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to the May/June edition of Aroundtown Magazine.
WWhether you are a royalist or
not, the coronation of King
Charles III marked a significant
date in our lifetime with family and friends
coming together.
On King Charles’ 2023 New Year’s honours list
was Cynthia Shaw. We received multiple requests
from readers to feature Cynthia’s story, so we
just had to meet her. We witnessed first hand her
generosity, sipping tea from a China cup, enjoying
her homemade scones and hearing about her
charitable work that even in her 80s doesn’t relent.
There are so many people in our area who
do remarkable work, often without recognition,
so it’s always our pleasure to give them the red
carpet treatment they so deserve. Most also do
this voluntarily, such as those who run The Astoria
Centre in Barnsley and the many other independent
museums in our towns.
Speaking of red carpet, we are planning a fashion
show later in the year at Wentworth Woodhouse as
part of Dame Julie Kenny’s Master Cutler Challenge
which we hope you will join us at.
In the meantime, there are some brilliant events
taking place across our region this summer, with
everything from festivals to a midnight memory walk.
When the sun is shining, it’s the perfect opportunity
to get out and about to discover what’s on your
doorstep. We have inspiration for where to shop, eat
and have fun.
A happy, healthy springtime to you all.
Cheryl, Amber and the team x
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Aroundtown Meets
04 Cynthia Shaw MBE
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Fashion, Health & Beauty
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08 You and Your Health: Is it ever safe to
Buy Medicines Online?
14 Style it to the Max
16 Cannon Hall Gets Catwalk Ready
Features
7 Dame Julie’s Master Cutlers Challenge
30 The Astoria Centre
42 Beloved and Betrayed
Out & About
28 Wow Festival Returns
29 The Argonauts at Wentworth Woodhouse
32 Elsecar Heritage Centre
38 Walk around Bradfield
40 Midnight Memory Walk
54 Museums in our Towns
Home & Garden
60 The Sunshine Shade
72 The Merry Month of May
Food & Entertainment
76 Picnic Recipes
78 Wine Regions
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MEETS
meets
Cynthia Shaw MBE
When a letter from the Cabinet
Office came through the
letterbox at her home in Harley,
stating that she was to be made
a Member of the Order of the
British Empire in King Charles’s
2023 New Year Honours List,
Cynthia Shaw put it down in
semi-disgust.
Thinking it was a scam, she grumbled that
they had another thing coming if they thought she
was handing her bank details over that easily. But
on second reflection, she realised the paper was
actually quite posh, so she phoned the Cabinet
Office to check its authenticity. Well, as she rightly
says, you can never be too careful these days.
“I told them someone purporting to be from
their department had sent me a letter saying I
had been awarded an MBE. When I gave them
the reference number, they asked me if I was
“
I’ve had a charmed and
comfortable life, but
much of it has been spent
feeling responsible for
others and responsible for
providing for myself.
”
indeed Mrs Cynthia Shaw. That flummoxed me a
bit. Then I made a fool of myself by asking if they
had the right person. They reeled off some of the
things I’d been commended for and I couldn’t
quite believe it myself. It humbles me beyond
belief. There are millions of volunteers out there
who never get recognised, so why me? How’s
that happened?”
But Cynthia Shaw is not a woman to be
underestimated. ‘This MBE thing’ as she calls it
when we meet, for services to the community in
Rotherham, is so richly deserved for a person
who has spent her life advocating for others. If
you looked up the word stalwart in a dictionary,
Cynthia’s picture would be there.
“I don’t like injustice and I won’t be beaten.
Someone once told me I’d have made a good
Suffragette, but I wouldn’t have gone on hunger
strike as I like my food,” she laughs. We’re
tucking in to fruit scones and cream filled pastries
while we chat, made fresh that morning especially
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for our visit.
Across her eighty-plus years on earth, there
aren’t many people she hasn’t supported.
Miners, pensioners and the disabled are just a
few to have had Cynthia in their corner, going up
against politicians and Prime Ministers in her fight
for better outcomes.
Her working life was spent as a woman
shattering glass ceilings in a male-dominated
industry. She worked for the National Coal Board
for over 35 years, first in the wages office at
Rockingham Colliery before moving to the NCB’s
pensions and insurance service when the pits
closed.
Then two heart attacks when she was 50
changed her outlook on things and she retired
the following year. But she certainly didn’t put her
feet up.
Cynthia has spent the last thirty-odd years
volunteering as a magistrate, parish councillor,
public governor for Rotherham Hospital, and
trustee of Wentworth Charity. She’s also tirelessly
campaigned for almost fifty years to improve for
road safety on the A6135 from Chapeltown to
Hoyland that sits directly behind her house.
