ENJOY a whole family day out at an open-air attraction where visitors can take a trip back in time at The Black Country Living Museum, Dudley, West Midlands.

Located nine miles from Birmingham City Centre the museum is home to a collection of buildings and artefacts dedicated to the Black Country and are brought to life by characters and skilled craftsmen.

Some of the features at the museum include a ride in an original 1920s tram, a visit to a re-created coal mine, a cruise on a canal boat deep into the limestone caverns and a taste of the traditional at a 1930s fish and chip shop.

The museum's characters, aged from 30 to 70, are all experts with glass cutters, shopkeepers and housewives part of the team to give visitors a full flavour of the history and the folklore and character.

This Sunday there will be a special vehicle rally where more than 150 vehicles will be displayed with locally built cars, motorbikes and lorries celebrating the Black Country's motor industry.

Among some of the attractions is a school first built in 1842 and a travelling fair which brought entertainment to the local people.

For a real taste of life in the past you can walk through the houses and see how life changed through the times with furnishings and fittings and also through the classes.

Many of the shops and homes have been reclaimed form original locations and moved brick by brick to their new home.

The museum is open every day from 10am until 5pm until October. Admission for adults cost £9.95, senior citizens £8.75, children (5-18) £5.75, children under five free.

The museum is three miles from junction two of the M5 and six miles from Junction 10 of the M6.