The pals had just been kitted out with their new uniforms and equipment. Which is it going to be.įirstly the weather was bad in January 1915. I see your spy has alerted you to the thread.ĭo you mean the attached piece of toilet paper.Įveryone keeps on about the Coppice and this clown is on Moleside. This is from page 8 of the Accrington Gazette of 16th January 1915: "Whilst having a walk over the rough moorland at Moleside one day this week the writer was agreeably surprised by the sight of two or three companies of the 'Pals' engaged in trench digging." They were removed early in WW2, the mounts were left behind and have slowly rotted away over the years.Īctually the Pals did dig trenches locally. I do remember as a young lad seeing the cannons, and the gun mounts. So can we finaly put that myth to death once and for all. He also said the Pals never dug any trenches until the went abroad. In fact trench warfare on the scale it became in 1916, was little known amongst the officers & the ex Boer War soldiers who helped in training the pals, trench warfare was unknown to them as well.īill Turner was asked several times about the so called trenches, which never got a mention until after the 2nd WW. I've just been reading some of the Pals personal diaries, in the William Turner Collection, several of them tell of their early training on Ellison's Tenement, and route marches around the town, not one of them mentions digging trenches. That the Accy Pals dug trenches up there in WWI. The trenches were re-dug during the second world war as anti aircraft devices.Īgain that myth has cropped up. ![]() One group has continued to access Runshaw College and has tried lots of different activities from cooking pasta to baking cakes.There were trenches put in during the first world war for training, but after the war they were filled in - in fact Stanley played football (or trained) up there in between the wars. We still had enough to eat at the end of it (just). We have tried pancakes and had lots of fun when everyone had a go at tossing them. In cooking we have continued to practice our skills, making a variety of tasty foods. We measured it to see if this was true, and yes it is! We were amazed by all the ratios of the Vitruvian man. We learnt our height is the same as our arm span. In Science Week we planted seeds and learnt how they grow, we talked about what they needed to flourish and about the different parts of the plants.Īs we discussed growth, we learnt about measuring our bodies and understanding ratios. We had great fun guessing whose baby picture was whose and have enjoyed seeing how the students have grown over the years. We asked parents to send in baby pictures and learnt about baptism. In RE we are learning about Christianity and linking this to how we grow. One pupil has said he would like to manage PNE. In class we named as many jobs as possible and identified the ones we would like to possibly do in the future. Students went out in the community and met different people carrying out the tasks within their given roles. They are gathering evidence of the different roles people have both at the Coppice School and in the wider community. In this half term the class are learning about Careers. In art we have been looking at Pablo Picasso and have tried our hand at making our own pictures in different styles. We have continued to look at the world and our focus continues to be Spain. In the DofE group they are also preparing for their expedition stage, where they are completing more difficult walks and challenges which will lead to hopefully a full day of events in which the will walk and set up a camp to cook for themselves. Hopefully they are keeping this going and pushing the staff to get lots of extra exercise too. ![]() Some Pupils are walking this other are completing it using go-karts or pushing themselves around in a wheelchair. It is based around the 5k in May challenge. They have got sponsorship forms and money raised will go to the Rock FM cash for Kids. Each day at College they are completing personal targets set by each student to complete. We have continued our Careers review and have been completing more research on the types of roles people work at in the community.Īs part of Duke of Edinburgh award and linking into PHSE this month of May we are doing the Cash for Kids Challenge.
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