Silkstone, Church Of All Saints c.1960
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The path leads down to the church of All Saints and St James the Greater. The village was a part of the vast Barnsley coalfield, and in the churchyard is a monument to one of the saddest days in mining history. On 4 July 1838 a violent thunderstorm sent sheets of water down the old Husker drift. Beneath the surface a group of children became trapped against the air doors as water broke through. On that hot summer's day, twenty-six girls and boys aged from seven to seventeen perished. They are buried in seven graves here around the Husker Monument, which bears the inscription 'Take ye heed, watch and pray, for ye know not when the time is'. In 1842, Parliament banned the employment of children under 10 in mines.
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