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Explore what it was like to be a child during different times in history!
Listen to the diary entries of Edward Hampton and discover what life was like between 1914 and 1918. What subjects were taught at school, what could people do for entertainment and how did children help with the war effort?
Then, Dan and Bex have found a book that transports them back to Victorian Britain! They’re exploring all the grim and nasty jobs that children just like you had to do in the past, from picking up poop to popping up chimneys.
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Family Life (Adventures Through Time)
Life at home in the Black Country in the 1800’s was a lot different to life nowadays. Can you imagine having to share an outside toilet with your whole street? Or starting work before you’re old enough to finish school! Things have come a long w…
Colliery Disaster (Adventures Through Time)
The Black Country was famous for coal mining back in the day!
But working in the mines wasn’t just a pretty horrible job because it was so hard, dark, and dirty work; it was also really dangerous.
You could be crushed by falling rock, suffocate on ga…
Colliery Disaster (Adventures Through Time)
The Black Country was famous for coal mining back in the day! But working in the mines wasn’t just a pretty horrible job because it was so hard, dark, and dirty work; it was also really dangerous. You could be crushed by falling rock, suffocate on gass…
Keeping Us Warm (Adventures Through Time)
You might take being warm and cozy in your house for granted, but the people of the Black Country definitely didn’t back in the Victorian era!
Most people back then had to rely on fire in their homes to keep warm. With finding the fuel for the fire, s…
Keeping Us Warm (Adventures Through Time)
You might take being warm and cozy in your house for granted, but the people of the Black Country definitely didn’t back in the Victorian era! Most people back then had to rely on fire in their homes to keep warm. With finding the fuel for the fire, st…
Keeping Us Healthy (Adventures Through Time)
Staying healthy is really important, but with all those factories and mines in the Black Country, doing that was easier said than done.
People would get ill and injured a lot back then but not everyone could go to the doctors to get their health probl…
Keeping Us Healthy (Adventures Through Time)
Staying healthy is really important, but with all those factories and mines in the Black Country, doing that was easier said than done. People would get ill and injured a lot back then but not everyone could go to the doctors to get their health proble…
Keeping Us Fed (Adventures Through Time)
People in the Black Country didn’t just work in the factories all the time, they had to eat too!
Getting a good meal back then was a little different back then, lots of families would get a lot of food themselves. They would grow vegetables on their o…