Even now, she never stops. Her diary is more
or less full every day with meetings or gatherings.
When we met, she’d just finished making jars of
marmalade and knitting a pile of dishcloths for
the raffle at Harley Mission Rooms’ charity Easter
fair and tells us how she’ll be serving up pie and
peas for 30 of the village’s old people the next
day. She’s 83 herself.
“Sometimes I forget how old I am but my
mam used to say, ‘Allus get up wi’ a purpose’.
When I was working I had time for nothing. Then
after I retired I still had the energy and ability to
help others.
“I’ve had a charmed and comfortable life, but
much of it has been spent feeling responsible for
others and responsible for providing for myself.”
Born in August 1939, just before the start of
the Second World War, Cynthia spent her early
childhood in a two-bed house in Wroes Yard,
just off Queen Street in Hoyland Common. Her
neighbour was A Kestrel and a Knave writer,
Barry Hines, who she went through school with.
Like many families during the war years,
money was tight. Her dad, John Brammah,
worked at Rockingham Colliery and mum Edith
was a housewife who looked after Cynthia and
her two younger siblings, Peter and Denise. The
house was condemned but the family was only
rehoused once they were classed as ‘morally
overcrowded’ – when Cynthia reached the age
where she needed a bedroom of her own for
privacy.
John was a union rep at the pit, which is
probably where she gets many of her qualities
from. He was strong but fair. He’d been injured at
work but never relied on handouts or free school
meals. He instilled in his children great work
ethic, with all the Brammah brood having jobs
from being kids.
But Cynthia was a bright girl. She passed her

MEETS
Grammar school was
“
beyond my parents’ vision,
beyond their horizon. You
could only get the uniform at
Cole Brothers in Sheffield and
Mum had never even been to
Sheffield in her life.
”
eleven-plus exams and won a scholarship at
Ecclesfield Grammar School. Edith convinced her
husband that Cynthia ought to go, having missed
out on opportunities herself as a child.
“Grammar school was beyond my parents’
vision, beyond their horizon. You could only get
the uniform at Cole Brothers in Sheffield and
Mum had never even been to Sheffield in her life.”
John agreed to let Cynthia go, but she quickly
realised she was different to most of the students
there; they had money behind them.
“One time a school friend invited me to her
house after school to watch Wimbledon on TV
and her mother had left us a bowl of strawberries
and cream each. The first thing I noticed was they
had carpets. Our house had a gas mantle, stone
flag floors, no hot water, no bathroom and just an
outside toilet that we shared with other houses.”
But her humble background had made her
tough. She’d spent her youth playing in the
street with the lads, so was always picked for the
hockey team as they knew she’d get stuck in and
get the ball through. It was at school that Cynthia
realised that if you’re good at something and you
work hard, people will always want you.
Cynthia (r) and her adult neighbour
swapping clothes to joke about how grown
up she would be in her new uniform
The headmaster of Ecclesfield Grammar
could see true potential in Cynthia and in her
final report he said she would make her way in
life as a leader and significant contributor. He
encouraged her to stay on at school for sixth form
but was mindful of her home situation.
Her dad had suggested a job at the coal
board and she started at 15 once she received
the five O-level exam results needed to secure a
job in the colliery offices.
She joined the wages office at Rockingham
Colliery in 1954 and stayed there until the pit
closed in 1979 when Cynthia was 40.
Using her grammar school maths, Cynthia
did all the taxes in her head – which was pounds,
shillings and pence back then. One time, a miner
questioned his take-home pay, arguing he’d
paid too much tax. And Cynthia had an insight
into why.
After telling the miner that if he had a big top
line wage he’d have to pay a lot of tax, her dad
made her go down the pit to the coal face to
spend just a short time in those conditions where
the miners earned their crust.
“I always tried to measure up to my dad
so I didn’t back down or show fear. But it was
horrible. Dad was tall and thin so he had to keep
stooping and bending. Then we got down on our
Still to this day, I have
“
lifelong respect for any
man who ever walked into
a pit. Miners were brave,
strong men.
”
haunches and crawled into this small hole
leading to the coal face where the shearing
machines started and the conveyor belt chains
were rattling.
“It was dark, there was dust puthering up, and
the noise was like hell. Totally constricted space,
it was horrendous and we were conscious of
the ever present danger. Still to this day, I have
lifelong respect for any man who ever walked into
a pit. Miners were brave, strong men.”
When it was announced in 1979 that
Rockingham Colliery was to close, Cynthia
decided to change careers after 25 years in the
wages office. By this time she had a young son,
Kelvin, and needed to think about their future
stability. She knew that other collieries would
follow suit and shut, so there was no point in
her being transferred to another pit. Instead,
she applied for a job at the NCB pensions and
insurance centre in Sheffield where she knew
there would always be a job.
