Wishing you all the best for the New Year. Here’s a photo from our Beautiful Barnsley by Civic Trust group. Do follow us and join the group. We’re looking forward to more blue plaques and talks in 2023.
2023
Barnsley Civic Trust
Barnsley Civic Trust is an independent, non political, voluntary organisation made up of people who live, work or have a business in Barnsley.
We speak up for local people and help local people have a voice and influence local developments.
Making Barnsley a better place to live, work or visit .
2022 annual general meeting
Barnsley Civic Trust held a short AGM on Thursday 13 October before an interesting and stimulating presentation by Barnsley Archives’ Paul Stebbing.
A Committee was elected with Allen Parks (secretary), Bill Gaunt, John Love (chair), Linda Burgess, Peter Roberts, Phyllis Barnes (treasurer) and Rebecca Battye. If other members would like to join the committee, please let us know.
Some minor changes were made to update the constitution to make the running of the organisation more straightforward. These included the numbers on the committee and the quorums required for the committee and general meetings.
John Love outlined some of BCT’s activities in the last year as well as future ones planned. These include blue plaques, working on a schools project with Eldon Street Heritage Action Zone, commenting on the design of proposed development, supporting the Local Heritage Listing project, and a programme of talks. A new facebook page had been launched: Beautiful Barnsley by Civic Trust for anyone to post images to celebrate Barnsley at its best.
Award-winning Barnsley Archives
Barnsley Archives has been named the ‘Record Keeping Service of The Year’ at the Archives & Records Association national conference on 1 September 2022. It is well deserved!
Barnsley Civic Trust had a timely illustrated presentation by Paul Stebbing, Archives and Local Studies Manager, at our meeting on Thursday 13th October.
We found out about the award-winning Barnsley Archives, what they have achieved over the years, and about their exciting plans for the future.
The Archive Service has launched a new 360° interactive tour which allows you to virtually walk around their Barnsley Town Hall search room: https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=ju4s96wzNT5
Brian Glover Blue Plaque unveiling
On Thursday 22 September a Blue Plaque for Brian Glover will be unveiled outside Chennells Bar in Peel Square, starting with music at 11.30am, short speeches at 12 noon and the unveiling at 12.20pm …
Barnsley Civic Trust 2022 AGM
Barnsley Civic Trust’s 2022 AGM is on Thursday 13th October. 7.00pm at the Masonic Hall in Cockerham Lane, Barnsley S75 1AT. A talk on Barnsley’s award-winning archives, by Paul Stebbing, follows.
There’s an illustrated presentation on Barnsley Main Colliery Heritage Project on Thursday 31st March at 7.00pm.
It’s at the Masonic Hall in Cockerham Lane which is off Huddersfield Road and close to Barnsley Town Centre.
Anyone interested in finding out about this industrial heritage initiative will be very welcome to attend.
Barnsley Main Heritage Talk
There’s an illustrated talk about the history of the site and work being undertaken by the Barnsley Main Heritage group.
Barnsley Main Heritage talk:
7.00pm on Thursday 31 March.
Masonic Hall,
Cockerham Lane,
off Huddersfield Road, Barnsley.
All welcome.
Go along to their open day too!
List it or Lose it?
Barnsley’s has great historic buildings and places but many have been lost to development. Do you know of important and cherished buildings and places in Barnsley that are not protected? There’s now an opportunity to protect those that survive by putting them on the Local Heritage List.
For more information see our page on local listing: https://barnsleycivictrust.org.uk/listing
Local Listing heritage project
Do you know of important and cherished buildings, monuments and structures in Barnsley that are not protected?
‘Local Listing’ can help give them some protection against demolition, removal or harmful modification. [Only those of national significance can have statutory listed building status.]
There’s a talk on 1st December to tell us about how we can protect Barnsley’s heritage through ‘Local Listing’.
It’s by Sarah Cattell from South Yorkshire Archaeological Service; Sarah is leading the South Yorkshire Heritage Listing Project.
The project is anxious to use the local knowledge of societies like the BCT to identify the buildings and built structures that we think ought to be listed.
All are welcome whether or not you are BCT members. The talk is at 7.00pm on Wednesday 1st December at the Masonic Hall in Cockerham Lane, off Huddersfield Road, Barnsley S75 1AT.