Barnsley Museums

Dec 19 2024 52 ep. 20 mins 7
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Welcome to Barnsley Museums! These are the stories behind the collections and the people covering the 5 venues: Experience Barnsley, Elsecar Heritage Centre, Worsbrough Mill, Cannon Hall & The Cooper Gallery

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The Barnsley Carol (Christmas Eve) by Arthur Godfrey

Dec 19 2024 17 mins  
A Christmas carol lost for 90 years and re-discovered by Barnsley Museums in 2023. Watch videos, read blogs and download the lyrics from our website https://www.barnsley-museums.com/the-barnsley-carol-christmas-eve-by-arthur-godfrey

#Strike40 In conversation with.....Arthur Scargill in 1983

Oct 24 2024 15 mins  
There's lots of interviews online with Arthur Scargill that focus on his involvement in the miners strike. In this interview that pre-dates the strike John Kelly focuses on Arthur's formative years in Barnsley, his interests and influences away from the pit. This is the first time this interview has been shared online, it's from a recently digitised cassette tape from a Barnsley Ar

#Strike40 Kenneth O’Mara shares his memories of Elsecar and the miners' strike

Sep 20 2024 18 mins  
#Strike40 Kenneth O’Mara shares his memories of Elsecar and the miners' strike by Barnsley Museums

#Strike40 Gerald O'Brien shares his memories of Elsecar Main Colliery

Aug 28 2024 16 mins  
#Strike40 Gerald O'Brien shares his memories of Elsecar Main Colliery by Barnsley Museums

#Strike40 - Women Against Pit Closures - Rally at Barnsley Civic Hall, May 1984

Aug 15 2024 20 mins  
The interviews in this episode were recorded on 12th May 1984 at a large Women Against Pit Closures rally at the Barnsley Civic Hall. The event was much larger than expected with an estimated 10,000 women travelling from all parts of the country to the event at the civic hall and had 40 speakers. You are about to hear speeches by Ann Hunter (chairperson of rally), Lorraine Hunter,

#Strike40 Cllr Mick Stowe shares his memories of the 1984 Miners' Strike

Jul 25 2024 17 mins  
Continuing our miners' strike podcast series, this episode was recorded as part of the Elsecar Building Bridges project which you can read about on our website https://www.elsecar-heritage.com/elsecar-building-bridges-project

#Strike40 Brian Elliott in conversation with Ernest Kaye about his mining memories

May 02 2024 20 mins  
Recorded in 2004, Brian speaks with Ernest Kaye about his lifetime down the mines, including his striking memories

#Strike40 Brian Elliott in conversation with Michael Taylor about his mining memories

Mar 26 2024 24 mins  
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 making available online for the first time.

#Strike40 Barnsley Women Against Pit Closures - Betty Cook

Mar 05 2024 25 mins  
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 funded project. It is being shared for the first time as part of Barnsley Museums' year-long programme of events marking 40 years since the M

The Barnsley Carol - Christmas Eve by Arthur Godfrey (1933) vocals by Tegwen Roberts (2023)

Dec 19 2023 3 mins  
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 our blog to learn more about the carol https://barnsleymuseums.art.blog/2023/12/12/a-barnsley-christmas-eve-carol-1933/