Good
From:: East Yorks
E-Mail:: gertherake@aol.com
Comments:: your info is spot on.
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Found by:: the your info is spot on Mrs asking questions
Date created:: Wed Sep 10 00:28:55 2003

Name:: jean chapman
Content:: Good
From:
E-Mail:: jean.chapman!@btinternet.com
Comments:: The official site was not available - but I found your;s excellent - though the one thing I wanted to know was not specifically dealt with, or I missed it. Is Beamish open all the time? I have visited but my daughter and son-in-law want to visit late in October, so I was trying to find out if there were times when Beamish was closed??
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Found by:: just typed in Beamish
Date created:: Mon Sep 1 19:18:04 2003

Name:: kevin mattocks
Content:: Good
Submit:: SUBMIT
From:: north lincolnshire
E-Mail:: kmtvman@aol.com
Comments:: very good site. lots of useful info
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Found by:: looking for beamish official site unavailable
Date created:: Mon Aug 25 20:23:49 2003

Name:: Len Goldstone
Content:: Good
Submit:: SUBMIT
From:: Taunton, Somerset
E-Mail:: len.goldstone@yellowrock.com
Comments:: Great site, very informative, well done Len
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Found by:: Google
Date created:: Tue Aug 19 08:37:07 2003

Name:: Ken Ferry
Content:: Good
Submit:: SUBMIT
From:: Colchester Born South Moor
E-Mail:: ken@ferry8295.freeserve.co.uk
Comments:: Have actually been in museum when visiting family It is very interesting
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Found by:: Freeserve search engine
Date created:: Mon Aug 18 17:07:25 2003

Name:: Ron Jones
Content:: Good
Submit:: SUBMIT
From:: HOCKLEY Essex
E-Mail:: ronald@jones9642.freeserve.co.uk
Comments:: Your site came up at once, unlike the official one for which I am still waiting (unless it is off at weekends) I shall study it in more detail as we are in the Dales for a week at end of August and may visit Beamish.
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Found by:: Freeserve search engine
Date created:: Sun Aug 10 08:55:29 2003

Name:: ann bossom
Content:: Good
Submit:: SUBMIT
From:: whitley bay
E-Mail:: annburn50@hotmail.com
Comments:: havent visited and always meant to. will hopefully be visiting on tuesday, looking forward to it very much. best wishes ann
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Found by:: just typed in beamish and there you were
Date created:: Wed Aug 6 17:39:16 2003

Name:: Owen Baldock
Content:: Good
Submit:: SUBMIT
From:: Kent
E-Mail:
Comments:: A couple of homepage links bombed, probably due busy net. Otherwise excellent Esp Photo gallery.
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Found by:: Google
Date created:: Mon Aug 4 14:55:50 2003

Name:: Yvonne Macdonald
Content:: Good
From:: Isle of Lewis
E-Mail:: yvonnemacdonald@hotmail.com
Comments:: Plan to visit Beamish when staying on holiday near Richmond in a few weeks time
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Found by:: surfing
Date created:: Sun Jun 29 21:57:13 2003

Name:: Lauren
Content:: Good
From:: Newcastle
E-Mail:
Comments:: great for kids a bit of a hike and summer time is a bit pricy but well worth it
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Date created:: Tue May 27 21:44:56 2003

Name:: David Hall
Content:: Good
From:: Cottenham (Cambridge)
E-Mail:: david.hall430@ntlworld.com
Comments:: Hi, Nicely put together.I am going on holiday in the first two weeks in June and intend making a visit at last.Been past the entrance a number of times.Looking forward to it.It should evoke some memories.....Good or Bad !! Well done Regards Dave hall
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Found by:: Just typed in the word Beamish
Date created:: Mon May 5 20:48:16 2003

Name:: michelle watson
Content:: Good
From:: co durham
E-Mail:: michellex4@hotmail.com
Comments:: i took my family to beamish to show them what it was like to live in the `older ` days .. they were amazed at all the sights .. they r 13,11,9 and 7 oh and 35 !!!
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Found by:: surfing
Date created:: Tue Apr 22 13:06:52 2003

Name:: Kelly Stephenson
Content:: Good
From:: Annfield Plain
E-Mail:: k.stephenson@notes.manchester.gov.uk
Comments:: I really like your site - it gives all the information you need to know before a visit but without unnecessary 'hard sell'! It is a great idea to have pictures as links - the download time on your site is just about right. The only critisizm (very minor) is the font - these days verdana or ariel are much easier on the eye! Great stuff!
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Found by:: Google
Date created:: Thu Apr 17 09:47:49 2003

