History Mystery

Year 5 and 6 visited the National Coal Mining Museum on Monday 23^rd January to find out about life at work for children in Victorian Britain.  When they got back, they imagined being the inspectors they had heard about; listening to stories from the children who worked underground.  Here’s what they heard...

Inspectors Katy & Kayleigh:

When I was down In the coal mine I smelt the horrible, running sewage dripping down the mouldy pipes. I had the worst job just sitting there in the the pitch black mine holding a rope just waiting for my mother or farther to knock on the door for me too open ( I was named a trapper boy )

Once my mother made me a currant bun I was delighted. I put it down next to me (BAD MISTAKE) one of the rats eat it.

It was scary in the coal mine my father only had one candle but he took it in with him so I was left alone in the dark and the only live things I could talk to were the scurrying rats.”I hated it!”

They were horses working in the mine pulling carts full of coal. Only ponies pulled the carts because they were smaller than the other horses and they could.

If all of the candles get put out there would be no light in the coal mine and most of us will get hurt or even worst killed.

That is how dangerous it is in the coal mine.