The Sad Death of 26 Children at Huskar Pit 1838

[LisaClapham]

thankyou Tomkin

 i have this info

 i'm going to order a copy of the book

Regards
Lisa

[Ebch]

Thank you Tomkin for giving the children of Huskar the right to be remembered.  I often pass the Silkstone memorial.  To me it's one of those places you cannot pass without thinking of the horrors they suffered.  I managed to order a copy of the book today.
Have you thought of creating a page for the Oaks Disaster?  This one was so informative that I really think, if you have time, would be of great interest too. I understand there is a list of the 361 men and boys killed.
Thanks again for a great contribution.

[tomkin]

Thanks Ebch,

                  I'll have to have a think about the Oaks disaster.

   I'll also have a re-read of this subject and add a few more interesting things from

  the Investigation.

  Tomkin

[marcie dean]

This must take a lot of research.  In the National Archives there was a piece on Victorian Times
where it stated that girls were considered to be of age at the fine age of 12, if the parents were poor and the child was pretty, she would be sold and married off to anyone who would take her on and state that they would care for her.  Without realising what that might mean.

Tomkin,  would you consider covering this topic as a subject.  it is no different to children nowadays using their computers and being groomed by paedophiles in these days as in Victorian times there were always people around who would take advantage of others circumstances.

marcie

[Alan Gallop]

Readers of this forum might like to know that my book 'Children of the Dark' - originally published by Sutton Publishing in a hardback edition in 2003 - will be coming out again as a paperback in June, 2010.  The book has been out of circulation for the last couple of years, despite appearing on the recommended reading list for KS2/KS3 students.  Copies have even been changing hands for £90.00 a pot on some web sites!

The new edition - published by The History Press - will appear under the name of 'Victoria's Children of the Dark' (don't ask me why - ask the publisher!) price £9.99.  However, if you pre-order a copy from Amazon.co.uk. you can save £1.00 on the cover price and have it delivered to your door post free by clicking on the following link (you might have to cut and paste into your web browser:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Victoria's-Children-Dark-Underground-Empire/dp/0752456989/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1266928923&sr=8-4. 

The book will have a brand new cover, too, and I will paste in onto this site as soon as it is ready.

I will be in Yorkshire early in July to promote the book at the National Coal Mining Museum for England and elsewhere.

Meanwhile, if anyone has any questions, please feel free to contact me by email on
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For those preferring to order from local bookshops, here are the details you will need:

Title: Victoria's Children of the Dark - The Women and Children Who Built Her Underground Empire
Author: Alan Gallop
Publisher: The History Press
Publication Date: June 1, 2010
ISBN codes: ISBN-10: 0752456989
                    ISBN-13: 978-0752456980 
Paperback: 252 pages - fully illustrated
 
All good wishes.

Alan Gallop

[dennford]

I will be in Yorkshire early in July to promote the book at the National Coal Mining Museum for England and elsewhere.

Do you have definite date for this promotion ? as I intend visiting the museum in either July or August.

Denn

[Ebch]

Don't know if you saw Look North last night Tomkin?
There was a really heartwarming story - local churchgoers at Silkstone are making a stain glass window to go into the window in the church that faces the graves of the children.  They have been taught the art of stain glass - the window will have the name of each child that died. Another fitting memorial!

[tomkin]

 Hi Ebch,

            Unfortunately I missed the transmission.
 
   It's a project that they've been on with for quite a while.

   It will indeed be a worthy addition to the church

    and a reminder of that tragic event.

 Tomkin

[Alan Gallop]

Hello everyone,

A little while back I promised to share the cover artwork of my book 'Victoria's Children of the Dark' with readers of the forum, once it was available.  Please see link below.  The book will be available from June 1, 2010 and is a paperback edition of the book which first appeared in 2003.  Further information appears higher up on this page.

Several people have also been in touch to ask about the promotion I will be giving at the National Coal Mining Museum for England in July.  I can confirm that I will be giving talk on Saturday July 3 - times yet to be confirmed.  If you are interested in coming along - admission is free - please contact me via this forum and I will post them programme once it is available.

I look forward to meeting some of you in person.

Alan Gallop