Name:: fiona
Content:: Good
From:: formerly Stockton-on-tees now surrey
E-Mail:: fionahnt@aol
Comments:: Loved the site. Very informative. I longed to see a moving tour of the inside of some of the buildings. I visited a site which scanned a whole town square, so you felt as if you were standing there looking around. I cant get to Beamish as much as would like. It would be so good to see a little more of it. Also to send the site to friends so they can get an idea of what it is like, so they would visit. We have had some wonderful visits to the museum. So cleverly set out you rally feel as if you r going back
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Found by:: put Beamish Museum on AOL search
Date created:: Wed Apr 9 23:00:35 2003

Name:: Caroline Davies
Content:: Good
From:: Spennymoor
E-Mail:: caroline@cazandbri.freeserve.co.uk
Comments:: I think that this site is very educational and it would be great for children to visit this site as it explains a lot about past life and how people lived. I am actually going there on Saturday 2 April as my step son has just got a job in the tea rooms, so we will probably see him, unless he is in the kitchen. I will be recommending this site to friends too.
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Found by:: Search Engine
Date created:: Wed Apr 2 11:19:09 2003

Name:: Stephen Stevenson
Content:: Good
From:: Surrey British Columbia Canada
E-Mail:: stevenson4@shaw.ca
Comments:: Spent month of September 2002 in Stanley. Your photos bring back many fond memories of Beamish as well as all the other wonderful things there is to see and do in your part of the world.
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Found by:: search engine
Date created:: Sat Feb 22 04:35:39 2003

Name:: Mike Volans
Content:: Good
From:: Hull
E-Mail:: mike@davick.com
Comments:: Very informative site
Layout:: Moderate
Found by:: Search engine
Date created:: Sun Jan 26 12:36:37 2003

Name:: Suzanne May
Content:: Good
From:: Hamilton Ont. Canada
E-Mail:: doodles69ca@yahoo.ca
Comments:: Hello. I love your site. Your information and layout are better then just good. It is excellent. I will be sending a link to all my friends, even the ones in Britain so that they may read your site. I had the pleasure of taking a tour of Beamish in May of 2000. I loved it. The tram and bus rides were great. The tour into the coal mine was exciting. The whole Museum is perfect. I hope everyone who reads this gets a chance to see it in person. They will love it.
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Found by:: Surfing.
Date created:: Mon Jan 6 00:38:26 2003

Name:: DAVID COLLIER
Content:: Good
From:: perth,west australia
E-Mail:: drc 030@iinet.net.au
Comments:: cant believe the changes made since 1990,,,,cant wait to get back to see it now
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Found by:: ex-tram driver 1990 at beamish
Date created:: Sun Dec 15 12:12:18 2002

Name:: Tristan Laing
Content:: Good
From:: Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
E-Mail:: kurdt_666@hotmail.com
Comments:: I went to Beamish on a family trip to England when I was only 4 years old. But that doesn't keep me from remembering the best historical town-thing I've ever been too. But, I shoudn't be suprised, England has rocking museaums. Anyways, if I ever go back to there, which I will, Beamish is one place I do not plan on missing. Thanks so much for this website, it brings back so many childhood memories. I don't need pictures to remember the fog...
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Found by:: desperate searching
Date created:: Thu Dec 5 20:33:37 2002

Name:: geordie annie
Content:: Good
From:: Cumbria
E-Mail:: geordie@oddbodz.com
Comments:: ACE SITE WISH I COULD STAY LONGER
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Found by:: HotBot, Lycos
Date created:: Fri Nov 1 15:47:39 2002

Name:: Paul, Charlie, Boner
Content:: Good
From:: England
E-Mail:: yo@youllneverknow.com
Comments:: Cheers for the info
Layout:: Moderate
Found by:: surfed
Date created:: Fri Nov 1 15:02:57 2002

Name:: Karen Gardiner
Content:: Good
From:: originally Stanley,Nr.Crook now Scotland
E-Mail:: Karenlena57@msn.com
Comments:: I can't visit the north east as often as I'd like to, so keep in touch with sites like yours.Looking forward to another visit to Beamish after this.Great to see the shuggy boats,bring back happy memories of Sunday school trips and club trips, thank you.
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Found by:: surfing sites about the north east
Date created:: Wed Oct 16 14:37:18 2002

Name:

nev williams
Content:: Good
From:: stockport
E-Mail:: neville.williams7@ntlworld.com
Comments:: You led me to The Coach House at High Urpeth, thanks for that.. Highly recommended.
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Found by:: search engine
Date created:: Sat Sep 7 09:11:59 2002

