Christmas Past & Yuletide Fair

Saturday 28^th November, 1pm -5pm

Pop into the School on Christmas Festival day.  Christmas Past includes the only Victorian Father Christmas in Barton resplendent in traditional Victorian green!  Grown-ups can enjoy mulled wine and mince pies around the classroom fire while children can make a Victorian Christmas decoration.  There will be indoor stalls too and lots of Christmas stocking ideas in the Joseph Wright Hall adjacent to the School Museum.

The Museum is open from 10am as usual – the fair begins at 1pm.

Winter Art Exhibition

Saturday 28th November – Friday 4th December

(Thursdays – Sundays 11am – 3pm)

This is the first winter exhibition of paintings and drawings by the Wilderspin Art Group.  This is a selection of work by the group which meets every week in the Joseph Wright Hall adjacent to the museum.  the work will be on show in the Wilderspin Schoolroom beginning on Barton Christmas Festival Day.

Book Corner

Thursday 23 July – Monday 31 August

Thursdays – Sundays 10am – 4pm
Hundreds of hardback books for sale covering many themes including natural history, warfare, and railway history.

Retro Crafts for Kids

Every Thursday during the summer holidays children aged 5-13 can try out one of several crafts their parents or grandparents will recall – at school or in the home.

The first of four weekly craft sessions is on 28 July.  The following sessions are: 4, 11 and 18 August. Come back each week to try a different craft.

Each session runs from 1pm to 3pm and cost £4 per single session or £3.50 per multiple sessions.

Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult – older participants may like “their” adult to join them – that’s fine – in fact it helps our volunteers help the children.  So come along too!

The crafts vary each week – we’ll be bale to tell you exactly what is on offer if you ring.

Tel (01652) 635172 to book.

Feltmaking Sessions

Crafted by Snorky will be running felting sessions during October – December.  Felting is therapeutic, relaxing and fun – you don’t need any experience or art skills – just enthusiasm!  You’ll be led step by step to create a wet felted poppy.  The price includes tuition, materials, equipment, and refreshments. Extra materials are available to buy for experimenting at home.

You can find more details about each session on our “Courses” page.

October: 14th Owls, 15th poppies, 28^th Halloween Masks (Family Session), 29^th Halloween Fun Figures

November: 18^th Notebook Covers, 19^th Festive thoughts

December: 9^th Xmas Decorations 10^th Xmas Decorations

Bookings contact:  tracy@snorkymedia.com  and by phone 07976 848359