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Re: The Sad Death of 26 Children at Huskar Pit 1838
« Reply #90 on: Friday 02 May 08 13:45 BST (UK) »
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Do you mind if I tag along ?

Denn

      As long as yer stand yer round in the local hostelry yer more than welcome,

           Tomkin ;D ;D ;D ;D

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Re: The Sad Death of 26 Children at Huskar Pit 1838
« Reply #91 on: Friday 02 May 08 13:51 BST (UK) »
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Do you mind if I tag along ?

Denn

      As long as yer stand yer round in the local hostelry yer more than welcome,

           Tomkin ;D ;D ;D ;D

I'll shout the whole bar, not only that I dont even mind paying our three quid admission each - but just to be fair I shall let you pay the fares to get there.

Denn
Ford, Baines, Dixon, Platts, Peat, Proctor, Rotherforth, Dakin/Daykin, Sales, Beech, Hall, Parkin, Nightingale. ----- Harthill, Waleswood, Woodhouse-mill, Whitwell

South Yorkshire/Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire

Torremocha, Candog, Ramos, Reyes, Rodrigueus
-------Philippines --- Bohol

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Re: The Sad Death of 26 Children at Huskar Pit 1838
« Reply #92 on: Friday 02 May 08 14:04 BST (UK) »
  With the way the price of Beer is going in this country

    It might be cheaper for me ;D ;D ;D ;D

       Tomkin ;D

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Re: The Sad Death of 26 Children at Huskar Pit 1838
« Reply #93 on: Friday 02 May 08 14:13 BST (UK) »
  With the way the price of Beer is going in this country

    It might be cheaper for me ;D ;D ;D ;D

       Tomkin ;D

Maybe that is why I graduated to the vino, Beer is; I dont know! but I can buy 4 ltrs of vino colapso for the equivalent of three pounds. Now that is value !

Denn
Ford, Baines, Dixon, Platts, Peat, Proctor, Rotherforth, Dakin/Daykin, Sales, Beech, Hall, Parkin, Nightingale. ----- Harthill, Waleswood, Woodhouse-mill, Whitwell

South Yorkshire/Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire

Torremocha, Candog, Ramos, Reyes, Rodrigueus
-------Philippines --- Bohol


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Re: The Sad Death of 26 Children at Huskar Pit 1838
« Reply #94 on: Friday 02 May 08 14:15 BST (UK) »
I know that we are getting a little off topic but do you know where the word plonk (generally asssociated with cheap wine) comes from?

Denn
Ford, Baines, Dixon, Platts, Peat, Proctor, Rotherforth, Dakin/Daykin, Sales, Beech, Hall, Parkin, Nightingale. ----- Harthill, Waleswood, Woodhouse-mill, Whitwell

South Yorkshire/Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire

Torremocha, Candog, Ramos, Reyes, Rodrigueus
-------Philippines --- Bohol

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Re: The Sad Death of 26 Children at Huskar Pit 1838
« Reply #95 on: Thursday 08 May 08 23:50 BST (UK) »
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Readers of these pages might be interested to learn that I will be giving an illustrated talk about the Huskar Pit disaster in the parish church at Silkstone on Thursday May 8 at 7.30 pm
Alan Gallop

      I had the pleasure tonight of attending the above talk by Alan Gallop.

      May I thank Alan for a very interesting and informative talk and for all the work

      he has done in bringing this subject to a to a wider audience.

       Alan has also been giving talks to many Schools in the area, which must be very

       time consuming for him, but he is obviously passionate in making sure that people

        never forget the horrendous conditions that our ancestors had to endure.

          Tomkin.

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Re: The Sad Death of 26 Children at Huskar Pit 1838
« Reply #96 on: Tuesday 17 June 08 13:15 BST (UK) »

    This is a photo that I will be putting on another topic

     but I thought it might be of interest to those who have been

      following this one. It's a representation of a wagon or "tub".

      It's probably not historically accurate  but near enough to show

      what the children would be pulling  or pushing. That is, if they were

      fortunate enough to have tubs with wheels and tracks.  The size would

      vary depending on the height of the tunnel through which the coal would
     
    be transported.  In this case we will imagine the height to be approximately

      3 feet.  The child would wear a stout leather belt and a chain would be

     attached to the front . The chain would pass between the legs and be

      fastened to the coupling at the front of the tub. The child would then
 
     lean forward, and again depending an the conditions, pull the load often

      on all fours.   Another child would push from the back, often using his head

       which quite frequently would become swollen from the pressure. They

      could often be identified by the bald spot that would form in that area of

      the scalp.  This was more often than not, done in total darkness. A child

      would consider themselves very lucky if someone had greased the axles

 making the task a little easier.   The tubs would be filled as much as possible

   because the wages were dependant on the amount of coal moved.

          Tomkin

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Re: The Sad Death of 26 Children at Huskar Pit 1838
« Reply #97 on: Tuesday 17 June 08 15:03 BST (UK) »
Tomkin,

I for one appreciate seeing the photo and reading your
description of the horrible load the children had to take on.

I know we have discussed this earlier, but here in the 'modern' world, too many people are choosing to
ignore the plight of children in the developing world so
that more 'stuff' and 'things' can be made for large
company profits.

Regards,

Kathleen
England and Belfast - GOFF, GOUGH, MATHERS, MOXHAM/MOXAM,  OSMOND, PHILLIPS, WINDER, WYKES

Scotland - JOHNSTON, DORWARD, KIDD, KYD, RAMSAY, RAE

Canada - DeWOLFE, HALLADAY, HASKINS, HICOCK, JOHNSTON, OLD/OLDS

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Re: The Sad Death of 26 Children at Huskar Pit 1838
« Reply #98 on: Thursday 19 June 08 18:43 BST (UK) »
Tomkin,

Ive just had a look at the list of names and saw Elizabeth Carr. I now need to check to see if she was one of my Carr's from Silkstone.  :-[


Thank you for starting the thread.

Jen
Wardell - Clapham, Surrey                    Wardell - Southampton
Carr - Barnsley, South yorkshire             Oates  - Sheffield
Burgoyne / Peat - Kilburn, Derbyshire    Burgoyne - Barnsley    
Boden - Bridge North, Shropshire           Bentley - Who knows?
Cheeseman - East Peckham, Kent
Day -  Egerton / Sutton Valence, Kent