Back to School – Elizabethan Trade
Jean Cannon’s talk focusses on the links between Hull and Scotland in this fascinating period of history.
1.30pm, Joseph Wright Hall, £4 including refreshments
Jean Cannon’s talk focusses on the links between Hull and Scotland in this fascinating period of history.
1.30pm, Joseph Wright Hall, £4 including refreshments
Remember your childhood excitement and anticpation as Christmas Eve approached?
We’re re-living some of those traditions from making DIY streamers. lametta and a sixpence in the pudding – or was it a thre’penny bit?
Pop in (it’s free!) between 11am and 3pm, warm up and grab a hot drink and try the Christmas Quiz or vist Santa between 11.30 and 2.30 (£4).
Fun activities for children and adults!
Museum Tours at 11am and 1.30pm (£5 or Free with Annual Ticket)
Join our teachers from the past who will escort you through time, experiencing the strictness of the Victorian schoolrooms, the hardships of wartime in the 1940s Classroom, and the liberation and enjoyment of the post war classrooms. Along the way there are mystery objects to test you, a puzzle or two to solve and a well-earned cup of tea or coffee with cake or scones at the end of the tour.
Discover the history of the Barton National & Infants School and it’s unique link with the “inventor” of infant schooling, Samuel Wilderspin.
Tour times are 11am and 1.30pm. Please book by phone on (01652) 635172 by Friday 6 December .
£5 (Free for Annual Ticket holders)
A Christmas cracker of festive music to get you into the Christmas spirit!
7pm, Joseph Wright Hall
£7.50 (tickets available from Euronics or on the door). Under 16s free.
Barton Musical Theatre Company present this original musical comedy for the over 18s!
7.30pm, Joseph Wright Hall (Doors open 7pm)
Married to his first wife for nearly a quarter of a century, Henry managed to get through five more in the space of only fourteen years. This is history they didn’t teach you at school!
Marilyn Roberts returns as part of the Barton Civic Society Lecture Programme.
2pm, doors open 1.30pm Non-members $4
Our Back to School theme continues with more history they didn’t teach us, this time a look at Elizabethan Hull with Jean Cannon.
Saturday 14 December as part of our December Winter Warmer Day.
Free admission for Annual Ticket holders. £4 others.
“l learned more than just walking round by myself. It was definitely a worthwhile experience, and l would recommend it to anyone interested in local/social history. Thank you.” (December ‘ 24 participant)
Discover the history of the Barton National & Infants School and its unique link with the “inventor” of infant schooling, Samuel Wilderspin.
These special tours are held on the first Sunday of each month when the Museum is closed to general visitors. They’re free for Annual Ticket holders. Annual Tickets cost £5.
Forthcoming tour dates are 8 December and 11 January.
Our new Classroom Curiosities Challenge is on Saturday 25 January.
Tour times are 11am and 1.30pm. Please book by phone on (01652) 635172 by the preceding Friday.
A thrilling evening to warm the blood! Not for the fainthearted!
7.30pm, £5 (book on 01652 635172), email or pop in Thursday – Saturday 11am – 3pm
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.