How To Be Brave
Other Lives Prodiuctions return to Joseph Wright Hall with a story of 14 men aboard a life raft after their ship was torpedoed in the Atlantic in 1943.
7.30pm, £10 Tickets on sale now.
Other Lives Prodiuctions return to Joseph Wright Hall with a story of 14 men aboard a life raft after their ship was torpedoed in the Atlantic in 1943.
7.30pm, £10 Tickets on sale now.
The Queen Street School Preservation Trust is proud to welcome Nancy Birtwhistle as a Patron.
Nancy is a bestselling author, lifelong gardener and Hull-born baker who won the fifth series of The Great British Bake Off in 2014.
Nancy will be helping the Trust with its latest fundraising efforts at a festive evening in December. Tickets are now on sale.
Our first Winter Warmer this year looking back at toys and games from the past and a chance to play some retro board games. Free refreshments.
11am – 3pm, children free, Adults £5 Annual Ticket
Grab a bargain from our Caretaker’s Clearout
10am – 2pm, free
Refreshments pit stop!
Wallow in nostalgic memories of holidays and days out to the seaside when knitted swimming costumes were in vogue and windbreaks were a “must have”. Grab a tea from the”kiosk” while the kids hook a duck and try their luck in the Pentathlon arcade.
11am – 3pm, children free, Adults £5 Annual Ticket
Forty years of showbusiness stories with Paul Tate, with Q & A, costume exhibits and guest appearances by Friends at Barton colleagues.
2.30pm, £5 (tickets on sale now)
Drop in anytime to the Wartime Classroom and meet the Teacher from the 1940s and learn first-hand what it’s like on the Home Front. The class is expecting a visit from members of Barton’s First Aid Party, along with their 1940s ambulance. The Holydyke air raid shelter will also be open to visitors too (also Saturday 6 September).
11am – 12pm & 1pm – 2pm, included in £5 Annual Ticket, children free, booking not required
Saturday 14 September
Ian Wolseley explores the travels, trials and tribulations of Samuel Wilderspin, the itinerant promoter of Infant education as he journeyed by road and sea just as the railway age dawned – making a four-year “stopover” here in Barton to set up his Model School.
2pm. Free. Booking advised – available from the Museum in person (Mon – Sat), by phone (01652) 635172, or by email wilderspinschoolmuseum@gmail.com.
Sunday 8 September
Procession and Exhibition Lesson demonstrating Mr. Wilderspin’s innovative Infant System, 180 years after the laying of the foundation stone for the National & Infant School. The Procession involving local children starts at St. Mary’s Church (2pm) followed by the Exhibition Lesson at the Museum (2.30pm). Children (and their parents!) are welcome to join in the fun – please give us a ring or call in the Museum for details and to book.
2pm at St. Mary’s Church, 2.30pm at Wilderspin, free
Follow the links to join in the fun
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.