Name:: nicola
Content:: Good
From:: uk
E-Mail:
Comments:: website : ur website is really good and i also hope u continue to run it beamish: beamish is a very good day out it take u back into the early years i thought beamish was really good n a brilliant day out!
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Found by:: search engine
Date created:: Sat Aug 3 21:39:52 2002

Name:: Janice Davidson
Content:: Good
From:: Durham
E-Mail:: Janiceathome.fsmail
Comments:: Really enjoyed the content of the site. Having pictures makes a difference. Will pass on site address to local school who visit Beamish at least twice a year, as it will be good for the youngsters to be able to see where they are going
Layout:: Good
Found by:: surfing local museum sites
Date created:: Mon Jul 15 17:22:49 2002

Name:: Joyce Joreid
Content:: Good
From:: Harrogate
E-Mail:: joyce.joreid@ntlworld.com
Comments:: Going today.
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Found by:: web
Date created:: Mon Jul 1 06:58:51 2002

Name:: Margaret Ross-Munro
Content:: Good
From:: Cornwall
E-Mail:: jrossm@tiscali.co.uk
Comments:: It looks a brilliant place and I will certainly be visiting when I will be staying in Northumberland in July this year.
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Found by:: surfing
Date created:: Sun Jun 30 20:38:24 2002

Name:: caz & Ryan & Kari
Content:: Good
From:: Newcastle
E-Mail:: CatWomen_Meow@hotmail.com
Comments:: We have enjoyed looking round this site with great intrest and enjoiyed looking at beamish in real life it was a great help to our studies and would just like to thank you for giving us great help around beamish. We really enjoyed looking around home farm and the pit cottages as there was a lovely pit pony that we all took a photo of. it was a very special day for us thank you for all your help love caz & ryan & kari
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Found by:: Search Engine
Date created:: Tue Jun 25 09:45:10 2002

Name:: robby henderson
Content:: Good
From:: BRAMPTON ONT CANADA
E-Mail:: weegeordie_@hotmail.com
Comments:: IT IS THE BEST THING SINCE SLICE BREAD, AND KEEP ON BUILDING AND GOOD LUCK
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Found by:: SEARCH ENGINE
Date created:: Tue Jun 4 02:40:28 2002

Name:: john
Content:: Good
From:: vancouver bc canada
E-Mail:: keonni@hotmail.com
Comments:: I was just up in the northeast visiting, we spent a day back in time.you've done a great job capturing the experience and making it available to me online. I particulalry like the point and click on the buildings to see what's inside. a job well done man!! johnnyc
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Found by:: surfing
Date created:: Fri May 24 16:12:42 2002

Name:: Stephen
Content:: Good
From:: Peterlee,co durham
E-Mail:: gamesmaster82@hotmail.com
Comments:: Great site.I am going to Beamish for the first time ever tomorrow.Can't wait!!!!
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Found by:: www.yahoo.co.uk
Date created:: Tue Apr 2 19:58:16 2002

Name:: Mike Evans
Content:: Good
From:: hampshire now, born north staffordshire!
E-Mail:: mike.evans
Comments:: A very interesting and informative site. I knew little about Beabish, although I had of course heard of it - my wife and I have beeen saying for ages "we must go there". Then we saw the picture of 'The Elephant' in The Times and I found you via Altavista. I have three websites myself so I can calim to be an informed critic! I think your site is very good and loads up quickly, always with some evidence that things are happening, unlike so many gimmicky sites which I dislike. I'm 68 so that may be a factor to
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Found by:: altavista
Date created:: Sun Mar 24 08:36:34 2002

Name:: Edith A Ward
Content:: Good
From:: Australia
E-Mail:: eward4@bigpond.com
Comments:: Lovely to have a trip back to Beamish without a 24hour plane trip! It's a great place and you've done a good job with your web site. I shall return often. It seems that each day I find another site for the northeast and I love it! Thanks a million.
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Found by:: surfing
Date created:: Mon Mar 4 05:03:47 2002

Name:: Michelle Golightly
Content:: Good
From:: Allendale
E-Mail:
Comments:: I am so pleased to tell you that i really enjoyed this site. I was so excited when i found it that i could hardly breath. Thank you les for all the info i needed to create an excellent assignment for my studies. It is so brill i told all my friends
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Found by:: Search engine
Date created:: Thu Feb 28 11:46:20 2002

Name:: Annie
Content:: Good
From:: Armitage Staffs UK
E-Mail:: regthefrog@yahoo.co.uk
Comments:: I visited Beamish nearly five years ago and have never forgotten it. Unlike many museums, the staff here were so willing to stop and answer questions, they were not just there as 'actors'. We are returning this year!
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Found by:: Surf
Date created:: Thu Feb 21 22:13:17 2002

