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Transport

Key Stages 1 & 2

Portland Basin Museum

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What’s Involved

Timings: 2 hour facilitated workshop (timings may be adjusted slightly eg. for full day bookings)
Venue: Portland Basin Museum
Costs: £111.50 for TMBC schools / £122 for non-TMBC schools

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Meet the History Keeper from the Ministry of Time and take a look at domestic life for people living and working on canals. Find out how transport in Tameside has changed from the earliest packhorses through canals and railways to modern roads. Led by a costumed facilitator in character, participants will compare working life in Tameside before, during and after the Industrial Revolution.

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Journey together round the museum and canal basin and consider why transport is so important for work and leisure. Can your team take on the great Crate-Loading Challenge and beat the clock to piece the Transport Timeline back together? What inspiration will you draw from the decorative narrowboats moored at Portland Basin today?

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The group will split and swap over to ensure a quality experience for everyone. Participants will also get hands on with our Tameside ‘history mystery’ handling objects. Build a bigger picture of Tameside’s past, compare to the now and imagine the future with our activity sheet and resources. We provide everything your group will need to take part.

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Learning Opportunities

  • Identify different types of transport common in the Tameside area - from pack horses to the cars and trucks of today
  • Recognise how transport changed to accommodate the needs of Industry in the region from the 1600s to modern day
  • Undertake research for a local history or thematic study

Extend Your Experience

At the Museum: you can book to combine with a second workshop for a facilitated full day experience.
In your school: before or after your visit, why not book to borrow a Museum in a Box?

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Venue information

This workshop is delivered at Portland Basin Museum:

  • There is free onsite parking for coaches – please note the car park has a cobbled surface.
  • Please let us know if you would like your class to eat lunch at the museum and we will provide you with a space.
  • There is a museum shop where your class is welcome to make purchases under supervision or we can arrange goody bags in advance.
  • A site risk assessment is available on request.

Council led events in Tameside will no longer go ahead during the 10 days of mourning as the world grieves the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. For more information click here.