Events for 6th September 2024
10:00 am
A unique opportunity to experience an air raid shelter in the grounds of this former clinic. Built during WWII, residents of Barton upon Humber used this shelter and others like it for safety during air raids. Free - booking not required.
Find out more »Three contemporary artists pay tribute to the work of acclaimed artist George Stubbs in the 300th anniversary of his birth in Liverpool. Stubbs, whose work can be found in museums and private collections throughout the world, through their own investigations and observations of the natural world in particular, is celebrated not only for his paintings […]
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A display of models of historic Barton buildings made by pupils from Castledyke Primary School in the Joseph Wright Hall.
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To mark the 175th anniversary of the railway reaching Barton, award winning railway writer and broadcaster Christian Wolmar tells the fascinating history of the rise and fall of the state-owned British Rail from its post war origins to its dismantlement fifty years later reflecting the political dogmas of the times in a talk organised by […]
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