{"id":12098,"date":"2022-11-14T14:29:50","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T14:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altham-school.lancsngfl.ac.uk\/?p=12098"},"modified":"2022-11-14T14:32:14","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T14:32:14","slug":"history-of-the-local-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.altham-school.lancsngfl.ac.uk\/?p=12098","title":{"rendered":"History Of The Local Area"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As part of their Victorian topic, Year 3\/ 4 explored local history around that time.&nbsp; They walked to the Moorfield Mining Colliery memorial where 68 men and boys died following an explosion in 1883.&nbsp; Two of the youngest victims were 10 years old. &nbsp;Also at the site is a memorial for Lydia Becker, from Moorside House, for her part in Women\u2019s suffrage.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On route, they visited Altham burial ground, where St. Mary\u2019s Church once stood. &nbsp;They walked part of the canal opposite where the colliery once stood and imagined barges travelling up and down the Leeds\/Liverpool canal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A good trip!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.altham-school.lancsngfl.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221114_095233_resized_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altham-school.lancsngfl.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221114_095233_resized_1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12099\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.altham-school.lancsngfl.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221114_095233_resized_1-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.altham-school.lancsngfl.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221114_095233_resized_1-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.altham-school.lancsngfl.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221114_095233_resized_1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.altham-school.lancsngfl.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221114_095233_resized_1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.altham-school.lancsngfl.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221114_095233_resized_1.jpg 1728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.altham-school.lancsngfl.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221114_101601_resized.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altham-school.lancsngfl.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221114_101601_resized-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12100\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.altham-school.lancsngfl.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221114_101601_resized-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.altham-school.lancsngfl.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221114_101601_resized-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.altham-school.lancsngfl.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221114_101601_resized-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.altham-school.lancsngfl.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221114_101601_resized.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.altham-school.lancsngfl.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221114_103037_resized.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altham-school.lancsngfl.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221114_103037_resized-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12101\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.altham-school.lancsngfl.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221114_103037_resized-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.altham-school.lancsngfl.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221114_103037_resized-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.altham-school.lancsngfl.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221114_103037_resized.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.altham-school.lancsngfl.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221114_104153_resized.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altham-school.lancsngfl.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221114_104153_resized-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12102\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.altham-school.lancsngfl.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221114_104153_resized-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.altham-school.lancsngfl.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221114_104153_resized-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.altham-school.lancsngfl.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20221114_104153_resized.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of their Victorian topic, Year 3\/ 4 explored local history around that time.&nbsp; 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