Capability Brown

Wilderspin hosts Barton Civic Society’s February lecture by Andrew Robinson about the eighteenth-century gardener and landscape architect Capability Brown.

2pm – 3.30pm, Joseph Wright Hall, Non-members £4

Valentines Quiz Night

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

Vere Foster- Changing lives for the Irish poor

Vere Foster was a Victorian philanthropist and educator described by the author Brendan Colgan, as an “English Gentleman and Irish Champion”.

During the Great Famine of the 1840s in Ireland he set up an agricultural training school and assisted the poor wherever he could, and personally helped with the re-settlement of thousands of emigrants to North America escaping starvation and disease.

For those unable to emigrate he set his sights on improving their life chances by lifting educational standards in Irish schools, spending a vast fortune building and equipping schools and designing his own ‘Copy Books’ for the teaching of writing.

Jean Cannon shares the story of one of the most remarkable and unifying figures in the history of post-famine Ireland. as part of our Barton Heritage Project partnership in association with Barton Civic Society.

Joseph Wright Hall, 2pm, free.

Winter Warmer Open Day

We’re open on Friday 15th December between 11am and 3pm

Discover the Wilderspin Story – FREE museum admission!

School Life exhibition about the Barton Church School

Free Talk: “The Church School Archive” at 11am (doors open at 10.30 with refreshments)

Christmases Past in the Chatty Cafe 12pm – 2pm – reminisce and make a card with free refreshments

Christmas Quiz Night

Join us for another popular quiz evening !

7pm (doors open 6.30pm)

Book your place or team (up to six) at £2 per person (01652 635172)

Bar.