St Mary the Virgin, Barnsley, South Yorkshire.
South (War Memorial) Chapel.
This chapel was renovated then rededicated on 22nd October 2010 to all soldiers :- Past -Present - Future.
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The Cooper Memorial Garden, Church Street, Barnsley, South Yorkshire.
Normandy Veterans Association Branch 67.
In memory of all who gave their lives in the Battle of Normandy 6th June-20th August 1944.
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Experience Barnsley.
Museum & Discovery Centre, Town Hall, Church Street, Barnsley, South Yorkshire.
Barnsley for Bargains.
as a phrase well-known to shoppers who flocked to the town from across the north. To this day, the coaches still come and Barnsley's markets still bustle.
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The Old School, Hillsborough, South Yorkshire.
House and attached school now church rooms.
Late C16-C17 with later additions.
Grade ll listed.
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All Saints, Silkstone, South Yorkshire.
Huskar Memorial Window, 2010 - detail.
By Rachael Poole.
Over 200 people from the community played some part In the making of the window.
The Huskar Pit Disaster, 4th July 1838.
The disaster occurred in a coal mine in Nabs Wood, Silkstone Common. Children as young as 7 were working in the mine. It was a hot summer's day and by the afternoon they had already been working for nine hours. A violent thunderstorm raged for two hours. Although told to move further into the mine they went along a ventilation drift for safety, but a stream, swollen by the downpour, overflowed into the drift. 26 children were killed - 11 girls between the ages of 8 and 17 - 15 boys between the ages of 7 and 16. They came from Silkstone, Silkstone Common, Dodworth and Thurgoland.
This tragic event spurred the government of the day to enquire into the conditions of women and children in mines, leading to Lord Shaftesbury's Mines Act in 1842, prohibiting their employment underground.
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