Beamish Museum: Town
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
[edit]Looking east down main street
[edit]Looking west down main street
[edit]Main street, north side
[edit]Facades
[edit]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°53′21″N 1°39′41″W / 54.889276°N 1.661527°W A row of terraced houses (Ravensworth Terrace), incorporating a music teacher, dentist's surgery and family home, and solicitor’s office
- 54°53′22″N 1°39′40″W / 54.889325°N 1.661218°W A pub
- The Sun Inn (black on white)
- 54°53′22″N 1°39′40″W / 54.889317°N 1.661108°W 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°53′22″N 1°39′40″W / 54.889342°N 1.660987°W 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°53′22″N 1°39′39″W / 54.889382°N 1.660757°W A sweet shop
- Jubilee Confectioners (gold on red)
- Jubilee Confectioners (gold on black)
- 54°53′22″N 1°39′38″W / 54.889453°N 1.660515°W 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°53′22″N 1°39′37″W / 54.889403°N 1.660325°W
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End of terrace
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End of terrace
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terrace
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terrace (dentist)
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terrace
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terrace
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terrace
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terrace
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terrace
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terrace
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terrace
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terrace
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terrace
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terrace, pub, stables
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terrace, pub, stables, print works
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terrace, pub, stables, print works
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pub, stables, print works, sweet shop
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pub, stables, print works
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pub, stables, print works
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pub, stables, print works
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pub, stables, print works
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pub, stables, print works
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pub, stables
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pub
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stables, print works
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stables, print works, sweet shop, waiting room
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print works
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print works
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print works
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print works, sweet shop
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print works, sweet shop
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print works, sweet shop
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terrace, pub, stables, print works, sweet shop, waiting room
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sweet shop, waiting room
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sweet shop
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sweet shop
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sweet shop
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waiting room (gents toilet)
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waiting room
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waiting room
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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
[edit]Facades
[edit]On the south side, there are just two buildings, opposite the print works & sweet shop.
- 54°53′21″N 1°39′39″W / 54.889128°N 1.660835°W A general store (west)
- Annfield Plain Industrial Co-Operative Society (cream on dark red)
- 54°53′21″N 1°39′38″W / 54.889165°N 1.660582°W 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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Co-Op
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Co-Op
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Co-Op
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Co-Op
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Co-Op
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Co-Op
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Co-Op
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Co-Op
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Co-Op
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Co-Op
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Co-Op
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Co-Op
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Co-Op
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Garage & Co-Op
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Garage
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Garage
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Garage
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Garage
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Garage
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Garage
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Garage
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Garage
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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
[edit]At its eastern end, the main street curves to the south. There are four buildings that front onto the street in this section:
- 54°53′22″N 1°39′36″W / 54.889354°N 1.660065°W 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°53′21″N 1°39′36″W / 54.889226°N 1.659917°W A masonic lodge (east side, south neighbour to the bank)
- 54°53′20″N 1°39′37″W / 54.88896°N 1.660253°W 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 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
[edit]Bank
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counter
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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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window display
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window display
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counter
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counter
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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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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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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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painting, ?
Printers
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Stationary counter (bottom floor, western half)
Pub
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bar
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bar
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bar
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bar
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bar
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lounge
Ravensworth Terrace
[edit]No. 2 - Music teacher (Miss Florence Smith)
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parlour
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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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surgery
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surgery
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surgery
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workshop
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workshop
No. 4 - Residence of J. Jones
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kitchen
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parlour
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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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nursery
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nursery
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bathroom
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bathroom
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bathroom
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bathroom
No. 5 - Solicitor's (J. & R.S. Watson)
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office
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office
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office
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office
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office
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office
Sweet shop
[edit]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
[edit]The entrance arch for the stables in the north side of main street opens out onto a courtyard 54°53′22″N 1°39′40″W / 54.889465°N 1.661087°W, 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)
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
[edit]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
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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.
Bandstand
[edit]Centrepiece of the the park is the bandstand.
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NE side (path from the park entrance)
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NE side
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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