Episodes

  • The Barnsley Carol (Christmas Eve) by Arthur Godfrey

    The Barnsley Carol (Christmas Eve) by Arthur Godfrey
    Dec 20 2024
    A Christmas carol lost for 90 years and re-discovered by Barnsley Museums in 2023. Watch videos, read blogs and download the lyrics from our website https://www.barnsley-museums.com/the-barnsley-carol-christmas-eve-by-arthur-godfrey

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    18 mins
  • #Strike40 In conversation with.....Arthur Scargill in 1983

    #Strike40 In conversation with.....Arthur Scargill in 1983
    Oct 24 2024

    There's lots of interviews online with Arthur Scargill that focus on his involvement in the miners strike. In this interview that pre-dates the strike John Kelly focuses on Arthur's formative years in Barnsley, his interests and influences away from the pit. This is the first time this interview has been shared online, it's from a recently digitised cassette tape from a Barnsley Archives collection.


    Recorded in 1983 for the Second Sight magazine created especially for the blind and partially sighted, we are currently working through the collection and will share more interviews in the near future.


    Download a transcript of the interview.


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    15 mins
  • #Strike40 Kenneth O’Mara shares his memories of Elsecar and the miners' strike

    #Strike40 Kenneth O’Mara shares his memories of Elsecar and the miners' strike
    Sep 20 2024

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    19 mins
  • #Strike40 Gerald O'Brien shares his memories of Elsecar Main Colliery

    #Strike40 Gerald O'Brien shares his memories of Elsecar Main Colliery
    Aug 29 2024

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    17 mins
  • #Strike40 - Women Against Pit Closures - Rally at Barnsley Civic Hall, May 1984

    #Strike40 - Women Against Pit Closures - Rally at Barnsley Civic Hall, May 1984
    Aug 15 2024

    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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    20 mins
  • #Strike40 Cllr Mick Stowe shares his memories of the 1984 Miners' Strike

    #Strike40 Cllr Mick Stowe shares his memories of the 1984 Miners' Strike
    Jul 25 2024
    Continuing 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 mins
  • #Strike40 Brian Elliott in conversation with Ernest Kaye

    #Strike40 Brian Elliott in conversation with Ernest Kaye
    May 2 2024
    Recorded in 2004, Brian speaks with Ernest Kaye about his lifetime down the mines, including his striking memories

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    21 mins
  • #Strike40 Brian Elliott in conversation with Michael Taylor about his mining memories

    #Strike40 Brian Elliott in conversation with Michael Taylor about his mining memories
    Mar 26 2024
    Throughout 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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    24 mins