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- #Strike40 Gerald O'Brien shares his memories of Elsecar Main Colliery
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17 min - #Strike40 - Women Against Pit Closures - Rally at Barnsley Civic Hall, May 1984
The interviews in this episode were recorded on 12th May 1984 at a large Women Against Pit Closures rally at the Barnsley Civic Hall. The event was much larger than expected with an estimated 10,000 women travelling from all parts of the country to the event at the civic hall and had 40 speakers. You are about to hear speeches by Ann Hunter (chairperson of rally), Lorraine Hunter, two miners' wives from Nottinghamshire and Arthur Scargill. Interviews with Chris Hall (of Barnsley Women Against Pit Closures), various miners' wives, nurses from South Wales raining community, miners' wives from Wales, and Susan Sykes, miner's wife from Grimethorpe.
Special thanks to Sheffield Archives for digitising the cassette and allowing us to make it available in this podcast.
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21 min - #Strike40 Cllr Mick Stowe shares his memories of the 1984 Miners' StrikeContinuing our miners' strike podcast series, this episode was recorded as part of the Elsecar Building Bridges project which you can read about on our website https://www.elsecar-heritage.com/elsecar-building-bridges-project
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18 min - #Strike40 Brian Elliott in conversation with Ernest KayeRecorded in 2004, Brian speaks with Ernest Kaye about his lifetime down the mines, including his striking memories
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21 min - #Strike40 Brian Elliott in conversation with Michael Taylor about his mining memoriesThroughout the year we are going to share highlights from Brian Elliott's oral history collection, a local historian and published author who has generously donated his sound archive to Barnsley Archives and Local Studies which we are now making available online for the first time.
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25 min - #Strike40 Barnsley Women Against Pit Closures - Betty Cook
Betty Cook was a founding member of the Barnsley Miners Wives Action Group which led to the formation of The Woman Against Pit Closures in Barnsley. This interview was recorded in 2009 as part of The South Yorkshire Women In Industry lottery funded project.
It is being shared for the first time as part of Barnsley Museums' year-long programme of events marking 40 years since the Miners' Strike. For more details, visit our website
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26 min - The Barnsley Carol - Christmas Eve by Arthur Godfrey (1933) vocals by Tegwen Roberts (2023)
A Christmas message from Barnsley Museums, featuring a Barnsley carol 'Christmas Eve' written by Arthur Godfrey and published in the Barnsley Chronicle in December 1933. With photographs of Barnsley at Christmas from Barnsley Archives.
Read our blog to learn more about the carol https://barnsleymuseums.art.blog/2023/12/12/a-barnsley-christmas-eve-carol-1933/
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4 min - Ep6: In conversation with Dickie Bird, Dorothy Hyman, Mel Dyke & Stanley RaceListen to a selection of interviews recorded over the last ten years. Thank you for listening to this series! We'll be back just before Christmas with a Barnsley Quiz!
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26 min - Ep5: In conversation with Jennifer Robertson from Kyte PhotographyAward-winning portrait and commercial photographer Jennifer Robertson speaks to us about her career to date and her connections with Experience Barnsley Museum
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11 min - Ep4: In conversation with....Dave AllembyDave took part in the Olympic torch relay back in 2012 and donated his torch and other objects to the museum. We talk to him about his love of running and volunteering
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About Barnsley Museums Natters
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Hello and welcome! Get yourself a cuppa, a biscuit or three as we take you back to the 1980s in our latest series. For the first time we are making available a collection of cassette tapes from…
Barnsley Archives that were made by 'Second Sight' talking magazines for the blind and partially sighted. You will hear from some well known Barnsley voices including Dickie Bird, Stan Richards and Charlie Williams.
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