Name:: Claire Proctor
Content:: Good
E-Mail:
Comments:: Very good page and place
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Date created:: Thu Feb 7 14:00:58 2002

Name:: Michelle Golightly
Content:: Good
E-Mail:: funny69bunny@yahoo.co.uk
Comments:: Im doing an assignment about Beamish and missed the trip our class took there.However i feel i know as much as everyone else from using this site.
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Date created:: Wed Feb 6 10:09:39 2002

Name:: Veryan Barnes-Warden
Content:: Good
From:: London, originally Bishop Auckland
E-Mail:: ricver@tinyworld.co.uk
Comments:: Great site! I am originally from Bishop Auckland and can remember as a small girl 'The Sun Inn' being taken to Beamish. Have visited several times when back in the area. Looking forward to August when I will be 'home' again this time with lots of 'Southern' friends who are also looking forward to their trip to Beamish.
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Found by:: Search engine
Date created:: Mon Jul 23 12:32:05 2001

Name:: Andrea bloomfield
Content:: Good
From:: Arkengarthhdale
E-Mail:: Roblin@talk21.com
Comments:: I think it was cooool iwent with my school on the 16th july Arkengarthdale school it was brill
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Found by:: By looking on the internet
Date created:: Tue Jul 17 13:08:36 2001

Name:: Easington Colliery Primary Sch
Content:: Good
From:: Easington Colliery
E-Mail:: j.clymo100@durhamlea.org.uk
Comments:: Children found this site helpful and are looking forward to visiting on the 3rd July
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Found by:: yahoo.co.uk
Date created:: Mon Jul 2 12:14:45 2001

Name:: SUSAN PLAYFORTH
Content:: Good
From:: FILEY. YORKSHIRE.
E-Mail:: MEL.PLAYFORTH@BTINTERNET.COM
Comments:: ENJOYED MY TOUR AND HOPE TO ENJOY THE REAL THING NEXT WEDNESDAY 20TH JUNE.
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Found by:: JEEVES
Date created:: Sun Jun 17 16:37:45 2001

Name:: Mr L Brown
Content:: Good
From:: Tyne & Wear
E-Mail:: les-brown@penshaw98.fsnet.co.uk
Comments:: Just like being there
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Found by:: Search engine
Date created:: Wed Jun 6 22:29:04 2001

Name:: laura
Content:: Good
From:: Wallsend
E-Mail:: mcjsgaidhaskid@yahoo.co.uk
Comments:: I really appreciate the effort you're making
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Found by:: going on school visit.
Date created:: Tue Jun 5 20:30:49 2001

Name:

lynn beamish
Content:: Good
From:: nova scotia canada
E-Mail:: bkelly195@aol.com
Comments:: excellent!! i feel like i have been there. hope to visit someday
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Found by:: searching family history
Date created:: Wed Apr 11 20:11:01 2001

Name:: David Boydell
Content:: Good
From:: Massy, near Paris (but formerly of Co. Durham)
E-Mail:: boydell@iname.com
Comments:: I've always wanted to visit Beamish, but am not often in the North East. Your site has whetted my appetite. Incidentally, I visited an "Ecomusée" in Alsace six weeks ago, and it is a very similar idea. They hope to open an old potassium mine to visitors soon.
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Found by:: recommended by Ron Hutchinson
Date created:: Thu Apr 5 22:27:26 2001

Name:: Mrs. A.D. Smith
Content:: Good
From:: Ft. Worth, Texas, USA
E-Mail:: geordie@flash.net
Comments:: Thank you for this website! We will definitely come to Beamish during our visit to England this June. My husband's family were miners until the 1960's, and I want my American-born children to learn about their Geordie heritage. Your "tour" has them excited! Thanks again.
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Found by:: Google.com search engine
Date created:: Thu Apr 5 06:08:34 2001

Name:: mavis mcculloch
Content:: Good
From:: wakefield west yorks
E-Mail:: mccullochzeus@aol.com
Comments:: We are planning to holiday in alnwick this year and after visiting your site we will make sure we pay you a visit in person all my fathers family come from the chopwell area and I am sure my grandsons will enjoy seeing what life would have been like for thier forbears
Layout:: Good
Found by:
Date created:: Sat Mar 31 15:43:08 2001

Name:: Lynette
Content:: Good
From:: Cairns, Australia
E-Mail:: miss-moo@moose-mail.com
Comments:: This site is excellent! the best Beamish site on the internet. I was in England in 1999 and I visited Beamish with my family and we all loved it! I came looking for pictures of ink bottles and quills for an art assignment but I can't seem to find any :( But I still found time to navigate through the whole site :)
Layout:: Good
Found by:: Yahoo
Date created:: Fri Mar 30 08:03:22 2001

