Explore an Edwardian street to find out what life was like one hundred years ago. Ask the people you meet questions, discover objects to place in your own museum and collect noises for a song about your trip.
This activity aims to improve chronological understanding, knowledge of people and changes in the past, comparing modern lives and homes with the past and to encourage historical enquiry.
The Music Hall's master of ceremonies will welcome you to the Edwardian Age. Click on the skip button to go straight to the activities.
Click on the people that appear on the street or the buildings they emerge from to play an activity.
In each location you can:
•ask the questions in top right corner by clicking on a character
•collect objects that display a suitcase icon by clicking on them
•collect sounds by clicking on objects that display the ear icon
•take two photographs in each location by clicking on the camera
In some locations you can play games by clicking on the spinning top icon.
The sounds you have collected can be used to create a song when you visit the Music Hall which is accessed by clicking on the tram.
The objects you collect and the photographs you take are placed in the museum and can be viewed by clicking on the suitcase.
In the museum you can:
•see a larger version of the photographs in the frame by clicking on them
•click on the objects on display to see a larger version of them
Seosamh the Delivery Boy
Delivery boys were a common sight in most towns, delivering from shops to the doors of customer's homes. The Edwardian street is Seosamh's workplace. He has a basketful of groceries to deliver and modern motor cars to avoid as he cycles around.
Cití
Cití has some lovely toys that are typical of this time: a wooden hoop she can roll along and a brand new growling teddy bear.
Talk to Cití and find out about her toys don't forget to collect any noises you hear.
Dollaí the Maid
Dollaí is a maid in a rich house and she is keen to show you the latest gadgets in the kitchen and the brand new toilet! Ask Dollaí questions about her domestic chores and collect a various noises around the house.
This activity shows how technolgy and fashion have changed domestic life since the early 1900s.
Bean Parker the Grocer
Come and see all the things on sale at the Ifans Emporium. In Edwardian times, people bought fresh food nearly every day because there were no freezers. Children were sent to local shops on errands.
This activity shows how different Edwardian shops are to their supermarket equivalents today.
There's a weighing game to play in the shop. Weigh some sweets usig old-fashioned scales.
Eamonn the Motorist
Cars were an 1880s invention so they were a rare sight in 1900-1910. Talk to Eamonn about his brand new motor car, early twentieth century motoring and his passion for the fashionable new sport of car racing. He also talks about driving in the country - where people are used to horses.
This activity shows much transport has changed in the last hundred years.
Mr Fletcher's Cinema
Films are the latest marvel of the Edwardian age! In the early 1900s, traditional entertainments like the fair and the music hall had a new rival - the cinema. Watch a film about a steam train on the cinema screen and ask the cinema owner questions about his theatre.
Learn about early cinemas and films made over one hundred years ago to see how they differ from the modern cinema experience.
Vladimir the Strongman
Travelling fairs were a frequent sight in the 1900s. They provided cheap thrills, fun and work for travelling showmen like Vladimir, from Russia, who is showing off his 'try your strength' machine.
Vladimir will tell you about the fair and about his former life in Russia before he joined the travelling attractions.
There's a game to play. Join in the fun of the fair try your luck and skill on the coconut shy.
MUSIC HALL
Use the sounds you've collected to create a song and print out a music hall poster with your name at the top of the bill!
Click on the tram to go to the music hall.
You will be welcomed by the master of ceremonies. Click on the skip intro button to go straight to the activities.
Click on a poster to select your singer.
Choose the sounds you want to include in your song by clicking on the obects and dragging them to one of the four empty plinths at the bottom of the screen.
Click on the flashing button in the top right corner to play your song.
Type your name in the box that appears and it will then appear on a music hall poster.
Watch your song being performed complete with the sounds that you have chosen! The verses performed will depend on which sounds you chose.
You ar then given two options.
Make a song
Choose this option to hear a song again. You can select a different singer and different noises to make a new song.
Make a Poster
Print out a music hall poster with your name on it!
