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
Toil & Trouble – Magic in Roman Britain
with Adam Parker
Joseph Wright Hall (ground floor Raikes Room), 7.30pm, non-members £4
Behind the Scaffolding – The Story So Far at Baysgarth House
with Liz Bennet
Joseph Wright Hall, (ground floor Raikes Room), 8pm, following the Society’s short AGM, non-members £4
The Life and Artwork of Reuben Chappell
with Alex Ombler
Joseph Wright Hall, (ground floor Raikes Room), 7.30pm, non-members £4
Archaeological Aerial Photography in North Lincolnshire
with Simon Tomson
Joseph Wright Hall, (ground floor Raikes Room), 7.30pm, non-members £4
Lancasters, Lincolnshire and the International Bomber Command Centre
with AVM Paul Robinson
Joseph Wright Hall, (ground floor Raikes Room), 7.30pm, non-members £4
Internetty – a Barton Success Story
How a local company brought high speed connectivity to a rural North Lincolnshire community.
Joseph Wright Hall, (ground floor Raikes Room), 7.30pm, non-members £4
Don’t worry – most of our volunteering is at ground level!
The Museum depends on voluntary help to run the museum.
It involves a range of tasks – working alone or in groups – but always part of a wider team.
Fixing and improving the buildings, looking after our archive and collection, sewing, gardening and planning events.
The list is endless.
The winter is a great time to come and join us – we’ll be busy and we will be planning get togethers to help plan ahead and get to know one another.
Volunteering helps us “do our bit” for the town caring for two historic buildings and sharing its unique heritage link with Samuel Wilderspin.
It’s good for us too – being part of our Wilderspin Team, a recipient of the Queens’ Award for Volunteering!
Ring (01652) 635172 or email wilderspinschoolmuseum@gmail.com to “get the ball rolling”.
Get in the festive spirit with an evening of Christmas music starting at 4pm at the Joseph Wright Hall.
Join South Bank Singers in some festive singing.
Tickets £7.50 inc. refreshments. Under 16s FREE.
Available from Euronics or on the door.
Friends At Barton are delighted to kick off the 2025 festive season with their Family Pantomime, Goldilocks and the Three Bears. A Panto that is not too hot…not too cold…but just right!
Performances are:
Friday 14th November at 7.30pm
Saturday 15th November at 1.30pm and 5pm
Sunday 16th November at 1.30pm and 5pm
Tickets are £5 each and on sale at Wilderspin, Thursday-Saturday 11am to 3pm.
Box Office: 01652-635172
We always welcome invitations from organisations for outreach speakers in addition to guided tours. The The groups which we have visited or have brought groups to the Museum are varied and have included heritage, civic society and amenity organisations, as well as U3A, WEA and WI groups.
Topics can include The Wilderspin Story (who was this self-styled “inventor” and promoter of infant education and what did he do?), The Barton Church School (saving the school building and the restoration project or the origins of the School using the archive records) and The Teacher is Abroad in the Land (accompanying our latest exhibition, Travels & Travails about the fascinating journeys of Wilderspin in the early 1800s).
Please give us a ring on (01652) 635172 to email bookings4wilderspinschool@gmail.com for more details.
Wilderspin National School
Queen Street
Barton-upon-Humber
DN18 5QP
The Wilderspin National School has received help and support from the following organisations:
The Wilderspin National School is an independent museum, registered charity no. 1047187 and a Company Limited by Guarantee no. 2844791.