Name:: r.j. and s.m grimes
Content:: Good
From:: cardiff south wales
E-Mail:
Comments:: my wife and i have visited twice whilst on holiday in the area and may one day return again we are classed as elderly now but that does not deter us from still remembering the pleasant time we spent there --every success to the splendid new growth we have witnessed over the years
Layout:: Good
Found by:: historical research
Date created:: Sun Mar 11 13:13:51 2001

Name:: Stephen Bemish
Content:: Good
From:: Alexandria, Indiana, USA
E-Mail:: Sbemish@Iquest.net
Comments:: We are planning to visit the site when we get into the area, but are very interested in the origination and history of the name Beamish. Is there any information available on the original family and their lives? Thank You for your reply! Steve
Layout:: Good
Found by:: Family history research
Date created:: Sun Mar 4 01:47:39 2001

Name:: Keith Stoker
Content:: Good
From:: Washington, Tyne and Wear
E-Mail:: keith.stoker@rdplus.net
Comments:: An excellent site, although a little slow? I have sent weblinks to my relatives and friends all over the world, who are interested in their English heritage.
Hopefully speeded up a bit now - new compressed images March 2001
Layout:: Good
Found by:: Yahoo
Date created:: Sun Feb 25 10:16:21 2001

Name:: Bob Howarth
Content:: Good
From:: Mansfield Notts. UK
E-Mail:: bob.howarth@ntlworld.com
Comments:: Excellent site pity you didn't set up the official site, which I have been trying to access without success. I really wanted to know if there were any group discounts though.
Layout:: Good
Found by:: Google Search
Date created:: Wed Feb 7 14:21:08 2001

Name:: Jeff Piper
Content:: Good
From:: Banstead, Surrey
E-Mail:: jeff@piper22.freeserve.co.uk
Comments:: This is an excellent site for an excellent museum. It was enjoyable visiting it on line.
Layout:: Good
Found by:: Northumbria genealogy list
Date created:: Mon Feb 5 23:40:35 2001

Name:: Marilyn Ing
Content:: Good
From:: Ontario, Canada
E-Mail:: jing@interlog.com
Comments:: Just loved this site. Brought back memories. I was at Beamish when the Queen Mother visited, I believe, 73 or 74 and also had another visit around 92. I guess it's time for another one soon. Have a friend, Ann Huntley who works at Beamish.
Layout:: Good
Found by:: Recommended by someone
Date created:: Wed Jan 31 23:12:35 2001

Name:: MR D. G. HURREN
Content:: Good
From:: ERITH KENT
E-Mail:: donfairprice@aol.com
Comments:: VISITED WHILE ON HOLIDAY AT WOLSINGHAM. HAD PREVIOUSLY SEEN CLIPS OF THE TOWN ON LONDON T.V. THE WHOLE MUSEUM IS TERRIFIC, AND MY WIFE AND I CANNOT WAIT TO PAY ANOTHER VISIT, WHICH WE HOPE WILL BE THIS YEAR. INFORMATION WAS READILY AVAILABLE FROM PERIOD COSTUMED STAFF. A THOROUGHLY GOOD DAY OUT, AND WORTH THE MONEY.
Layout:: Good
Found by:: SURFING
Date created:: Tue Jan 30 22:45:57 2001

Name:: Joan Adams
Content:: Good
Submit:: SUBMIT
From:: Melbourne, Australia
E-Mail:: jradams@netspace.net .au
Comments:: My Durham coal mining ancestors left Ouston in the 1850s so I was fascinated to see Beamish was not far from Ouston and therefore probably very similar. Keep up the good work.
Layout:: Good
Found by:: DUR-NBL mailing list
Date created:: Tue Jan 30 04:52:11 2001

Name:

jane campbell
Content:: Good
From:: peterborough, ontario, canada
E-Mail:: jcampbell@kawartha.com
Comments:: I am originally from Dipton, and love to keep in touch with home, its great, my Uncle restored some of the antiques in the musuem.
Layout:: Good
Found by:: surfing
Date created:: Mon Jan 29 23:56:31 2001

Name:: matt
Content:: Moderate
From:: usa ca Sacramento
E-Mail:
Comments:: i think it looks good all around
Layout:: Good
Found by:
Date created:: Sun Dec 3 06:50:57 2000

