Step back in time (if you dare) for a traditional Halloween at Beamish this weekend
There’s still time to enjoy a half term with a difference at Beamish, where the final days of the museum’s folklore-themed week will be dedicated to the history of Halloween.
From tomorrow (October 31) to Sunday (November 2) visitors can discover how the spooky season was marked across the decades – from the 1820s through to the 1950s – with traditional games, stories and customs brought vividly to life across the museum’s historic settings.
Beamish’s Halloween celebrations promise a nostalgic mix of mischief and magic, shining a light on the roots of familiar customs and forgotten North East traditions alike.
Visitors can expect everything from old-fashioned fortune telling and apple bobbing to tales of ghosts, spirits and strange goings-on from days gone by.
The Halloween weekend marks the finale of Beamish’s half term celebration of North East folklore, which has seen the open-air museum explore local legends and superstitions through storytelling, music and craft.
As well as soaking up the spooky spirit of the past, visitors can enjoy all the usual Beamish favourites - from fish and chips in the 1900s town to a stroll through the 1940s Farm or a trip to the 1950s record shop and cinema.
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