There was a Birds of Prey event on at Head of Steam, Darlington's railway museum.
Head of Steam is located on the 1825 route of the Stockton and Darlington Railway which was the world's first steam-powered passenger railway.... and it very conveniently had holes for Mam and NanaBub's faces.
There was a quiz!
Redcar was one of the earliest coastal towns connected to the railway...from 1846.
The line was extended in 1861 to reach the newly created resort of Saltburn which created a bit of competition for Redcar but the opening of Redcar racecourse in 1872 ensured its continued popularity.
The Zetland Hotel opened in 1863 in Saltburn as one of the world's first railway hotels served by its own private platform.
It is a great museum, we had a thoroughly enjoyable couple of hours.
What a shame it was too windy for the Birds of Prey to fly though.
Darlo has good knitters.
And after an icecream, or in my case, a brew, Soph and I did a plank in an art shop.
Paul Denham is Clare Angell Mallon's cousin.
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