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Calendar Highlights

Friday 15 – Sunday 17: Mother Goose with Friends at Barton

Weekend Tours

Forthcoming free tours, inc. with Annual Ticket, 8 December and Saturday 18 January, 11am & 1.30pm. Booking essential (01652 635172).

Click for more information about forthcoming guided tours

News

The Glenn Miller concert scheduled for 9 November has been postponed. A new date will be arranged for the Spring.

Our volunteers will happily guide you to our self-service refreshments bar, which you can enjoy at the end of your visit after perusing the Reminiscence Classroom. We’ve a few games from the “old days” to try out over a tea or coffee.

Access information for visitors with specific needs. Click here for details.

Wilderspin Lottery Club summer winners and how to support the Trust

JOSEPH WRIGHT HALL

CURRENT EVENTS

Henry VIII, His Wives and Mistresses

November 8, 2024

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

Mother Goose

November 15, 2024 to November 17, 2024

Our resident Community Theatre Group FRIENDS AT BARTON return with another family pantomime, transforming the Joseph Wright Hall into Witz End Farm. Will Demon Vanity steal the golden eggs or will Fairy Virtue save the day?

Christmas Fair

November 30, 2024

Crafts Fair, refreshments and Victorian Father Christmas as part of Barton’s Christmas Festival.

12pm – 4pm

Refreshments 12pm – 5.30pm.

Christmas with Nancy

December 6, 2024

Join author and Bake Off winner Nancy Birtwhistle for a festive evening as we welcome her as a patron of the Queen Street School Preservation Trust.

Book now to avoid disappointment.

Joseph Wright Hall, 7.30 pm, £20 (includes a welcome glass of bubbly and raffle prize)