Our first stop was to visit the famous Ironbridge
This bridge has the recognition of being the first Iron bridge in the world built to advertise the skill of the iron workers and thus began the industrial revolution in England.
Built in 1779
At the base of the bridge
Everyone paid a toll to cross the bridge except one person. The man who ran the ferry boat that carried people across the Severn river was allowed to cross free of charge since the bridge put him out of business:)Ironbridge Gorge was a beautiful town and as a family we enjoyed walking along the river
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What a fabulous hands on way to study that era. It seems like you are taking full advantage of your location while teaching your children.
ReplyDeleteYou all go on the best field trips ever. I'm so impressed!
ReplyDeleteI agree with your approach to learning as I favour that approach myself, although we haven't had as many trips out recently as I would have liked. These are lovely photo's and somewhere we would really like to visit too, looks like you all had a fantastic time :-)
ReplyDeleteI swear it seems like you could go on one field trip a day in the UK and it would still take years to see all of the interesting sites!
ReplyDeleteso many possibilities to study living somewhere else! How neat!!
ReplyDeleteI've been to the Iron Bridge it is an amazing site. I actually used to have a mini iron bridge but it got broken : ( Great field trip!!! Brought back memories of when I was there in 99'
ReplyDeleteWhat fun! they don't have anything like that here!
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