PASSIVE VOICE AND YORKSHIRE: YORKSHIRE SCULPTURE PARK, HENRY MOORE, MINING MUSEUM, ALTON TOWERS, RHINOS RUGBY STADIUM, KIRKSTALL ABBEY

By Inmaculada GañánIES Blas Infante

ALTON TOWERS’ THEME PARK WAS BUILT IN 1980.

IT IS LOCATED NEAR THE VILLAGE OF ALTON IN STAFFORDSHIRE

A MANOR WAS BUILT IN ALTON TOWERS

HEX - THE LEGEND OF THE TOWERS IS AN ATTRACTION AT THE THEME PARK. THE RIDE'S BACK STORY IS BASED ON AN INTERPRETATION OF THE LOCAL LEGEND OF THE CHAINED OAK.

THE CHAINED OAK IS TIED IN CHAINS. IT IS A LOCAL LEGEND INVOLVING THE EARL OF SHREWSBURY AND AN OLD BEGGAR WOMAN. IT WAS ADAPTED AND FANCIFULLY ELABORATED TO FORM THE BACK-STORY FOR THE RIDE "HEX".

THE 15TH EARL OF SHREWSBURY WAS CURSED BY AN OLD BEGGAR WOMAN TO SUFFER A DEATH IN THE FAMILY EVERY TIME A BRANCH FELL FROM THE OLD OAK TREE.

THE SMILER WAS OPENED IN 2013, BECOMING THE WORLD'S FIRST 14 INVERSION ROLLER COASTER.

DRAPED SEATED WOMAN WAS MADE BY HENRY MOORE. THIS SCULPTOR WAS KNOWN FOR HIS RECLINING FIGURES.

YORKSHIRE SCULPTURE PARK AND THE MINING MUSEUM ARE SITUATED NEAR WAKEFIELD, 19 MILES AWAY FROM LEEDS.

HENRY MOORE’S SCULPTURES ARE GENERALLY PIERCED OR CONTAIN HOLLOW SPACES.

MOORE WAS BORN IN CASTLEFORD, HALF AN HOUR AWAY FROM LEEDS.

FAMILIES ARE INVITED TO GET THEIR HANDS DIRTY IN THE MINING MUSEUM.

FIND OUT HOW MINERS WERE TRAINED AND EXPERIENCE GENUINE SIGHTS, SOUNDS AND SMELLS OF A WORKING COAL-MINE.

COAL WAS DEPOSITED OVER 300 MILLION YEARS AGO. IT IS FOUND IN LAYERS CALLED SEAMS. BECAUSE OF THEIR AGE, THESE SEAMS ARE OFTEN FOUND DEEP UNDERGROUND.

KIRKSTALL ABBEY WAS FOUNDED C.1152.

IT IS SET IN A PUBLIC PARK ON THE NORTH BANK OF THE RIVER AIRE.

IT WAS BUILT IN NORMAN AND GOTHIC STYLE.

THE PICTURESQUE RUINS HAVE BEEN DRAWN AND PAINTED BY TURNER.

IT WAS DISESTABLISHED DURING THE DISSOLUTION OF THE MONASTERIES UNDER HENRY VIII.

LEEDS RHINOS IS A PROFESSIONAL RUGBY LEAGUE CLUB.

LEEDS ST JOHN'S WAS FORMED IN 1870

HEADINGLEY STADIUM IS THE CLUB GROUND. THE STADIUM IS KNOWN AS THE HEADINGLEY CARNEGIE STADIUM.

WE WILL BE LIVING ALL THESE EXPERIENCES IN A FEW DAYS!!!!!!!!!