COLLECTION NAME:
SHIMMER
mediaCollectionId
SHU~3~3
SHIMMER
Collection
true
Title:
Huskar Pit Memorial
title
Huskar Pit Memorial
Title
false
Creation Date:
1988
creation_date
1988
Creation Date
false
Dimensions:
140 cm high , 9 m length
dimensions
140 cm high , 9 m length
Dimensions
false
Image Date:
2002
image_date
2002
Image Date
false
Period:
20th century
period
20th century
Period
false
Location:
Silkstone, South Yorkshire
location
Silkstone, South Yorkshire
Location
false
Country:
ENGLAND, UK
country
ENGLAND, UK
Country
false
Material:
sandstone , concrete
material
sandstone , concrete
Material
false
Display Creator:
APPLEBY, Jeremy
display_creator
APPLEBY, Jeremy
Display Creator
false
Image ID:
b012
image_id
b012
Image ID
false
Description:
Location: In woods to the side of House Carr Lane, Moor End, Silkstone Common. Description: A small retaining wall has been set into a bank above a stream. Two 'tunnels' have been set into the wall, in each one there is a crouching figure. One is a young boy, the other a young girl. Both could be crawling. The boy has a cloth cap, the girl a shawl knotted around her neck. A ventilation door has been carved out of stone to the right of the tunnels; on this is an inscription. The maximum height of the wall is 140 cm and its length is 9 m. The boy is 54 cm high; 40 cm wide and 80 cm deep. The girl is 56 cm high; 35 cm wide and 80 cm deep. The piece is in good repair, although the head of boy appears to be from a separate piece of stone. The wall itself is in need of some attention in the centre at its top. Between the hands of each figure is a small wooden cross, similar to that seen at war memorials after Armistice day. Instead of a red poppy these have a small black piece of coal on them. This is a more recent addition. Inscriptions: On a large slab of stone carved to look like an airdoor in the pit, similar to that against which the children were trapped and drowned: " THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED / BY THE PEOPLE OF SILKSTONE PARISH / IN 1988 / TO MARK THE 150TH. ANNIVERSARY / OF THE TRAGIC EVENT ON / 4TH. JULY 1838, / WHEN 26 CHILDREN WERE DROWNED / IN THE HUSKAR PIT CLOSE TO THIS PLACE. " Commission: 'The People of Silkstone Parish' to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the disaster. Officially opened Sunday 10 July 1988 by Rev D Birch, Vicar of Silkstone, members of the Silkstone Heritage Stones Group and local parishioners. Old Silkstone Brass Band played at the ceremony. Comment: The figures had been made at the Conservation Workshop; a project that ran for a while in Barnsley. Julian Appleby of the Workshop made preparaotry drawings and constructed life-size maquettes from polystyrene and plaster. This were substituted for the stone carving for the opening ceremony which was widely reported in local and National newspapers. He subsequently began to carve the figures, but was unfortunately made redundant before they could be completed. [1] Tony Slater, a sculptor resident in Silkstone then completed the carving and sited them. [2] The figures were stolen some years after installation and discovered by chance a year later in an empty warehouse. They have now been permanently secured in place. References: [1] Letter from Julian Appleby: 11/4/2004 [2] Interview with Tony Slater: 11/3/2003
description
Location: In woods to the side of House Carr Lane, Moor End, Silkstone Common. Description: A small retaining wall has been set into a bank above a stream. Two 'tunnels' have been set into the wall, in each one there is a crouching figure. One is a young boy, the other a young girl. Both could be crawling. The boy has a cloth cap, the girl a shawl knotted around her neck. A ventilation door has been carved out of stone to the right of the tunnels; on this is an inscription. The maximum height of the wall is 140 cm and its length is 9 m. The boy is 54 cm high; 40 cm wide and 80 cm deep. The girl is 56 cm high; 35 cm wide and 80 cm deep. The piece is in good repair, although the head of boy appears to be from a separate piece of stone. The wall itself is in need of some attention in the centre at its top. Between the hands of each figure is a small wooden cross, similar to that seen at war memorials after Armistice day. Instead of a red poppy these have a small black piece of coal on them. This is a more recent addition. Inscriptions: On a large slab of stone carved to look like an airdoor in the pit, similar to that against which the children were trapped and drowned: " THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED / BY THE PEOPLE OF SILKSTONE PARISH / IN 1988 / TO MARK THE 150TH. ANNIVERSARY / OF THE TRAGIC EVENT ON / 4TH. JULY 1838, / WHEN 26 CHILDREN WERE DROWNED / IN THE HUSKAR PIT CLOSE TO THIS PLACE. " Commission: 'The People of Silkstone Parish' to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the disaster. Officially opened Sunday 10 July 1988 by Rev D Birch, Vicar of Silkstone, members of the Silkstone Heritage Stones Group and local parishioners. Old Silkstone Brass Band played at the ceremony. Comment: The figures had been made at the Conservation Workshop; a project that ran for a while in Barnsley. Julian Appleby of the Workshop made preparaotry drawings and constructed life-size maquettes from polystyrene and plaster. This were substituted for the stone carving for the opening ceremony which was widely reported in local and National newspapers. He subsequently began to carve the figures, but was unfortunately made redundant before they could be completed. [1] Tony Slater, a sculptor resident in Silkstone then completed the carving and sited them. [2] The figures were stolen some years after installation and discovered by chance a year later in an empty warehouse. They have now been permanently secured in place. References: [1] Letter from Julian Appleby: 11/4/2004 [2] Interview with Tony Slater: 11/3/2003
Description
false
Rights:
© Sheffield Hallam University
rights
© Sheffield Hallam University
Rights
false
Permissions:
For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
permissions
For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
Permissions
false
Related Information:
Silkstone Public Art. For more information see also < http://public-art.s… > .
related_information
Silkstone Public Art. For more information see also < http://public-art.shu.ac.uk/pmsa/barnsley/index.html#page5 > .
Related Information
false
Photographed by:
Dave Ball
photographed_by
Dave Ball
Photographed by
false
Creator:
SLATER, Tony
creator
SLATER, Tony
Creator
false
Creator Role:
Sculptor.
creator_role
Sculptor.
Creator Role
false
Culture Gender:
Male.
culture_gender
Male.
Culture Gender
false
Nationality:
British.
nationality
British.
Nationality
false
Creator:
APPLEBY, Jeremy
creator
APPLEBY, Jeremy
Creator
false
Creator Role:
Sculptor.
creator_role
Sculptor.
Creator Role
false
Culture Gender:
Male.
culture_gender
Male.
Culture Gender
false
Nationality:
British.
nationality
British.
Nationality
false
Subject Heading:
Disasters
subject_heading
Disasters
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Monuments
subject_heading
Monuments
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Memorials -- England (South Yorkshire)
subject_heading
Memorials -- England (South Yorkshire)
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Coal mines and mining
subject_heading
Coal mines and mining
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Public art -- England (South Yorkshire)
subject_heading
Public art -- England (South Yorkshire)
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Sculpture -- England (South Yorkshire)
subject_heading
Sculpture -- England (South Yorkshire)
Subject Heading
false