{"id":3089,"date":"2025-04-03T16:50:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T16:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/soundb2019\/?p=3089"},"modified":"2025-04-03T16:55:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T16:55:46","slug":"victorian-lerwick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/soundb2019\/2025\/04\/03\/victorian-lerwick\/","title":{"rendered":"Victorian Lerwick"},"content":{"rendered":"

On a lovely sunny day we headed into town to see what evidence we could find of Victorian Lerwick.\u00a0 We walked around Clickimin Loch and we stopped a couple of times.\u00a0 We looked at the broch and compared it to a photo Mrs Nicholson had shown us with very few houses in the background.\u00a0 Hayfield House could be seen in the old photo with no houses around it.\u00a0 We stopped at Hayfield House and considered how much the surrounding area had changed since the old photo.<\/p>\n

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We stopped at the Gilbertson Park and looked at another photo that showed the opening ceremony.\u00a0 We spoke about how Burgh Road used to be the edge of the new town.<\/p>\n

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At the flower park we spoke about how Islesburgh and the Town Hall were designed by John Aitken.\u00a0 We looked closely at the style of both and we could see turrets on both.\u00a0 They are quite similar.<\/p>\n

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Next we stopped at the Town Hall.\u00a0 Mrs Nicholson told us about a bottle of coins and a document that was buried under the foundation stone.\u00a0 We found out that the Town Hall was built facing out to the new town.<\/p>\n

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At the fort we looked over the wall and could see so many huge chimneys.\u00a0 We had our snack there.<\/p>\n

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On the street we saw more evidence of life from the Victorian times.\u00a0 We saw glass panels outside Harrys that used to let the light down into the cellars.\u00a0 We saw a bulge on one wall that stopped horses and carts hitting the walls.\u00a0 We looked for dates on the front of buildings.\u00a0 We looked for turrets.\u00a0 We noticed the buildings were made of stone. Katie and Eve were great at talking photos as we went and recording the evidence.<\/p>\n

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Pupil Voice<\/em><\/p>\n

“Most of the buildings on the street are from Victorian times and are still there.”<\/em><\/p>\n

“We saw a lot of turrets and chimneys.”<\/em><\/p>\n

“A lot of the buildings from Victorian times are still there.”<\/em><\/p>\n

“It was good having photos to compare.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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