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Open-air museum vividly recreating life in the North East in the early 1800s and 1900s. Take a tram ride to the town, with period shops and houses. Visit the drift mine, cottages, school and chapel in the colliery village. Meet the animals at Home Farm and visit the railway station. Explore the 1825 manor-house and fine terraced gardens of Pockerley Manor. Discover the early days of steam at the 1825 railway 'Pockerley Waggonway', with great engine shed and splendid recreation of the world's 1st steam-hauled passenger train. New in 2006, a splendid 1913 Masonic Hall in the award-winning town and an amazing working replica of the 1813 steam locomotive Puffing Billy.