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MD 2008 This is a plaque on the side of a cottage in This is the cottage where The story of the wreck and BamburghBamburgh.. The cottage once belonged to Grace she was born. the daring rescue was on the Darling’s grandfather. front pages of all the e e newspapers and Gracee id id became a heroine.id Some of l l the newspapersl were kept S S and areS now in museums. ple ple ple am am am How Do We S S S Know? This is a copy of a We can still see some very old paintings that letter William Darling tell us about what happened. wrote describinge what e e e happened don the night d d d of the lshipwreck.i li li li It Swas written to his S S S le bosses at Trinity le le le mp House. mp mp mp a They a a a S kept his S S The paintingS was signed by letter. the artist in 1851. Grace Darling and her father by Henry Perlee Parker These are drawings and paintings by the artist Henry Perlee Parker e e e e lid lid lid lid S S S S Many artists wanted tol e le le le paint pictures aboutp the p Everyone thought Gracep was very brave to have helped p rescue and theirm paintings m her father. Theym wanted to know all about her, especially m can still bea seen in a what she lookeda like. In those days photography was a museumsS and art galleries. S very newS and ordinary people didn’t have cameras so S artists visited the lighthouse wanting to paint Grace’s portrait. Portraits by unknown artists There were so many William requested that any other Tourists came to see the Longstone lighthouse and even Poems were written more came to see Grace herself. A writer called William about her and books requests from artists painters who wanted sittings wanting to draw or Howitt paid a visit to the lighthouse and met her. about her life and the with him and his daughter, He wrote: paint portraits of e e e shipwreck seemed to e should instead take their likeness be everywhere. Grace that William id id "When I went inside, she was not visible, and I was afraidi I shshoulddould not see her, id l from one of the seven paintings l as her father said she very much disliked meeting strangelrs that she thought In November 1838, l Darling wrote came to stare at her; but when the old man and I had had a littllittlee conversation S that had already been painted.S S Queen Victoria herself S a letter to the he went up to her room, and soon came down with a smile, saying that she e e e wrote to Grace e newspapers l l would be with us soon. So when wel had been up to the top lightholighthouse,use, and had l p p seen its machinery, and taken pa good looklook----outout at the distant shore, and Darling praising Grace p just five m m had pointed out the spotm of the wreck, and the way they took the people off, for her m weeks aftera a we went down anda found Grace sitting at her sewing, very neatly but very courage and a the rescue.S S simply dressedS in a plain sort of striped print gown, with her wwatchatchatch----sealseal just awardingS seen at her side and her hair neatly braided ---justjust, , in fact, as such girls are her £50. A photograph of William taken in dressed, only not quite so smart as they often are. She rose, veveryry modestly, and 1865, 23 years after Grace’s death. with a pleasant smile said, “How do you do, sir?” Queen Victoria The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland invited Grace and her father to Alnwick Castle and gave her a gold watch in recognition of her bravery. Sample Slide So great was her fame, that the manager of a Grace and her father were each awarded the RNLI silver medal while theatre asked her to help him plan a play about Grace received many other gifts of the rescue. He offered her a lot of money if she thanks from the people she helped to would only sit in the boat for the audience to see rescue and also from the owners of her. the Forfarshire. Grace was appalled. She said that going to In 1999 Grace’s medal was the theatre and sitting in Samplsolde for almostS £39,000.lid e a boat infront of the It had been in Grace’s family for 160 years until her audience was the last There was a public relative decided to sell it thing sheS wanted!am ple Slide collection for her because he couldn’t afford to insure it. which raised £700. Grace was a very quiet person and she hated all the fuss that surrounded her part in the rescue. Grace was glad to have helped save lives and said that she would willingly do it again but, she said, she didn’t feel as though she had done anything great. Neither did she want all the Sample Slide praise that was lavished on her. That was a lot of money Ships were named in those days! Grace received many, many letters asking for locks after her. What do you think? Do you think she did of her hair and scraps from the dress she had worn somethingS greata andm deservedp alll ethe praise? Slide during the rescue. SA posteram ple Slide Those close to Grace advertising began to fear that she Lifebuoy Soap. A rose was named ‘Grace Darling’ would soon need a wig Grace died on October 20 after her. because of the number of locks from her hair a disease of the lungs. Her face began to appear on plates, other everypostcards, day things chocolate as souvenirs boxes and of all many She was buried on 24 The Darling family grave with the memorial in different kinds were made. that she sent in the churchyard at Banburgh the background. Sout toa herm manyple Slide where a canopied memorial was th fans and erected nearby. 1842 from tuberculosis, admirers. th The memorial can be seen from October Sample Slide the sea and it has a stone figure of Grace lying with an oar besideS her.ample Slide This is a brooch that was made in 1883, 41 years Sample Slide after her death. The cup is very old. The book is called ‘Grace Darling, the Heroine of the Farne Islands’ and it was publishedSa inm 1875 plong le Slide after her death. The house where Grace died is now Sample Slide a tea-rooms. Sample Slide In 1938 the RNLI raised enough money to open the Grace Darling Museum in Bamburgh. This is the Darling family grave. The inscription tells Sample Syoul iwhod is e buried there. Visitors to the museum can The Darling Family Grave: Sample Slide Job Horsley died 1830 age 20 see the boat Grace Horsley died 1842 age 26 that Grace Thomasin died 1848 age 74 and her father William died 1865 age 79 used in the Thomasin died 1886 age 78 rescue as well as letters, This plaque can be seen in Hull. reports and clothes. Can you think why the people of Hull wanted to Samplehave a plaqueSl ini theird city?e Father: William Darling (lighthouse keeper, born 7 th February 1786, died 28 th May 1865) The lifeboat at Seahouses in the north-east of Mother: Thomasin Horsley (died 1848) Nuffield Primary History Link Then and th th England is called Grace Darling. This photo was Brother: William Darling (born April 6 1806, died 5 November 1869) Now Sister: Thomasin Darling (born 7 th August1808, died 13 th August 1886) taken in 2007. How have things changed? Sister: Mary Ann Darling (born 7 th August 1808, died 31 st August 1843) Brother: Job Horsley Darling (born 30 th December 1810, died 6 th December 1830) Wreck of the Forfarshire Poem Link e e th st e Sister: Elizabeth Grace Darling (born 15 August 1812, died 31 December 1844) id id Brother: Robert Darling (born 29 th March 1814, died 10 th August 1877) id l l Grace Darling born 1815 died 1842 l Lifeboat crew with Brother: George Alexander Darling (born 14 th August 1819, died 1903) S S th Sth cork lifejackets and Brother: William Brooks Darling (born 14 August 1819, died 24 December 1870) le le their rowing boat. le p p Timeline: p •1815 - Grace Darling was born and lived in the Trinity House in the Farne Islands m m •1826 - 15th of February them Darling family moved to the newly built Longstone Lighthouse a a •1834 - First launchinga of the 150 ton steamship, Forfarshire at Dundee S S •1838 - ForfarshireScrashes on rocks of Farne Island, Grace saves nine survivors •1839 - Both Grace and William were awarded specially minted Royal Humane Society Gold Medals •1842 - Grace dies, she was only 26 www.ks1resources.co.uk.