One of the country's best-loved historical attractions has got a whole host of new features opening up this summer
Beamish, an open-air museum tells the story of life in the North East from as far back as the 1820s up to the 1950s
The site has an old-fashioned pit village, a 1900s town, a 1940s farm, working shops, bars, businesses and even a fair, all recreating life from the past
It has recently been working on a new 1950s town, with parts of it already open to the public
From next month, a new toy shop, record store and radio rentals shop are set to open
A real blast from the past may be the retro cinema, which has been recreated to look exactly like the Grand from Ryhope in Sunderland
Beamish visitors will be able to watch Pathé Newsreels, adverts and films from the 50s in the surroundings of the impressive theatre