We Visit: Meadowhall’s Christmas Post Room
The magic of Christmas is the greatest of gifts so it was a real treat to be invited for a sneak peek at Meadowhall’s newest attraction for the festive season; The Christmas Post Room. Following the success of this summer’s pop-up selfie station which attracted over 150,000 visitors, Meadowhall’s popular...
When You Wish Upon a Star
Every parent has a list of wishes for their children. Dreams of a lifetime of good health, happiness and contentment. Hopes that they will grow to have courage, respect and compassion for others. And a promise that children will always know how loved they are, no matter what the future holds. But for parents of children with life-threatening illnesses, their only wish...
FareShare: Waste Not, Want Not
If ever there was a more paradoxical issue in current times, it is that of excessive amounts of food pilling up on landfill sites and the rising number of people in the UK struggling to put food on the table. It is mind-boggling to think that over eight million people...
Aroundtown Meets Jack Land Noble
They say all the world’s a stage but it is his humble hometown of Barnsley which keeps setting the scene as the most prominent backdrop in Jack Land Noble’s productions. Billed as an actor, writer, director, producer, singer and songwriter, it’s Jack by name, but most definitely not Jack-of-all-trades by nature. At just 30-years-old, Jack has...
A Lady of Letters
One is a rural village in Barnsley known for its stage of rolling green countryside on which stands a stately home and folly castle; the other a remotely romantic Italian lakeside town flanked by the amphitheatre-style Adamello mountain. Poles apart in characteristics and distance. Yet banded together in a shared admiration for one very influential woman whose life story was preserved in the many letters she famously wrote. For Stainborough in Barnsley and Lovere in the Lombardy province of Italy both bear monuments...
Mail and Female
For centuries, Britain’s postal service has connected companies and customers, families and friends; spreading word far and wide from remote and rural corners to bustling towns and cities. The Post Office has become a trusted friend for communities to rely on, its workers always going that extra mile to make...
Wentworth Woodhouse’s Wishlist
Here you are, minding your own business watching the TV with the heating on full blast and the tumble dryer going, when an envelope from your energy supplier drops through the letter box. The winter months have cost you dearly; next year’s bill will be going up – again… The...
Charity Christmas Card for Chapel on the Bridge
‘O little town of Rotherham How still we see thee lie Yet on the bridge over the Don A Chapel do we pass by Amidst the dark and starry sky, the Chapel of Our Lady stands proudly on Rotherham Bridge; a beacon of our town’s heritage but of which the history of remains hidden...
You & Your Health: The 12 Pains of Christmas
‘Tis the season to be poorly as the drop in temperature brings with it a range of common winter ailments. By keeping warm and well this winter, and visiting your local pharmacy for help, you can still enjoy the festive period without going into hibernation. On the first day of...
Barnsley Born and Bread
For over 65 years, the family-run Fosters Bakery has been a staple part of village life in Mapplewell, filling the Barnsley air with the unmistakable aroma of freshly baked bread.
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