World COPD Day 2024
Throughout the day, your lungs work on autopilot, taking around 25,000 breaths each day. But for the 1.4 million people in the UK who have the respiratory condition COPD, the simple act of breathing can be difficult and laboured. World COPD Day takes place on Wednesday 20th November and this...
Aroundtown Meets Kate Rusby
Christmas isn’t in full flight until Barnsley’s nightingale, Kate Rusby, starts her annual festive tour. Forget the defrosting diva, Miss Carey. With seven Christmas albums and an almost twenty-year tradition of a festive tour, it’s self-confessed holly head Kate who’s the unofficial queen of Christmas. Folk royalty since the early...
Warren Vale Colliery Explosion – 150 years on
By Joshua Daniels A dense choking fog spread over Rawmarsh in November 1874. There had been a fatal explosion at Warren Vale Colliery, the second such incident since it was sunk in 1840. It was a Friday, 20th November, and families should have been looking forward to a weekend together....
Barnsley u3a fly the flag for gardening
Members of Barnsley u3a are proud to have helped restore the historic Union Jack Garden at Wentworth Castle Gardens in Stainborough. Over the last few years, the Bu3a gardeners group have worked with the National Trust team, who are custodians of the site, to overhaul a triangular section of the...
Christmas concerts at Wentworth Church
For more traditional start to Christmas, book your tickets to the annual carol concerts at the magnificent Holy Trinity Church in Wentworth village. Decorated in all its seasonal splendour, Wentworth Church will be spreading Christmas cheer with two festive concerts this year. On Sunday 8th December, the York Waits travel...
