{"id":513,"date":"2022-09-26T08:47:48","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T07:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/?p=513"},"modified":"2022-09-26T09:35:14","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T08:35:14","slug":"19th-century-coal-mining-in-newcastle-an-archives-and-theatre-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/2022\/09\/26\/19th-century-coal-mining-in-newcastle-an-archives-and-theatre-project\/","title":{"rendered":"19th Century Coal Mining in Newcastle: An Archives and Theatre Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1776\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/files\/2022\/09\/20220714_143626-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Children rehearsing a play in a field\" data-id=\"519\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/files\/2022\/09\/20220714_143626-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/2022\/09\/26\/19th-century-coal-mining-in-newcastle-an-archives-and-theatre-project\/20220714_143626\/\" class=\"wp-image-519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/files\/2022\/09\/20220714_143626-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/files\/2022\/09\/20220714_143626-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/files\/2022\/09\/20220714_143626-1024x710.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/files\/2022\/09\/20220714_143626-768x533.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/files\/2022\/09\/20220714_143626-1536x1066.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/files\/2022\/09\/20220714_143626-2048x1421.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/files\/2022\/09\/20220714_143626-432x300.jpg 432w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/files\/2022\/09\/IMG_1614-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"520\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/files\/2022\/09\/IMG_1614-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/2022\/09\/26\/19th-century-coal-mining-in-newcastle-an-archives-and-theatre-project\/img_1614\/\" class=\"wp-image-520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/files\/2022\/09\/IMG_1614-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/files\/2022\/09\/IMG_1614-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/files\/2022\/09\/IMG_1614-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/files\/2022\/09\/IMG_1614-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/files\/2022\/09\/IMG_1614-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/files\/2022\/09\/IMG_1614-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/files\/2022\/09\/IMG_1614-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:8px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Newcastle University Library\u2019s Education Outreach Team worked with Year 6 students from Chillingham Road Primary School and Year 5 students from Carville Primary School on an exciting project about coal mining in Newcastle the nineteenth century.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:8px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">After doing some introductory work on this topic in school, the children visited Newcastle University Special Collections. Here they used primary source material from the archives to find out about local mining disasters including the flooding of Heaton Main Colliery in 1815 and the explosion at Wallsend Colliery in 1821.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:8px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"879\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/files\/2022\/09\/RARE-RB-FOLIO-622-08-WIL-PITMANS-PAPERS-VOLUME-II-PAGE-190-1024x879.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"518\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/files\/2022\/09\/RARE-RB-FOLIO-622-08-WIL-PITMANS-PAPERS-VOLUME-II-PAGE-190.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/?attachment_id=518\" class=\"wp-image-518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/files\/2022\/09\/RARE-RB-FOLIO-622-08-WIL-PITMANS-PAPERS-VOLUME-II-PAGE-190-1024x879.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/files\/2022\/09\/RARE-RB-FOLIO-622-08-WIL-PITMANS-PAPERS-VOLUME-II-PAGE-190-300x258.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/files\/2022\/09\/RARE-RB-FOLIO-622-08-WIL-PITMANS-PAPERS-VOLUME-II-PAGE-190-768x659.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/files\/2022\/09\/RARE-RB-FOLIO-622-08-WIL-PITMANS-PAPERS-VOLUME-II-PAGE-190-1536x1319.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/files\/2022\/09\/RARE-RB-FOLIO-622-08-WIL-PITMANS-PAPERS-VOLUME-II-PAGE-190-2048x1758.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/files\/2022\/09\/RARE-RB-FOLIO-622-08-WIL-PITMANS-PAPERS-VOLUME-II-PAGE-190-349x300.jpg 349w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">RARE-RB FOLIO 622 08 WIL-PITMAN&#8217;S PAPERS-VOLUME II-PAGE 190<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/files\/2022\/09\/CLLOC-CLARKE-1853-A-LETTER-FROM-THE-DEAD-TO-THE-LIVING-FRONT-COVER-625x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"515\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/files\/2022\/09\/CLLOC-CLARKE-1853-A-LETTER-FROM-THE-DEAD-TO-THE-LIVING-FRONT-COVER.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/?attachment_id=515\" class=\"wp-image-515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/files\/2022\/09\/CLLOC-CLARKE-1853-A-LETTER-FROM-THE-DEAD-TO-THE-LIVING-FRONT-COVER-625x1024.jpg 625w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/files\/2022\/09\/CLLOC-CLARKE-1853-A-LETTER-FROM-THE-DEAD-TO-THE-LIVING-FRONT-COVER-183x300.jpg 183w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/files\/2022\/09\/CLLOC-CLARKE-1853-A-LETTER-FROM-THE-DEAD-TO-THE-LIVING-FRONT-COVER-768x1257.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/files\/2022\/09\/CLLOC-CLARKE-1853-A-LETTER-FROM-THE-DEAD-TO-THE-LIVING-FRONT-COVER-938x1536.jpg 938w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/files\/2022\/09\/CLLOC-CLARKE-1853-A-LETTER-FROM-THE-DEAD-TO-THE-LIVING-FRONT-COVER-1251x2048.jpg 1251w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/files\/2022\/09\/CLLOC-CLARKE-1853-A-LETTER-FROM-THE-DEAD-TO-THE-LIVING-FRONT-COVER.jpg 1475w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Account of the dreadful inundation of Heaton Colliery, on May 3rd, 1815, Clarke 1853<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:8px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The students then spent five days working in school with Cap-a-Pie theatre company. Taking inspiration from the material in the archives, the children from each school created their own play showcasing what they had learnt about coal mining in Newcastle in the nineteenth century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:8px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The project was celebrated through a performance of the two plays at an outdoor theatre at Hedley West Farm, Gateshead, hosted by Challenge Northumberland Ltd events, to which parents and guardians were invited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:8px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/files\/2022\/09\/IMG_1623-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"521\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/files\/2022\/09\/IMG_1623-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/?attachment_id=521\" class=\"wp-image-521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/files\/2022\/09\/IMG_1623-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/files\/2022\/09\/IMG_1623-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/files\/2022\/09\/IMG_1623-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/files\/2022\/09\/IMG_1623-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/files\/2022\/09\/IMG_1623-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/files\/2022\/09\/IMG_1623-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"628\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/files\/2022\/09\/IMG_1632-1024x628.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"522\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/files\/2022\/09\/IMG_1632-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/?attachment_id=522\" class=\"wp-image-522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/files\/2022\/09\/IMG_1632-1024x628.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/files\/2022\/09\/IMG_1632-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/files\/2022\/09\/IMG_1632-768x471.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/files\/2022\/09\/IMG_1632-1536x942.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/files\/2022\/09\/IMG_1632-2048x1256.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/liboutreach\/files\/2022\/09\/IMG_1632-489x300.jpg 489w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">Performing in the outdoor theatre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:8px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>\u201cIt [the project] enhanced their cultural capital and gave them experiences that they would not normally have<\/em>&#8220;<\/p><cite>Quote from teacher<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:8px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>\u201cThe children were incredibly proud of their achievements, and it was great to see the child-led learning take place.\u201d <\/em><\/p><cite>quote from teacher<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:8px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">We would like to say a huge well done to the children and a big thank you to Cap-A-Pie Theatre Company, Challenge Northumberland, the teachers and other staff involved as well as to those parents\/guardians who attended the performance!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newcastle University Library\u2019s Education Outreach Team worked with Year 6 students from Chillingham Road Primary School and Year 5 students from Carville Primary School on an exciting project about coal mining in Newcastle the nineteenth century. 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