Armstrong's Household & Farming Museum
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Take a trip back in time with memorabilia from the last two centuries
Open 10am to 5pm every Friday in the summer months, closed October - Easter. Parties by appointment: Sylvia is happy to organise private party visits for interested clubs and organisations outside normal hours. Admission: £4.00 for adults & £1.00 for children All proceeds go to charities. North Charlton has become the home of a very special museum – a unique collection of artifacts which chronicle the history and heritage of this part of Northumberland, built up over the last 25 years by owner Sylvia Armstrong, MBE. Northumberland needlework With fine examples of proggy and hooky mats made by women to cover their cold flagstone floor and excellent examples of early 19th & 20th century handywork, There are also ornate buttons, thimbles and old fashioned spectacles, along with early 20th century photographs of people still in the region today. Kitchen range and utensils Bothy with an old kitchen range with many tools and utensils used by hard working housewives of the past. Milking parlour Butter churns, separator, butter pats, cream bowls and all the milk cans and measures. Washing room Full of wash day antiquities. Agricultural Dipicting rural life in the North of England of a bygone era, with farming tools, harness, manuscripts, fishing baskets & rods, along with china, glass and scrap books chronicalling the lives of the country people over the years. Second World War memorablia Uniforms and ration books, with letters and garments belonging to Land Girls who worked in Northumberland during the war, many now still living in the area. Nursery With beautiful christening robes, children's toys and a tiny wooden crib with finely crafted Northumbrian cot quilt. |
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