Sadly, museums can't yet host surgeries with (finders please contact Amy.Downes.org.uk), but here are some recent finds from the nine S & W Yorkshire authority areas, starting with



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A-Z of - Town Centre -

Too many photos & stories to choose from!

Here's a snapshot of Barnsley Town Hall over the years, including construction photo in 1933, pre town hall in 1925, VE Day in 1945 and a view of the town in the 1960s

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A-Z of - Royston -

in 1927 there was an eclipse and Rosyton celebrated! (we have a photo from Penistone from that eclipse too)

Women Against Pit Closures - Royston Drift & a photo of the march back to work after the 1984 miners' strike

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The Barnsley Badger map I had to build to plot the most efficient route - didn't save the final thing, but it took longer to create than playing the actual game itself 😉

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Madeline Moore (nee De Mirimonde) was a Barnsley based artist who had a talent for copying Old Master paintings. Her family were friends with the Cooper's.

These are her paintings of Samuel Joshua & Fanny Cooper

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Barnsley fans, who else do we need to include in our rubbishly-drawn Tykes disasterpiece?

So far we've done:
Shipperley
Moses
Dyer
Ward
Hristov
De Zeeuq
Fleming
Kay
Nardiello
Barnard
Watson
Howard
Hammill
Hignett
Hassell
Eaden
Hendrie
& Redfearn

18 down. 18 spaces left...

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Have you visited Barnsley's newest festival yet? is now open!

🕒 Monday-Saturday 10am-4pm

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Finishing up this UV painting for ahead of the installation launch tomorrow

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Have you been to see the Pears & Apples exhibition at the yet?

Elisabeth Dowle is one of the world’s most respected and talented Botanical Artists. You definitely won't want to miss her beautiful watercolours of Pears & Apples. https://t.co/2GGpRD1eN9

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...none other than Giacomo Fromaggio the talented mouse-baritone from Barnsley ;o)

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If you fancy keeping up to date with the thrills and spills of Crown Green Bowling then follow Darfield Park Bowling Club or https://t.co/wFdFZvi423

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“Easy to read and engage young children. My grandchildren love the book. Definitely one for the Christmas stocking.” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
https://t.co/oBzWLiNw41 🎄🎁#fridayreads

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Inktober Day 24: Chop



A 'Barnsley Chop'.... drawn with a bic biro, a little colour was then added in Photoshop.

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How lovely, it’s
Poppy always wears a big smile... as well as a tail, of course 🌈 Happy Friday all! 😀#tweetmaster

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“This is an adorable book. It is written in rhyme with lovely colourful illustrations.” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ https://t.co/Q91JVizFIp

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We’re surrounded by Bricks and our current exhibition explores Barnsley’s brick industries. With examples of historical brick’s, you can see how each local brickworks have stamped their name or village name into the brick.

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Billy Casper - The Goo twist on the classic book and film 'Kes'

C'mon Kes! 👉🏻https://t.co/ARmAvbUBwj

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