Throughout the year we are going to share highlights from Brian Elliott's oral history collection, a local historian and published author who has generously donated his sound archive to Barnsley Archives and Local Studies which we are now makin
Betty Cook was a founding member of the Barnsley Miners Wives Action Group which led to the formation of The Woman Against Pit Closures in Barnsley. This interview was recorded in 2009 as part of The South Yorkshire Women In Industry lottery fu
A Christmas message from Barnsley Museums, featuring a Barnsley carol 'Christmas Eve' written by Arthur Godfrey and published in the Barnsley Chronicle in December 1933. With photographs of Barnsley at Christmas from Barnsley Archives.Read ou
We've got a brand new podcast, find us over on Acast for Barnsley Museums Natters https://shows.acast.com/barnsley-museums-natters the first series is all about Experience Barnsley Museums
Welcome to series 2 of the Barnsley Museums podcast! This episode is all about the Slazenger tennis ball factory. For more details about the exhibition and for more content visit our website www.experience-barnsley.com/slazenger
In a break away from our usual podcast format this episode is all about the music created by Barnsley Museums over the last few years. Most of the songs have additional content to watch and read:'Of The River' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
Dana spoke about her first dealings as a commercial artist with the Barnsley Canister company. She came up to Barnsley early in 1983 and the rest was history - her career really took off with the company. She said coming up to Barnsley ‘changed
Selina Wray is an Alzheimer's Research UK Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology.Selina received her degree in Biochemistry and Biological Chemistry from the University o
After a short break the Barnsley Museums podcast is back! At the end of each month we will have more highlights from the Barnsley Archives sound archive. The next few episodes are extracts of interviews Brian Elliott a local historian and aut
Hello! Welcome to our LGBT History Month special. In this podcast you will hear from:Steven Skelley, Barnsley Museums, talking about how people can contribute LGBT+ memories and items to Experience Barnsley.Ken Brookes, Maurice Dobson Muse
In this Christmas episode of the podcast we share highlights from our festive virtual coffee morning and reminisce about our favourite Christmas memories
This podcast is all about the Barnsley British Co-operative Society which was once at the heart of the communityRead more about the co-op here: https://barnsleymuseums.art.blog/2020/07/31/barnsley-british-co-operative-society/
Almost everything you see at Experience Barnsley has been donated by the public. In the seven years since the museum opened many more people have come forward with objects and stories, the pandemic might have slowed down our plans but we are