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Silkstone Waggonway connected Silkstone to the canal at Cawthorne in 1808 © Grass Roots
Children from Cawthorne J&I gather for their industrial archeology trip between Silkstone and Cawthorne Basin, the site of the Cawthorne Canal. © Grass Roots
Children from Cawthorne J&I School examine the cart as used on the waggonway fom Silkstone to Cawthorne Basin © Grass Roots
As part of the project a local historian, Jim Ritchie gave a talk on the canal and wagonway to the children of Cawthorne J&I School © Grass Roots
Children from Cawthorne J&I School learn about child workers killed in the Huskar mine disaster in the early 19thC © Grass Roots


   
   
Cawthorne J&I School Canal Project
 Location: Barnsley

Children from Cawthorne J&I School examine the cart as used on the waggonway fom Silkstone to Cawthorne Basin © Grass RootsWith the help of Local Historians, Jim Ritchie and Jack Turton the children at Cawthorne J&I School explored the remains of the canal basin at Cawthorne, the waggonway between Silkstone and Cawthorne and various artefacts connected with the industrial revolution in the area.



12 May 2004
Local Historian, Jim Ritchie, at Cawthorne J&I School

As part of the project a local historian, Jim Ritchie gave a talk on the canal and wagonway to the children of Cawthorne J&I School © Grass RootsJim Ritchie explains how the canal changed life in Cawthorne and how coal was moved from the pits at Silkstone to the Canal using horse drawn carts on an early form of railway.






Children learn about child labour in the 18/19th Century

Children from Cawthorne J&I School learn about child workers killed in the Huskar mine disaster in the early 19thC © Grass RootsThe children visited the monument in Silkstone erected to commemorate the deaths of 26 child workers in the Huskar pit disaster of 1808.







 


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