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Tuesday, 13 September 2011

Ironbridge

This last weekend we took a family trip to Shropshire as we had heard of several fun sites to visit to begin our history journey into the Victorian era and the Industrial Revolution. I like to do a lot of hands on field trips with my children in addition to reading about different historical events as I believe this helps to bring history to life and make it more fun for them.

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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7 comments:

  1. Jennifer13 September 2011 at 14:49

    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.

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  2. tlryder13 September 2011 at 16:17

    You all go on the best field trips ever. I'm so impressed!

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  3. Elise13 September 2011 at 22:04

    I 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 :-)

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  4. Maureensk14 September 2011 at 06:28

    I 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!

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  5. Chestnut Grove Academy16 September 2011 at 17:57

    so many possibilities to study living somewhere else! How neat!!

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  6. Kathy Balman18 September 2011 at 00:43

    I'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'

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  7. Diane Stringam Tolley19 September 2011 at 02:56

    What fun! they don't have anything like that here!

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