Soho House
Over the past week, all of Year 8 went on a trip to Soho House. This was an educational visit in History to link with our study topic of the Industrial Revolution. The house (which was owned by Matthew Boulton) was a huge white house with crystal like gravel covering the floor.
We were split into two groups, one went into the house and the other group stayed and were educated on how Matthew Boulton changed the world and can be considered as one of the entrepreneurs that played a major part in starting the Industrial Revolution. Our guide had us dressing up as important figures from the time such as Matthew Boulton, James Watt and William Murdoch. We were taught how Birmingham and the Black Country can be considered the centre of the Industrial Revolution in this country. We toured Soho House and it was filled with many interesting things that were Matthew Boulton’s personal items, such as the original dining table for the famous Lunar Society. The house was decorated and set out exactly as it would have been when the Boulton’s lived there and gave us a real insight to what life would have been like there during the 18th century. We even went down into the cellar which was dark and spooky!
The lesson and tour were excellent and very interesting and helped us to see the importance of our local area when studying the Industrial Revolution.
Balkaar Bhopal and Taran Badhan, 8G
