Try our Anderson Shelter and see what life on the Home Front was like – and find out about our Wartime Schooldays programme for schools visiting the Wilderspin National School.
A nostalgic, family day in the Lincolnshire countryside.
Tickets and more information online at applebyfestival.com
Join the South Bank Players and meet the stars of stage and screen for an evening of entertainment and intrigue as you pit your wits against the rest of the audience and try to work out ‘Who Nicked It?’
All tickets£5
Available from the Wilderspin School Museum or via the group’s website at www.sbplayers.co.uk
Doors open at 6.30pm for a 7pm show start.
What better way to kick-start our summer re-launch than a chance to browse and buy? We expect over twenty stalls selling a range of crafts, plants and bric-a-brac – and who knows, maybe a few clothes pegs too as part of a Victorian twist! Stalls can be booked now on (01652) 635172.
Hambledon Productions return with the UK’s number one Tommy Cooper tribute. Cooper was a true comic genius. His impeccable timing, misfiring magic, trademark fez and quick-fire gags made him an international star. This show has been at the Edinburgh Fringe, and is part of a UK tour Tickets are £8 in advance and £10 otd.
Hull Steampunk Rebels present Lady Clara’s Steampunk Sitching and Associated Arts
Be inspired by Steampunk Crafters: Dressmaking, Hats, Jewellery, Foam Craft, Gadgets, Gizmos and more!
Try your hand at Tea Duelling with our Tiffin Master
Parasol Duelling for the adventurous!
Whether you are already Steampunked or just Steam Curious, there will be something for you!
From 10am
A heart attack, Ebenezer Scrooge, the NHS, and a couple of squirrels feature in this new heart warming seasonal play by Theatre on the Edge in support of the Daisy Appeal raising funds for Molecular Imaging Research Centre for PET CT scanning .
Admission is free but a donation for the Daisy Appeal is much encouraged! (£5 if possible!)
Joseph Wright Hall (first floor auditorium), 7.30pm (doors open 7pm).
We are preparing for the Barton Christmas Festival on Saturday 24 November and our Dickensian Christmas (from 29 November) so the Wilderspin Infants Schoolroom will be getting a seasonal facelift which will change its historical authenticity! If you were planning to visit Samuel Wilderspin’s Model Infant Schoolroom we would advise you to visit another time – it will be back to “normal” from Thursday 20 December.
But come along also to our Victorian Christmas Fair on 24 November between 11am and 4pm featuring an indoor Christmas Market, seasonal refreshments in the Old School Canteen and Barton’s only truly Victorian Father Christmas in his Gallery Grotto!
We have local schools visiting and getting a taste of Victorian school life, on Thursday and Friday this week which visitors might like to watch in the Wilderspin Infant Schoolroom and the Victorian Classroom.
We’ll be hosting a visit from a local today so visitors can watch the Victorian Classroom in action in the morning, and the Wilderspin Schoolroom in the afternoon.
Over a thousand visitors experienced our first public opening of the Second World War air raid shelter on Fleetgate last year.
In partnership with The Options Group at Applegate House the shelter will be open during Heritage Open Days 2019:
Saturday 14 September, open to view 12pm -3pm – no need to book
Sunday 15 September, guided tours on the hour and half hour, 1pm – 3pm – booking required
Wednesday 18 September, open to view, 1.30pm – 4.30pm – no need to book
Sunday 21 September, guided tours on the hour and half hour, 1pm – 3pm – booking required
Saturday 22, open to view, 12pm -3pm – no need to book
Admission is free but donations will be used for restoration of the shelter and its interpretation.
Telephone 01652 635172 to book for the guided tours on 15 and 21 September.
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.