Ee By Magnum: Uncovering Tom Selleck’s Barnsley connection

Ee By Magnum: Uncovering Tom Selleck’s Barnsley connection

He’s just as famous for his thick moustache as he is for his starring roles. But a previously unknown fact about Hollywood actor Tom Selleck is that his ancestry can be traced back to right here in Barnsley. A team of local investigators have given Selleck’s Magnum P.I. character a...

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Home on the Grange

Home on the Grange

Thundercliffe Grange in Rotherham is privately owned by a group of residents. But it has previously been an Earl’s family seat, a private asylum for wealthy ladies, and a hospital for disabled children.

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Worsbrough family’s wartime letters

Worsbrough family’s wartime letters

We take a look at the history of the Elmhirst family from Worsbrough and the letters the eight siblings wrote to each other during the First World War.

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Rolf Heymann: a lifelong battle for freedom and peace

Rolf Heymann: a lifelong battle for freedom and peace

We meet the remarkable Rolf Heymann who fled Nazi Germany aged 10 for a safe life here in Sheffield.

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Aroundtown Meets the Nicholson family of Cannon Hall Farm

Aroundtown Meets the Nicholson family of Cannon Hall Farm

We meet the Nicholson family of Cannon Hall Farm in Barnsley to discover their 30-year journey to becoming one of Yorkshire’s best visitor attractions.

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