Cannon Hall
Ceramic Vase
'Cannon Hall' ceramic vase made by Sian Leeper for Moorcroft, 2007
Collections
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Experience Barnsley
RECONSTRUCTED ROMAN CERAMIC VESSEL WHICH CONTAINED THE 'DARFIELD HOARD 1'
In 1947, workmen digging foundations for new houses at Darfield hit upon a pottery jar full of Roman coins, dating from the 1st to 3rd centuries. Another two hoards were uncovered in the same area in 1948 and 1950. BMBC.TH.1375 Photo © Norman Taylor
Experience Barnsley
Helmet
Helmet worn by women on the picket lines against pit closures in 1984
Elsecar
Canal. Railway. Colliery.
The canal was cut in the 1790s and the railway arrived in 1850. The colliery shown here is Elsecar Main, 1905-1983.
Experience Barnsley
BISCUIT FROM FIRST WORLD WAR, 1914-1918
George Burnett was 33 when he enlisted in the First World War to the 13th Yorks and Lancs Regiment in 1914. According to his army enlistment record, he had previously worked in a chemical factory. He was married to Eva Thornton and lived at King Street, Barnsley. George was lost on the Somme in 1916 for four days, and was later treated for Shell Shock in an army hospital. He brought home many items from the trenches, including this army issue biscuit. He returned to Barnsley to work in Borrow Colliery after being discharged from the army in 1919. Photo © Norman Taylor
Elsecar
The Girl Pat
Many remember the rowing boat that was set up on the reservoir in the 1940s.
Experience Barnsley
Bryony Nixon
Bryony Nixon with her school shirt signed by all friends on the last day of school.
Worsbrough Mill
Georgian reservoir
Built to feed canals that supported massive industrial expansion in the area. Completed in 1802.
Experience Barnsley
BLACK-GLAZED CERAMIC FLOOR TILE c.AD 1200-1300
Medieval tile fragment, glazed in yellow and black from the church floor at Monk Bretton Priory. BMBC.TH.1246 Photo © Norman Taylor
Worsbrough Mill
Reg Steel
One of the many millers whose stories can be discovered at the mill. Reg was here in the 1920s and 1930s.