Barton Civic Society Lecture
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
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.
In 1825 Samuel Wilderspin undertook his first road-trip promoting infant schools in villages, towns and cities across the nation. The 800 mile roundtrip set the pattern of things to come over the next 20 years. Based on his own accounts, this exhibition highlights the challenges of lone travel across the British Isles just as the railway age was dawning. It’s a unique story of ambition and endurance.
This Saturday, 9 August
BYO picnic, and Teddy too, from 11.30 (free) – followed at 12.30 with Storytime (£2) – a thirty minutes session led by museum staff, with time afterwards to roam the museum or follow the Teddy Bear Trail.
Join one of our short guided tours of the Church School and uncover its intriguing story and unique part in the story of Infant education in Britain.
10.30am and 2pm, £3, with refreshments afterwards. Booking not required.
Try our family challenge solving puzzles set by the historical teachers in each of the old classrooms.
10am and 1pm – the sessions last 90 minutes
£3pp or £10 family ticket. Book on (01652) 635172
Family fun, seaside games and trail
Bring teddy too and a picnic to eat in Sam’s garden Playground (or inside if wet!)
We’re prepared for all weathers – come rain or shine!
FREE
11am – 3pm
Sometimes known by names such as ‘riding the stang’ and ‘skimmington rides’, this examination of rough music in the nineteenth century by Andrew Walker provides an insight into the ways in which communities sought to regulate themselves.
7.30pm in the Joseph Wright Hall
Barton Civic Society members free; non-members £4
Crafts and gift stalls in our indoor Christmas market and Father Christmas in his Victorian grotto.
Pop in for a rest, warm-up and refreshments.
Stalls (£10) are available to book by phone (01652) 635172 and email @ wilderpsinschoolmuseum@gmail.com.
11am – 5.30pm, FREE
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.