On Thursday 1st May in Barnsley Town Hall Council Chamber at 6.30pm, we are pleased to welcome Fred Thompson to give an illustrated presentation on the Fascinating History of Monk Bretton Priory which was so influential in the early days of Barnsley. We are hoping to follow this up with a guided tour of the Priory later in the year.
The presentation will be preceded at 6.00pm with the BCT AGM 2025. This will be kept as short as possible. We hope as many Members as possible will attend but it will be open to anyone prior to the talk.
On Thursday 22nd of May in the Town Hall Council Chamber, at 6.30pm, Peter Cox will give an illustrated presentation on The Hull and Barnsley Railway formed in 1880 and one of the last large scale railway companies.
On Thursday 5th June but in the Miners Hall in Victoria Road, Barnsley, at 6.30pm. Dr Joe Stanley will give a presentation entitled ‘Five Shillings Per Day’: The 1819 Yorkshire Miners’ Strike and its significance to the formation of Mining Unions. This talk is made in the year of the 150th anniversary of the NUM office building in Victoria Road designed by Barnsley architects Wade and Turner.
Barnsley Civic Trust presentations are arranged in partnership with Barnsley MBC Archives and Local Studies. All are welcome to attend and booking is not necessary.