Name:: Bev Worrall
Content:: Good
From:: Doncaster
E-Mail:: BevWorrall@aol.com
Comments:: Excellent website! We are now well informed before we actually visit Beamish itself. We can also get the children (4 and 5 yrs old)interested beforehand with the stuff I have printed out. We can also let them look at the stuff afterwards to reinforce everything they have learned. Can't thank you enough.
Layout:: Good
Found by:: Excellent! we are now well informed before a visit
Date created:: Sun Oct 29 09:38:27 2000

Name:: Arnold Buirton
Content:: Good
From:: Wath-upon-Dearne,South Yorkshire.
E-Mail:: gum.drop@virgin.net
Comments:: A wonderfull place to visit,all my family have been there,I have not yet had the pleasure,but I can relive their happy memories as we view the contents of this site.
Layout:: Good
Found by:: search for it
Date created:: Sun Aug 20 10:21:05 2000

Name:

Alison Jenkins
Content:: Good
From:: Virginia, USA (Via Gateshead!)
E-Mail:: aejmej@gateway.net
Comments:: I grew up around Beamish, watching it develop over the years, and I was wishing so much that I could share the Beamish experience with my classmates in a European History class I'm taking here in the USA. I was delighted to find your excellent web page. Thanks to you they will be able to "take a tour" and it's the next best thing to being there. Thank you so much!
Layout:: Good
Found by:: Looking for sites on Beamish
Date created:: Thu Jun 15 01:47:59 2000

Name:: susan alexander
Content:: Good
From:: Washington, Tyne & Wear
E-Mail:: palexa1949@aol.com
Comments:: is an excellent site for visitors to plan their day. Having visited the museum on many occasions, it is very good. When entering the site, I didnt think it would contain so much information - brilliant!
Layout:: Good
Found by:: aol/Newcastle
Date created:: Mon May 29 12:10:43 2000

Name:: Dora Matheidesz
Content:: Good
From:: Hungary
E-Mail:: supergirl718@hotmail.com
Comments:: I think that this site was great and helped me to make a super school project. The parts are absolutely fantastic and the photos look beautiful. I'm glad I visited this site.
Layout:: Good
Found by:: SCHOOL
Date created:: Fri May 19 10:09:59 2000

Name:: Janet Johnson
Content:: Good
From:: Originally from Chester-le-street and live in Grange Villa but I am currently at university in Hull.
E-Mail:: fire_angel_uk@yahoo.com
Comments:: I found this site vey interesting and thought that it showed the museum very well. I have visited the museum many times and live not far from it but I am currently at university in Hull so it was nice to see some pictures of home!! Really enjoyed this site - well done!
Layout:: Good
Found by:: search engine
Date created:: Tue May 16 19:16:29 2000

Name:: Glen Fitzgerald
Content:: Good
From:: co durham
E-Mail:: glen@joeglen
Comments:: This is a great site full of up to date info. very well kept easy to use & great for beamish fans
Layout:: Good
Found by:: very easy to use
Date created:: Wed May 3 01:34:08 2000

Name:: Shereen McQuoid
Content:: Good
From:: Co/Durham
E-Mail:: shereen.mcquaid@sunderland.ac.uk
Comments:: I liked the way when you click on the windows or doors that you enter inside the building. You seem to have carried out intensive reseach for your pages. I think it is the best site that I have seen on Beamish Museum so far. I always show a keen interest in the Beamish web sites as I work there.
Layout:: Good
Found by:: surfing
Date created:: Tue Apr 18 10:43:12 2000

Name:: Jaime
Content:: Good
From:: Sunderland
E-Mail:: miss_sshhh@hotmail.com
Comments:: It's a fab day out! We went to Beamish on a visit from university and had a fantastic time on the carousel and getting frightened by the huge turkey and then getting soaked because were too stupid to bring waterproofs. Coming back in May!!!
Layout:: Good
Found by:: search engine
Date created:: Thu Mar 16 10:31:55 2000

Name:: G HEGGIE
Content:: Good
From:: DUNDEE
E-Mail:: gheggie@freeserve.co.uk
Comments:: We will be visiting your museum this year sometime, this will be our fourth visit as there is always something new to see. This time we will be taking our grandchildren. P.S. Keep up the good work.
Layout:: Good
Found by:: ALTA VISTA
Date created:: Mon Jan 31 06:00:59 2000

Name:: Paul Greener
Content:: Good
From:: Hermitage school
E-Mail:: 3849@hermitage.durham.sch.uk
Comments:: Great for my Leisure and Tourism work
Layout:: Good
Found by:: Anne Wilson told me and my friends
Date created:: Wed Jan 26 15:12:25 2000

Name:: amanda
Content:: Good
From:: Thornley,County durham
E-Mail:
Comments:: this is a lot better than the other beamish website and it helps us all with our leisure and tourism work at school.We have all been to beamish and it is a good place to go.
Layout:: Good
Found by:: Search engine
Date created:: Mon Jan 17 14:25:40 2000

