Rocking horse
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Victoria Hall Disaster Memorial first erected in Mowbray Park; 1883.
© Sunderland City Council
Short documentary about the disaster
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Duration: 6:35
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Exterior of the Victoria Hall, Sunderland (click to enlarge).
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Visit the site http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KMBQczmkL6w/UEBPZDj8xNI/AAAAAAAABDw/TpLrIW_uDMc/s1600/05+Exterior.jpgPoster advertising the show at the Victoria Hall
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Visit the site http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Victoria_hall_disaster.jpgEngraving of Hall interior
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Engraving from the weekly newspaper The Graphic depicting the interior of the Victoria Hall with Mr Fay performing.
Visit the site http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/images2/victoriahall18.jpgEngraving of staircase
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Engraving from The Graphic showing the staircase down which the children poured and the door bolted open.
Visit the site http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/images2/victoriahall15.jpgThe verdicts from the second inquest
Download this document/images/uploads/classroom/78_ftc_inquest-verdict.pdfNew York Times article on the event
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Visit the site http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9402E1DA1230E433A2575BC1A9609C94629FD7CFEye-witness account of a survivor, William Codling
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Visit the site http://www.victoriacountyhistory.ac.uk/sites/default/files/page-attachments/remembrances_of_victoria_hall_disaster.pdfSilver foundling token; engraved 1759.
Mothers pinned tokens to their baby’s clothes when leaving them at the Foundling Hospital in London. These helped ensure correct identification, should a parent ever return to claim their child. The parent(s) of the child admitted with this coin had it engraved with the despairing message, ‘I want relief’ in the form of a rebus puzzle, with images replacing words or parts of words.
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The 1833 Factory Act
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Lesson plan on the 1833 Factory Act and its impact on children.
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Sunderland Museum, Sunderland
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Visit the site http://www.seeitdoitsunderland.co.uk/sunderland-museum-winter-gardensThe Foundling Museum, London
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Visit the site http://www.foundlingmuseum.org.uk/V&A Museum of Childhood, London
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Visit the site http://www.museumofchildhood.org.uk/Sudbury Hall and the National Trust Museum of Childhood, Ashbourne, Derbyshire
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Visit the site http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/sudbury-hall-and-museum-of-childhood/