She was appointed insurance office manager,
leading a team of many staff. In her new role,
Cynthia began to use her voice – and inside
knowledge about what miners were like – to
help protect their futures once the pits had shut.
She was invited to meetings with government
ministers about paying out redundant miners and
upskilling them for new careers. Cynthia argued
that the process of endless form filling would
impede miners as so many weren’t used to pen
and paper.
“I think it was the right place, right time, right
temperament. But I did ask why they gave me the
job and they said it was because I make things
happen. It was a fantastic job but also very hard,
stressful and demanding.”
The stress of the job would contribute to
Cynthia having two heart attacks when she
was 50, so she made the decision to take early
retirement in 1990 aged 51 after 35 years in the
coal industry. Her husband Barry, who had also
worked for the coal board as the computer centre
customer service manager, had already retired
and they planned to do a world tour, visiting the
likes of China, Japan and Australia.
Back on home turf and with plenty of free time
on her hands, Cynthia threw herself into various
philanthropic endeavours.
She became a magistrate on the Rotherham
panel until she had to retire at 70 in 2009. During
her twenty-year post, Cynthia dealt with cases
Going underground Rockingham Colliery 1965, Cynthia third from left
Going underground again 1970, Cynthia on right
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MEETS
Planting a tree in 1975 for colliery’s centenary
With John Healey MP outside Parliament
Cynthia’s biggest influence
“
has to be the campaigning
she has done as chair of the
A6135 Accident Reduction
Group. Cynthia’s back garden
overlooks the road that leads
from Chapeltown to Hoyland
which is England’s second
most high-risk route.
”
about everything from TV license or speeding
fines to those involving children and animal
cruelty and was known for standing up for the
rights of victims.
“I don’t purport to sit in judgement – who am
I? But it is the law of the land and someone has
to do it. I enjoyed it in a way as I felt instrumental
in promoting a law-abiding community. I always
tried to impress upon defendants that there was a
victim of their crime.”
Cynthia also became a public governor at
Rotherham Hospital where she launched the
governors’ surgeries in 2014 – something that is
still in place today to gain feedback from visitors
to the hospital. She gave up the role to care for
her husband Barry who sadly passed away four
years ago.
She is also chairman of the patient
participation group at Walderslade GP practice
in Hoyland where she led a petition in 2017 for
double yellow lines outside the surgery after
seeing a young man in a wheelchair be forced
onto the road due to cars mounted on the
pavement.
But her biggest influence has to be the
campaigning she has done as chair of the
Public Governor Rotherham Hospital
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A6135 Accident Reduction Group. Cynthia’s
back garden overlooks the road that leads from
Chapeltown to Hoyland which is England’s
second most high-risk route. She has collated
an extensive catalogue of every incident that has
occurred since she moved there in the 1970s,
with 15 fatalities and endless accidents on that
one stretch of road.
A fatal crash in 2008 involving three teenagers
led to safety measures finally being installed two
years later.
Cynthia wrote to the coroner to say it was
high time something was done. She was invited
to give evidence at the inquest, detailing how a
similar accident had happened in 1995 involving
another three young people. The coroner made
a number of recommendations under Rule 43 of
the Coroner’s Rules to prevent further deaths.
A large tree was felled, and foliage was
removed to improve visibility on the Hood Hill
bend. A crash barrier was added, along with
bollards and new road markings. There have
been no fatalities since these measures were
put in place 13 years ago. In recognition of her
efforts, Cynthia was invited by her MP, John
Healey, to a community heroes reception at
Parliament where she also met with the then
Prime Minister, Gordon Brown.
Since 2012 Cynthia has been a trustee of the
Wentworth Charity, which supports residents in
the village, and has also been a parish councillor
for Harley since 2017.
“The work never stops. I once had a
phone call at 9.30 at night telling me I need to
do something about the horse muck on the
pavement. Well, I was in my nightie so I said shall
I come out with a shovel, love?”
Over the last six years, she has fought to save
Harley Mission Rooms from shutting, raising
over £150,000 to secure the future of the 1887
building.
She had us doubled up with laughter as
she told us a tale about how she secured
£14,000 from the Yorkshire North and East
Ridings Freemasons and, in gratitude, kissed
the grandmaster during their AGM at Harrogate.
“There was utter silence. It’s never been done
before or since.”
She also received a grant from London-based
livery company, The Weavers, after persuading
them to reassess their stance of not supporting
projects up north.
Visiting Downing Street 2010
“The Mission Rooms are vital to the village.