Name:: david O'Brien
Content:: Good
From:: gateshead
E-Mail:: dave.tony@virgin.net
Comments:: marvellous web site mate!! Very impressed ! makes the official site look rediculous...so professional looking too. I have long since been a great fan of Beamish and have heard that there is to be a Masonic Hall built there to open in 2002, but cant get any info ,,can you help ? I am a Mason myself so am very keen to learn whats going on. Cheers David O'Brien
Layout:: Good
Found by:: uk plus
Date created:: Wed Jan 12 16:24:21 2000

Name:: Maurice McGoldrick
Content:: Good
From:: Billingham
E-Mail:: Muiris.m@virgin.net
Comments:: I visited the museum as a primary school pupil and thoroughly enjoyed it - it has stayed with me ever since and still impresses me - no small feat as I have since worked at an open air museum (St Fagans near Cardiff).
Layout:: Good
Found by:: Search via Altavista
Date created:: Mon Jan 3 23:36:07 2000

Name:: alex kirby
Content:: Good
From:: hull yorkshire
E-Mail:: k_alex_hotmail.com
Comments:: Beamish appeals to me in two ways : 1 i enjoy open air museums and museums in general, and therefore this on line guide would attract me. 2 having got my attention the vitual tour is informative & user friendly without too much techno gobbldy goop. ( i may use the net but i dont understand it)
Layout:: Good
Found by:: surfing
Date created:: Mon Nov 29 22:12:37 1999

Name:: Graham Duncan
Content:: Good
From:: Beamish, Stanley, CO Durham
E-Mail:: spunkydunky33@hotmail.com
Comments:: I live in beamish but I am currently a student at Bretton hall in wakefield. THis site kicks ass because, when I feel home sick, I just log on. It would be even better if you included beamish the actual village on the site! PS COME TO BEAMISH IT IS FUN
Layout:: Moderate
Found by:: SEarch
Date created:: Sat Nov 20 16:21:27 1999

Name:: Robert Hunter
Content:: Good
From:: Framwellgate School Durham
E-Mail:: roberthunter2000@hotmail.com
Comments:: I am a student and just wanted to say thankyou for your excellent web site. I gained a lot of valuable information. Once again thankyou.
Layout:: Good
Found by:: Using Alta Vista Search engine
Date created:: Tue Nov 2 11:50:54 1999

Name:: David Stretch
Content:: Good
From:: Annan, Scotland
E-Mail:: zooper2000@yahoo.com
Comments:: Website helped with project we had to do after school visit.
Layout:: Moderate
Found by:: search engine
Date created:: Mon Nov 1 13:36:01 1999

Name:: Shirley Truscott nee Stephens
Content:: Good
From:: Perth Western Australia
E-Mail:
Comments:: Veiwing this site on the net certainly brings back some wonderful memories of our vists to Beamish in 1989, 1984 and 1977. Hope we manage another vist in the near future. Originally born in Gateshead I particularly remember the Bandstand from Saltwell Park. So a big hello to all fellow Geordies.
Layout:: Good
Found by:: search
Date created:: Sun Oct 31 14:09:05 1999

Name:: Philip Edwards
Content:: Moderate
From:: Swanland, Hull
E-Mail:: -
Comments:: I think your site site offers clear information on what the museum is about, and what you are going to expect when you arrive. I think it was a good idea in showing all your attractions, so that whoever the reader, knows theres something for everybody! To improve the site, i would have an on-line museum, so that if you cannot come, you can still see the museum from your home.
Layout:: Good
Found by:: Typed in Beamish Museum
Date created:: Mon Oct 25 18:19:49 1999

Name:: Rod Joyce
Content:: Good
From:: Newcastle
E-Mail:: r_joyce@cableinet.co.uk
Comments:: I think this site is almost excellent: the photographs are nice, navigation around the site is clear,the info sufficient for most people who haven't got ISDN and turbo-charged pentiums to download giga-thingies very fast, the links to related sites are useful, but it's a pity there are some typos and a few slips in grammar, too. They let down the rest. When I get round to designing my own site, I'll be happy if it's half as good!
Layout:: Good
Date created:: Sat Oct 16 23:27:44 1999

Name:: Peter Lowery
Content:: Good
From:: Nottinghamshire
E-Mail:: dav.l@diamond.co.uk
Comments:: I enjoyed the museum very much after going there on a school trip. The people were very friendly and happy to answer any questions.
Layout:: Good
Date created:: Wed Sep 29 21:01:31 1999

