Barnsley WW2 worksheet

The Great War Ends – exhibition questions

WW2: Barnsley’s story 1. What food were miners given when going down the pits as an alternative to a hot meal?

2. What age did boys start working down the mine?

3. What does a reserved occupation mean?

4. Where did Stanislaw Zasada work after the war?

5. What does WAAF stand for?

6. What was the medal for pigeons who carried communications during the war called? Who won it in Barnsley?

7. Why is there a black curtain in the corner of the room? What is it representing?

8. Name three Barnsley companies who contributed to the war effort and what they made

9. What would be in a typical child’s Christmas stocking during the war?

10. Whose wedding dress is on display in the corner of the room? And who made it?

11. What did the people of Wombwell raised money for during warship week?

Write down three words about how you feel when you read the stories in the exhibition…

12. How many eggs was an average adult entitled to per month?

13. Whose job was it to provide food and clothing for people coming to Barnsley e.g. evacuees and foreign troops?

14. What did the Women’s voluntary service raise money for by producing a recipe book?

15. What were babies and toddlers allowed more of than older children and adults? Why do you think this was?

The Great War Ends – exhibition questions

WW2: Barnsley’s story 1. What food were miners given when going down the pits as an alternative to a hot meal?

Cold meat pies 2. What age did boys start working down the mine?

14 3. What does a reserved occupation mean?

That people doing that job could not go off to fight

4. Where did Stanislaw Zasada work after the war?

Wentworth Silkstone Colliery 5. What does WAAF stand for?

Women’s Auxiliary Air Force 6. What was the medal for pigeons who carried communications during the war called? Who won it in Barnsley?

Dickin Medal – C. Dyson won it

7. Why is there a black curtain in the corner of the room? What is it representing?

Blackout blinds used during an air raid 8. Name three Barnsley companies who contributed to the war effort and what they made Beatson Clark – sticky tank bombs Barnsley Canister Company – munitions McLintocks – life jackets for sailors

9. What would be in a typical child’s Christmas stocking during the war?

A penny, a tin or knitted toy and an apple or orange 10. Whose wedding dress is on display in the corner of the room? And who made it?

Eileen Briggs – her mum made it!

11. What did the people of Wombwell raised money for during warship week?

A motor torpedo for the Navy

Write down three words about how you feel when you read the stories in the exhibition…

12. How many eggs was an average adult entitled to per month?

3 13. Whose job was it to provide food and clothing for people coming to Barnsley e.g. evacuees and foreign troops?

Local council and Women’s Voluntary Service 14. What did the Women’s voluntary service raise money for by producing a recipe book?

The Mayor of Barnsley’s spitfire fund – making new aircraft

15. What were babies and toddlers allowed more of than older children and adults? Why do you think this was?

Milk – for nutrients such as calcium that they needed for strong bones and growing.