Town Centre, Barnsley, South Yorkshire.
Video of Barnsley Town Centre. I've also posted a vid of the Station/Barnsley Interchange.
The lost Barnsley Alhambra Atlas by Dave Cherry and Andy Kershaw
The Barnsley Alhambra theatre had a huge Atlas figure that disappeared when it was demolished in 1982.
Dave Cherry, John Timmis and Andy Kershaw, discover it in a Wakefield garden.
Eric Wilkinson had salvaged the figure and here we see how John located it.
With the help of archive film Dave Cherry, the Barnsley film historian, appears with Shirley Henry and Toby Foster, to tell the story of the Atlas Titan.
Music is by Dave Cherry©davecherry2018
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Places to see in ( Barnsley - UK )
Places to see in ( Barnsley - UK )
Barnsley is a large town in South Yorkshire, England, located halfway between Leeds and Sheffield. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, the town centre lies on the west bank of the Dearne Valley.
Barnsley is surrounded by several smaller settlements which together form the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, of which Barnsley is the largest and its administrative centre. The town is accessed from junctions 36, 37 and 38 of the M1 motorway and has a railway station on the Hallam and Penistone Lines. Barnsley F.C. is the local football club.
Barnsley is a former industrial town centred on coal mining and glassmaking. Although both industries declined in the 20th century, Barnsley's culture is rooted in its industrial heritage and it has a tradition of brass bands, originally created as social clubs by its mining communities. It is also home of the Barnsley chop.
Divisions and suburbs of Barnsley are :
Ardsley, Athersley, Carlton, Cundy Cross, Gawber, Honeywell, Kendray, Kingstone, Lundwood, Monk Bretton, New Lodge, Oakwell, Old Town, Pogmoor, Smithies, Stairfoot, Worsbrough (includes Worsbrough Bridge, Worsbrough Common, Worsbrough Dale, Worsbrough Village and Ward Green), Wilthorpe, Dodworth, Mapplewell, Staincross, Royston, Wombwell, Hoyland, Elsecar, Kexbrough, Cudworth.
The main transport hub is Barnsley Interchange, a combined rail and busstation that was opened on Sunday 20 May 2007, and was the first project in the remaking Barnsley scheme to be completed. Stagecoach Yorkshire run most bus services within Barnsley, operating to and from Barnsley Interchange. Barnsley is also served by:
Dodworth railway station west of the town centre, which is a stop on the Penistone Line, and has one platform.
Darton railway station however, is on the Hallam Line, has two platforms and is in the north of Barnsley.
Goldthorpe railway station and has two platforms (east of Barnsley). The line is on the Wakefield Line and has no service to the above stations or Barnsley Interchange.
Thurnscoe railway station and has two platforms (east of Barnsley). The station is on the Wakefield Line and has no service to any Barnsley station other than Goldthorpe.
The nearest airport is Robin Hood Airport approximately 26 miles (42 km) away.
Alot to see in ( Barnsley - UK ) such as :
Alhambra Centre
Barnsley College
Barnsley Town Hall recently turned into museum
Cannon Hall Museum, Park & Gardens
Houndhill
Locke Park
Oakwell Stadium football ground, home of Barnsley Football Club
Wentworth Castle & Gardens
Barnsley Interchange
Parish Church of Saint John the Baptist .
The first bottle bank for glass recycling collection in the United Kingdom was introduced by both Stanley Race CBE, then president of the Glass Manufacturers' Federation and Ron England in Barnsley. According to a BBC Radio 4 edition of PM aired on 6 June 2007, and a web article, the bank opened in June 1977[22] but a BBC web article published in 2002 states that the bottle bank opened on 24 August 1977.
In May 2017 a new landmark was commissioned by Barnsley Borough Council to commemorate the 'Hippopopig Rhinocerous' breeding.
Cinematographer Denzill Smith who captured the extraordinary event stated that the mating ritual between the Hippopotamus and Rhinoceros was a 'rare event'.
( Barnsley - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Barnsley . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Barnsley - UK
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WELCOME TO BARNSLEY
Dug up from the archives, Welcome to Barnsley.
A hard look at how welcoming Barnsley is towards immigrants and descendants of immigrants.
The daily struggle that people go through every day living in Barnsley.
All of which is still relevant today.
ALLAMBRA SHOPPING CENTRE BARNSLEY
Barnsley Town Centre December 2019
A Montage of Photos of the Refurbishment of my Towns Markets And Shopping Centre
Barnsley, Alhambra Centre Roof Top.
Roof of the Alhambra Shopping Centre , Barnsley..
A nice summers day after weeks of pouring rain.
My visit to Elsecar Heritage Center, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
My visit to Elsecar Heritage Center, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
BARNSLEY MARKET IN YORKSHIRE UK
Barnsley Town Centre - 23rd January, 2011
The South Yorkshire town of Barnsley is notable as a former industrial town centred on coal mining and glassmaking although in the town a few factories remain notably the glassworks and coking plant. Though these industries declined in the 20th century, Barnsley's local culture remains rooted in this industrial heritage; Barnsley has a tradition of brass bands, originally created as social clubs for its mining communities. This video features views from a walk around Barnsley town centre, on a cold January Sunday afternoon. Views include Barnsley Town Hall, Market Hill, the Arcade, Peel Square, Queen Street, May Day Green, Cheapside, New Street, Sheffield Road, Harborough Hill Road, views from the roof of the Alhambra shopping centre, Albert Street, Wellington Street, Market Street, West Way, the demolished supermarket, Townend Roundabout, Premier Inn, Peel Street, Shambles Street, The Lamproom Theatre, Sackville Street, Gateway Plaza, The Glasshouse, Barnsley Magistrates Court and Westgate Street. The video features the urban landscape including the architecture and urban regeneration.