Name:: dave sinton
Content:: Good
From:: south africa
E-Mail:: sinton@acenet.co.za
Comments:: hoping to visit when on holiday in sept.,although 10 pounds is a lot of sa.rands
Layout:: Good
Date created:: Sun Aug 22 19:23:38 1999

Name:: Caroline Dodds
Content:: Good
From:: Whitburn, now Derby
E-Mail:: caroline.dodds@cwcom.net
Comments:: Very Good site, I visited about 5 years ago, but seeing site has made me want to visit again. Thanks very much.
Layout:: Good
Date created:: Fri Jul 9 14:30:04 1999

Name:: Tony Welsh
Content:: Good
E-Mail:: tony@acwelsh.demon.co.uk
Comments:: Knocks the socks of the "official site"
Layout:: Good
Date created:: Tue Jul 6 20:28:21 1999

Name:: Ernest Saunders
Content:: Poor
E-Mail:: Ernie@guinness.convicts.net
Comments:: Despite having some insider knowledge, still was disappointed at the lack of good, stout details. When I recover I'll be over to sort you out (oops, theye we go, recovered now!)
Layout:: Moderate
Date created:: Fri Jul 2 22:36:25 1999

Name:: Rachael Hartley
Content:: Good
E-Mail:: maggiemoomoo@currantbun.com
Comments:: Excellent site for an Excellent place keep it up!!! but please put some more info in!!!
Layout:: Good
Date created:: Sat Jun 26 12:26:17 1999

Name:: Alison Taylor
Content:: Good
E-Mail:: alisontaylor1@hotmail.com
Comments:: A great way to revive memories about the museum!
Layout:: Good
Date created:: Tue Jun 15 18:55:35 1999

Name:: brian grainger
Content:: Good
E-Mail:: brian_grainger@msn.com
Comments:: Maybe include a 'links' page with other industrial archaeology sites eg Ironbridge, some of the US coal mining areas such as Scranton, Pa. Also to other 'living history' museums. I haven't visited yet but you are on my itinerary for an October visit.
Layout:: Good
Date created:: Wed Jun 9 23:17:41 1999

Name:: Peter Holgate
Content:: Good
E-Mail:: peterholgate1@compuserve.com
Comments:: I wish i had known about this site I have just taken a school party to Beamish and these pages would have been an ideal introduction to the museum back in the classroom. It's great
Layout:: Good
Date created:: Sun Jun 6 14:38:37 1999

Name:: Nancy Davis
Content:: Good
E-Mail:: ndavis3486@aol.com
Comments:: Looking foward to visiting while I'm on holiday in England.
Layout:: Good
Date created:: Fri Mar 5 22:22:34 1999

Name:: Brian Sanders
Content:: Good
E-Mail:: brian_sanders@toon15.freeserve.co.uk
Comments:: Clever Clogs
Layout:: Good
Date created:: Sun Jan 10 12:37:22 1999

Name:: Rachael Barker
Content:: Good
E-Mail:: gg0u602e@liv.ac.uk
Comments:: Am a final year student at Liverpool University, but come from the N.E. Am currently writing a piece on museum presentation. Beamish is an excellent example to write about as there are countless examples upon which to base an academic review. Have been visiting Beamish for over 10 years. Looking forward to the new loco/stephenson project.
Layout:: Moderate
Date created:: Wed Dec 16 13:53:06 1998

Name:: Peter Broadhurst
Content:: Good
E-Mail:: broadhurstpeter@yahoo.com
Comments:: Cant let the Aussies have it all to themselves.
Layout:: Good
Date created:: Sat Dec 12 03:06:54 1998

Name:: Margaret Wing
Content:: Good
E-Mail:: wingres@powercom.com.au
Comments:: Better than the official Beamish site! I visited Beamish when on holiday back home(Newcastle) It was fabulous although a bit sobering to actually remember lots of exhibits still in use when I was growing up! My Gran had a black lead stove - Thank Goodness for modern gas! I could rabbit for hours, but congratulations on a great web site. Mrgaret Wing (NEE Noble)
Layout:: Good
Date created:: Sat Nov 28 23:31:37 1998

Name:: Michael McLoughlin
Content:: Good
E-Mail:: jonlp@one.net.au
Comments:: I regret that I have only once paid a visit to Beamish-this was in 1990-and never had a chance to visit this remarkable museum since that time. I can remember when I did pay my one and only visit it was a rainy day. This however-did not distract the feeling I had of really going back in time-the waiting room at the railway station-the coke fire burning-the rain outside enhanced that very dream of going back in time-So real. Thanks for the site From down under Michael
Layout:: Good
Date created:: Sat Nov 7 09:25:40 1998

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