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Topic: The Sad Death of 26 Children at Huskar Pit 1838 (Read 5596 times)
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Christine in Portugal
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Grandparents, Ernest & Emily Walker 1920
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This is such a sad story  and brought back memories of things my father used to tell me about working in the mines.
He started work in the mines, Huddersfield area, at 14 in 1931, still in short trousers he told us  and the work was still really hard.
He used to spend a lot of the time working in areas where it was so low you had to spend all the time laid on your stomach and crawl around.
He stayed in the mines until he was 50, the early retirements and big pensions hadn't started then. When he finally retired at 65 he used to receive 19p a week from the coal board. 
Christine
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Mallinson- Lepton Walker, Smith, Slater, Blacker - Farnley Tyas, Huddersfield Claybourne/Clayburn - Norton Doncaster Birkenshaw/Birkinshaw - Doncaster Hall - Skelbrooke, Doncaster Bisby - Campsall, Doncaster Hemsworth - Doncaster Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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Nutty1966
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Those poor souls, may we all remember them makes me think of my own two children enjoying a happy life, I will show them this article later
Jane
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LEICESTERSHIRE & MIDDLESBROUGH - BOLLANDS, GORE, LINCOLNSHIRE - BAKEWELL, MARRIOTT MONAGHAN & CRAMLINGTON - RICE LAZENBY - HANSOM, HARRISON, NODDINGS, EASBY BARNBY DUN - HARVEY, BLANCHARD DANBY & WHITBY - JEFFELS LIVERPOOL - GANDER SKELTON & ESTON - SEATON BEDALE & MIDDLESBROUGH - STEPHENSON BROUGHTON - HARRISON MIDDLESBROUGH - WARD,FOSTER PINCHINTHORPE - POSTGATE BILSDALE- BOYES Cenusu informations is from crown copyright www.nationalarchives.gov.uK |
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dennford
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Hi I have just been given permission to post these pic's, they are from the site http://pitwork.net/ . May I suggest that you look at some other stories on this site. This is the page that covers the Huskar disaster http://pitwork.net/daz.htm .
Denn
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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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tomkin
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Thanks for the Links Denn.
2 quick observations.
You may notice that the Girls were laid to rest at the feet of
the boys. Some say that this is a continuation, in death,
of the Females status in life. Subservient to the Males.
The Inscription on the Monument speaks of Divine retribution
and speaks as though the deaths were an act of God. Nowhere
is there any blame on the Mine Owner or Society at Large for
allowing children to work at such a tender age and in such atrocious
conditions.
Tomkin
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Pels.
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Tomkin .. this is tragic.
These little people would never have enjoyed the wonders of childhood when they were alive.
Old before their time .. then taken long before their time .. in one way I don't suppose they ever really lived in the sense that we all take for granted now?
Phew!! I really can't think of anything to else to say .. apart from saying thankyou for posting it .. .. ..
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tomkin
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Thanks Pels,
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dennford
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I may try to visit this memorial.
- Belinda.
*ETA* I just went and checked google maps, 11.9 miles from my Husbands village.
Here is a link with directions to the memorial and Nabs wood.
http://www.treeforall.org.uk/_newsArticles/Children+remembered.htm
Denn
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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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dennford
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Thanks for the Links Denn.
2 quick observations.
You may notice that the Girls were laid to rest at the feet of
the boys. Some say that this is a continuation, in death,
of the Females status in life. Subservient to the Males.
The Inscription on the Monument speaks of Divine retribution
and speaks as though the deaths were an act of God. Nowhere
is there any blame on the Mine Owner or Society at Large for
allowing children to work at such a tender age and in such atrocious
conditions.
Tomkin
Says a lot about how some people thought.
And something to think about is the fact that 7 yr old children in some parts of the world (Sierra Leone for one) still work in the mines. Isn't it a pity that the worlds energy cant be directed towards fixing problems like these?
Denn
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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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AnneMc
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Hi All:
I too am from Barnsley, left when I was 9 years old with my parents for Canada, but I do remember hearing about this from my grandmother.. My family members were coal miners, right up to when Maggie closed the mines. It is hard to believe that young children had to work in those conditions.
Anne
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Yorkshire - Thompson. Savage, Morris, Richardson, Frankish, Mintoft, Myers, Barker, Hotchkiss
Shropshire - Hotchkiss
Derbyshire - Hardwick, Barker, Marples
Lancashire - Winstanley, Morton
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tomkin
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The Mines Act that came into being due to this disaster ,was in some
respects remarkable in itself. It was published in early May 1842,
went through the House of Commons, then to the House of Lords
and with some modifications, became law on 10th august 1842.
This was astonishingly rapid. The Report was also illustrated
and the use of people trained in the use of the New Shorthand
( Pitman) enabled the quick recording of all those interviewed.
Thus the interviews could be conducted more like a normal conversation
than a stop-start session while the Scribe recorded it.
The report was widely reported in the Newspapers of the day and
probably for the first time, society had to acknowledge the lives and
conditions of the "Workers". Something that was for the most part,
out of sight, out of mind.
Although the deaths of the 26 children at Huskar had resulted in the
creating of the Commissions report, it was something else that so outraged
Society and the Government that made this Act, Law.
Tomkin
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bridgy
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Tomkin and Denn
I have 6 grandchildren aged from almost 4 to 12 - 3 boys and 3 girls. All happy, healthy, rowdy, messy adorable humans who will have a chance to do whatever they desire, thanks to living in one of the luckiest countries in the world - Australia.
They will never have the fear of being forced to work in the dark and the cold by circumstances of poverty or exploited by money hungry pit owners. And if, God forbid, they are 'called to their maker', suffer the indignity of having God blamed for something man created.
I know there are children in this world of ours who still have to work in conditions beyond belief. We say 'what can we do to stop mans inhumanity to man'. You two have taken steps in the right direction by bringing this disaster to the notice of many either too young to know or who were living in different parts of the world.
Thank you both and thank you to RC for attracting caring human beings.
May you all have a happy and holy Christmas and a safe and happy new year.
Jan
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tomkin
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Thanks Jan,
All over the world ,children are being exploited and forced
to work in conditions that beggar belief. As someone once said
" if we do not learn the lessons of history then we are doomed to
repeat it."
Tomkin
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