THE 1916 Challenge
Simon Delaney puts six kids through their paces in The 1916 Challenge when they are transported 100 years into the past. They spend 24 hours in our 1916 house doing all sorts of chores, but will they be able for the sleep-over on horsehair mattresses with the wind howling through the cracks?
6 children travel back in time one hundred years and live in the shoes of 1916 children for 24 hours. We will see them collecting fuel and water, shovelling manure and collecting eggs… and all that before breakfast even. Then its more chores before school: big wet sheets going through a mangle downstairs and smiley face embroidery upstairs. School masters in 1916 were stern and ink pens are a bit messy. Not a good combination for our 1916 children. Playtime after school involves rickety old bikes and a boxcar. Then dinner must be prepared. Tongue, tripe or gizzards anyone? To finish off the experience our children will have a 1916-style sleep over on horsehair mattresses with the wind howling through the cracks in the windows. Yikes! The 1916 Challenge is on.