Humber Stories – Waterside Childhood Memories

As part of the Humber Museums Partnership’s “Humber Stories” project, our volunteers have embarked on a short project over the Summer to share childhood memories of growing up on Waterside in Barton. In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Waterside was an almost self-sufficient, close-knit community with its own shops, chapel, school and industries.

Waterside was described by the late Ron Newton as his “childhood playground”, and we’d like to know more. Our team are particularly keen to share memories of St. Chad’s School – the town’s other National School.

We are appealing for contributors to share their stories of growing up on Waterside, and are especially keen for new volunteers who might like to help with the  project over the Summer – interviewing, transcribing and shaping a new display. 

Our contact details are: wilderspinschoolmuseum@gmail.com or phone (01652) 635172

Travels & Travails

We’re proud to have curated this exhibition previously shown at the Museum last autumn, and on display at the Hull History Centre during March.

It’s a unique story of ambition and endurance; A ‘journey’ which began in Spitalfields, London, in 1825, and ended at Barton upon Humber and Hull twenty years later.

Admission is free: Tuesdays -Thursdays 9.30am* – 4.30pm; Saturdays 7 & 21 March 9.30am -12.30pm (*Tuesday 17 & Thursday 19 March 10am – 4.30pm)

Hull History Centre, Worship Street, Hull, HU2 8BG

Swedenborgianism and Samuel Wilderspin

Discover how Samuel Wilderspin’s faith shaped infant school methods in the early 1800s.

Find out about Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772), and his impact on Wilderspin’s approach to early childhood and teaching methods.

Learn why these links had to be hidden in the early nineteenth century.

Dr. Sarah Odhner explores these links and why they had to be hidden in the early nineteenth century.

1.30pm – 3.30pm, Admission £4.

Pre lecture refreshments & viewing of the Wilderspin Infant School from 12.30pm

Alternatively, join Sarah’s talk to Wilderspin volunteers on Monday 13 April at 2pm – all welcome.

Lifelong Learning at Barton Course

Archaeology Studies

with Simon Tomson

11 March – 29 April, 8 weeks, 1.30pm – 3.30pm – email lifelonglearningatbarton@gmail.com to book and for details

Lifelong Learning at Barton

Butterfly Bomb Raid on Grimsby/Cleethorpes

with Paul Fenwick

Saturday 28 March, 2pm – 4.30pm – email lifelonglearningatbarton@gmail.com to book and for details

Lifelong Learning at Barton

An Afternoon of Humber Tales – from a sunken pirate island to a stranded whale

with Dave Smith

Saturday 17 January, 2pm – 4.30pm

email lifelonglearningatbarton@gmail.com to book and for details

Lifelong Learning at Barton Course

Cartoonery English Attitudes

with Tim Stimson

Wednesdays 14 January – 4 March, 8 weeks, 1.30pm – 3.30pm

email lifelonglearningatbarton@gmail.com to book and for details

Barton Civic Society Lecture

The Evolution of the Enclosures in Barton

with Andrew Robinson

Joseph Wright Hall (ground floor Raikes Room), 2pm, non-members £4

Barton Civic Society Lecture

Revolution and Resilience in Lincolnshire – Rex Russell’s Life in Teaching

with Keith Miller

Joseph Wright Hall (ground floor Raikes Room), 2pm, non-members £4

Barton Civic Society Lecture

Toil & Trouble – Magic in Roman Britain

with Adam Parker

Joseph Wright Hall (ground floor Raikes Room), 7.30pm, non-members £4