2017 NEW YEAR BARNSLEY TOWN CENTER
Barnsley, new year, happy new year, town centet, firework
Mass graves POV. Churchfields park St. Mary's. Barnsley, UK
Even it seems like a nice park, you might be stepping on somebody's remains, or more than one's remains. Layers of poor bodies thrown one on top of another... too poor to have a tombstone or a place of their one.
That's the story of 1850's England...
Recently you might step on a dog shit, since the Fouling the land ( Dog act ) is not very welcomed around here...
The (hi)story goes:
A potted history of St. Mary's church new burial ground
Churchfields
The burial ground known as Church Field was originally owned by the Duke of Leeds and is recorded on the 1779 enclosure map as plot number 726. It was opened around 1823 and is believed to have closed in the 1860s so it is probable that the small number of headstones dated about 1750 and some from the early 1800s were transferred there from the churchyard during alterations to the church during the 19th century. Most of the headstones commemorate ordinary townsfolk such as shopkeepers, manufacturers, innkeepers and their families and there were approximately 221 known gravestones. However local historian Eli Hoyle records the total number of burials in Church Field between 1823 and 1859 as 6089 so clearly there were many burials of people too poor to have a headstone.
In October 1832 Barnsley suffered an epidemic of Asiatic cholera which, having made its first appearance at Jessore in Bengal in 1817, had spread throughout Europe and arrived in Sunderland in 1831 from where it worked its way down the country. There were around 295 deaths from the St. Mary's district and many of them were buried in the northwest corner of the ground. The first Barnsley victim to die was the Rev. Thomas Cooper on October 1st 1832, aged 72 years, the second being Dr James Dow. Dr. Dow was born in Neilston, Renfrewshire, Scotland and came to Barnsley in around 1800. He attended many of those suffering during the cholera outbreak but succumbed to the disease on October 9th 1832 aged 57 years. There is a memorial tablet to him in St. Mary's church.
In 1944 the Barnsley Burial Ground Act was passed, paving the way for the adjacent Beckett Hospital to expand onto Church Field; the land was bought and notices put in the local newspapers asking if there were any objections to the burial ground being cleared. Had the work gone ahead the new building was due to be finished in 1948 but eventually it was decided that the site was too small for the new hospital and so the plan was abandoned.
By the 1970s the ground had become totally disused and overgrown with vegetation and in 1976 council workman were brought in to tidy up the site. The undamaged gravestones were lifted and re-laid next to new paths and perios lampposts were installed; trees were treated to prevent Dutch elm disease and shrubs planted in an attempt to bring Church Field back into community use.
Nick Plays John at Table Tennis in the Alhambra Shopping Centre
Ping Barnsley has Table Tennis tables across Barnsley and Nick Fromont joined listeners at the Alhambra to take them on!
Barnsley Markets, South Yorkshire, February 2018
#barnsley #Marketplace #shoppinginbarnsley #marketplacebarnsley
Top 15. Best Tourist Attractions in Barnsley - England
Top 15. Best Tourist Attractions in Barnsley - England: Cannon Hall Farm, Wentworth Castle Gardens, Cannon Hall Museum, Barnsley Town Hall, Experience Barnsley Museum and Discovery Centre, Barnsley Metrodome Waterpark, Elsecar Heritage Centre, Wigfield Farm, Worsbrough Mill Museum & Country Park, The Barnsley Lamproom Theatre, Locke Park, Oakwell Stadium, Monk Bretton Priory, Pot House Hamlet, The Civic
Barnsley
An evening walking around Barnsley.
The contrast in architectural styles is as striking as the contrast between the 'haves & the have nots'.
Some very fancy people in very fancy buildings were contrasted by the number of homeless people bedding down in shop doorways asking for spare change.
It makes me both sad and angry.
The old Providence Villa Sackville Street Barnsley
I had no idea about this place until I took the train to Barnsley and wandered up towards Sackville Street one Sunday morning... I guess that's serendipity.
I can't find any old photos or information on this place except it was once a private house, and then, much more recently, the offices for Barnsley Medical Consulting Rooms. It looks like squatters lived here in more recent times, leaving the interior dirty and strewn with rubbish. At the bottom of the garden is a stone arch which looks likes its in now filled in with brick, maybe this was a grand gated entrance at the rear -- possibly before the other houses behind it were built. There's an elevated door to the rear portion of the building which looks like it once had steps leading up to it, but now reduced to a pile of bricks. The bungalow is obviously a later addition (maybe for the consulting rooms), which is joined onto the main building by what looks like a make-shift wooden corridor; whatever it is, it certainly spoils the original look of the house. The upper arched window at the rear must have been pretty impressive once, but now it just serves as a gutted hole showing the soiled and fire-damaged interior. Such a shame...
Barnsley, Town Centre
I've shown you plenty of areas surrounding Barnsley, but none of the actual town centre. Today I change that, as I take you for a small tour...
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Barnsley town centre on Christmas Day