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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 Tel. (01652) 635172 to book.
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 Tel. (01652) 635172 to book.
Book you team now or we can join you with others.
7pm, £2 per person, Bar and raffle
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 roll a penny.
11am – 3pm, children free, Adults £5 Annual Ticket
Forty years of showbusiness stories with Paul Tate who began his acting career at school in Barton before heading off to the bright lights of London, Hollywood! and Britain’s Got Talent! Q & A, costume exhibits and guest appearances by Friends at Barton colleagues.
2.30pm
Ticket details available soon.
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 Holydyke air raid shelter will also be open to visitors (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.
Discordant Noises and Effigy Burning in nineteenth century Lincolnshire. Booking advised.
2pm, £5 advance, £7 otd. Civic Society members free.
with Dr. Andrew Walker, Chair of the Society for Lincolnshire History & Archaeology. Click for full details.
A pre lecture buffet lunch is available for just £10. Booking is essential (01652 635172)