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Cradle to the Grave

Cradle to the Grave

Saturday 7 September

A guided tour of Queen Street’s legacy of Victorian public buildings including a look inside the former National & Infant School and Primitive Methodist Chapel, now the Joseph Wright Hall and referencing the research of local history by students of the  Barton upon Humber branch of the Workers’ Educational Association and the Department of Adult Education of the University of Hull in the early 1980s.  Their research was published in Cradle to the Grave – Barton on Humber in the 1850s, edited by Rex Russell and published in 1984.

The tour is free and starts at the Wilderspin School Museum at 11am and lasts up to one hour.

Booking is essential so we can control numbers – you can ring (01652 635172) close to the day to check availability.

The Age of the Train

To mark the 175th anniversary of the railway reaching Barton, award winning railway writer and broadcaster Christian Wolmar tells the fascinating history of the rise and fall of the state-owned British Rail from its post war origins to its dismantlement fifty years later reflecting the political dogmas of the times.

Christian writes regularly for a wide variety of publications including the Independent, Evening Standard and Rail magazine, and appears frequently on TV and radio as a commentator.

His latest book is “British Rail” is an authoritative and fascinating history of the rise and fall of the state-owned British Railways, providing a new perspective on national loss in a time of privatisation.

From its creation after the Second World War, through its fifty-year lifetime, British Rail was an innovative powerhouse that transformed our transport system. Uniting disparate lines into a highly competent organisation – heralding ‘The Age of the Train’ – and, for a time, providing one of the fastest regular rail services in the world.

Born into post-war austerity, traumatised, impoverished and exploited by a hostile press, the state-owned railway was dismissed as a dinosaur unable to evolve, and swept away by a government hellbent on selling it off.

If your memories of BR are “stale sandwiches” or “the wrong kind of snow” this talk will put the other side of the story.

Friday 6 September, 7.30pm

Tickets are £10 in advance* (£12 otd) and £6 for Civic Society Members.

The Age of the Train

To mark the 175th anniversary of the railway reaching Barton, award winning railway writer and broadcaster Christian Wolmar tells the fascinating history of the rise and fall of the state-owned British Rail from its post war origins to its dismantlement fifty years later reflecting the political dogmas of the times.

In partnership with Barton Civic Society

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7.30pm

Tickets are £10 in advance* (£12 otd) and £6 for Civic Society Members. (Tel 01652 635172 to book)

Summer Quiz

Book for our next popular general knowledge quiz.  Teams of up to six – or we can match you up with others.

£2 per person.  7pm start. Bar and raffle. Tel. (01652) 635172 to book

Train Up a Child

One hundred and eighty years ago, on the 6^th September 1844, the foundation stone was laid for the Church School on Queen Street as part of a ceremony that must have brought Barton to a standstill.

We’re re-creating that day as part of Heritage Open Days in September.  Free.

Click here for more details: Train Up a Child outline v2

Click here to get involved:   Train Up a Child form v2