Christmas Cheer
There’s Christmas cake, mince pies and hot soup – and lots more, in the cosy, warm setting of the Old School Canteen to brighten up your day!
The coffee shop is open Thursday – Sunday 10am – 4pm until Sunday 22nd December.
There’s Christmas cake, mince pies and hot soup – and lots more, in the cosy, warm setting of the Old School Canteen to brighten up your day!
The coffee shop is open Thursday – Sunday 10am – 4pm until Sunday 22nd December.
The Once Upon a Time exhibition and Old School Canteen are open on Thursdays – Sundays until 22 December.
Once Upon a Time is open between 11am and 3pm.
The coffee shop is open all year between 10am and 4pm.
After Christmas, The Old School Canteen re-opens on Thursday 2 January, the Museum on Saturday 4 January.
Get in the festive mood with the Barton Community Band for an afternoon of seasonal music.
2pm
Please note, until we have the funding to upgrade this former Victorian Chapel, access to the auditorium is by stairs only although a stair lift is avaialble.
Join us for another autumn quiz.
Register your team of up to six for another evening of brain teasers and fun.
£2 per person
Bar & raffle
7.00pm doors open for a 7.30pm start in the Joseph Wright Hall (ground floor)
A drop-in session for young people to learn traditional printing techniques.
This is part of the “learning” theme of this year’s Lincolnshire Heritage Open Days to offer a number of opportunities for trying new things and learning new skills.
10am – 1pm
In the museum’s Joseph Wright Hall (ground floor with wheelchair access)
Free
We are gathering memories of Sunday School as part of our plans to restore the former Primitive Methodist Chapel (1867) which was also the Salvation Army’s Citadel between 1961 and 2016.
The original ground-floor Sunday School room is now a multi-purpose community space and the remnants of the Chapel can be see on the first floor.
We’d like to hear about your memories of Sunday School – here or elsewhere to add to our story of education.
10am -4pm
Free
First floor access by stairs or stair lift only.
Local author and after-dinner speaker, Mervin Dove, relates humorous and honest tales of his schooldays.
This informal talk is in the Reminiscence Classroom adjacent to the Old School Canteen coffee shop and will take around one hour.
2pm Booking not required
£4
Waters’ Edge Country Park was created from reclaimed industrial land which had become one of the most toxic sites in Europe. Landscape historian Richard Clarke traces the story of the site and the clean-up challenge inherited by North Lincolnshire Council – an issue closely monitored by the Civic Society in the 1990s. The talk is part of the Society’s ongoing celebration of its fiftieth anniversary, and takes pace in the Joseph Wright Hall starting at 7.30pm
Non-members are welcome (£2). Ground floor with wheelchair accessible toilet.
An exhibition by Barton Civic Society, celebrating its fiftieth anniversary, in partnership with Barton Camera Club, tracing changes in the town over five decades and examining projects that involved the Civic Society.
The exhibiton ca be seen in the Joseph Wright Hall on Thursdays – Sundays between 13 – 15 and 19 – 22 September, 10am – 4pm. Admission is free.
Book your pew, plan your costume and you’re ready to savour the variety of another Victorian music hall show as part of Heritage Open Days 2019.
7.30pm, Joseph Wright Hall, first floor (stair access)
Bar & doors open 6.30pm
Adults £10. Tel. (01652) 635172 to book – tickets on sale now.
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.