The Forge came alive today as 5 schools visit the Forge today St. Bartholomews C of E Primary School, Surfleet Seas End Primary School, Weston St Mary C of E School, Clough & Risegate Community Primary school and Quadring Cowley and Brown’s Primary school. Thirty children from years 4 and 5 together with the teachers came to the Forge. They had an opportunity to experience a range of activities ranging from Blacksmithing in which each group made a coat hook, talked about the community and the Port of Spalding, Wheelshoeing and practical experiments in measurement and finally a video of a Blacksmith shoeing a horse. The children were a delight and were extremely attentive. This is part of our “All our Stories” project and will lead on to them visiting and working with the University of Lincoln in delivering information about the working life of their grandparents. This information will be available on this website later in the project.
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