We’ve only got one pub and not everyone wants
to go in there every day. So, I was determined
to ensure it wouldn’t close. It’s a lot of money
to raise for an old woman and I’ve never done
anything like it before. I once raised £400 to buy
wheelchairs for injured miners in the late Eighties
but nothing compared to the scale needed for the
Mission Rooms.”
The money was used to renovate the building,
with new windows, a new kitchen area, and a new
heating and air conditioning system. A roller door
has also been added to section off the religious
area of the building so that the venue can be
dual purpose for Sunday religious services and
daily community activities. It is now available to
hire for concerts, parties and community groups,
bringing in extra revenue to sustain the building.
In between her busy schedule, Cynthia will
have to find time to attend the investiture when
she formally receives her MBE.
“I’m not sure what will happen yet or when,
but I am told it will be after the Coronation and
all probability is that it will be King Charles
presenting the awards at either Buckingham
Palace or Windsor Castle as these are his first
New Year Honours as monarch.”
Once a date is confirmed, Cynthia hopes
to take her son, Kelvin and two grownup
grandsons, Thomas and Samuel, to
the ceremony.

AROUNDTOWN
Dame Julie’s
Master Cutler
Challenge
will boost education
and community
projects at Wentworth
Woodhouse
Big-hearted South Yorkshire
businesses are being urged to
back a charity challenge set by
the second woman in almost
400 years to lead the Company
of Cutlers in Hallamshire.
Dame Julie Kenny DBE DL, who was
appointed to the prestigious role in October, has
launched her Master Cutler’s Challenge and aims
to raise £200,000 by the end of September.
The money will help fund community-enriching
projects at her beloved Wentworth Woodhouse,
the Rotherham stately home she helped to save
for the nation in 2017.
The Cutlers’ Company was established in
1624 to maintain the standards and quality
of Sheffield manufactured cutlery and steel
products. Elected as head of the company, the
Master Cutler acts as an ambassador of industry
in Sheffield.
Dame Julie founded the award-winning
Rotherham electronic security manufacturer
Pyronix in the mid-80s. She has previously served
as a deputy lieutenant and high sheriff of South
Money raised will go
“
towards the trust’s activities
supporting low-income
families, ethnic and minority
groups and people with
disabilities.
”
Yorkshire, was awarded a damehood in 2019 and
made a freewoman of Rotherham in 2020.
The annual Master Cutler’s Challenge was
launched in 2008 and has brought in over £1
million for local causes. Each new Master Cutler
of Hallamshire chooses a charity to support
and fundraisers are given a £50 fund which they
are tasked with growing into as large a sum
as possible.
Dame Julie, who is chair of the Wentworth
Woodhouse Preservation Trust, has chosen to
support the house’s educational and community
programme, with a focus on increasing diversity
and inclusion in South Yorkshire.
“I got involved in Wentworth Woodhouse not
only to rescue such an important and beautiful
place, but also because I wanted it to become
a catalyst for change - supporting regeneration,
providing jobs and workplace opportunities and
becoming a place for the people.
“We have achieved a huge amount in
six years. It is now one of the core pillars in
South Yorkshire and is transforming lives and
communities in what is one of the most deprived
regions in Europe.
“I came from a very poor background.
Sometimes we didn’t eat and often we had no
electricity or gas because my mother didn’t pay
the bills. As a child I was written off as a low
achiever, but I have achieved significant things.
The trust is giving people just like me educational
and entrepreneurial programmes, training
opportunities and cultural experiences they might
never otherwise have got a chance of,” she said.
Money raised will go towards the trust’s
activities supporting low-income families,
ethnic and minority groups and people with
disabilities, including the creation of a community
growing garden.
Situated on the Drying Green, where for
centuries laundry maids pegged bedlinen out to
dry, a fully accessible space will feature raised
growing beds, polytunnels and greenhouses. Up
to 20 local community groups will be able to grow
their own food, develop gardening skills and
friendships.
Businesses taking part have until 30th
September to turn £50 into as much money as
possible by doing any activity they choose.
Here at Aroundtown Magazine, we are
planning a fashion show at Wentworth
Woodhouse in September, working with some
of our well-loved fashion boutiques to showcase
their autumn collections. More details will be
announced in the July edition.
Other companies already signed up
include AESSEAL, Vulcan Steels, Airmaster
Air Conditioning, accountants Hartshaw,
Grant Thornton and BHP, law firms DLA Piper
and Irwin Mitchell, architects Donald Insall
Associates, Sheffield Hallam University and OSL
Group Holdings.
To join the Master Cutler’s
Challenge, contact
mastercutler@
wentworthwoodhouse.org.uk
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HEALTH & BEAUTY
You&your
health
With Good Measure Pharmacy
Is it ever safe to buy medicines online?
Online pharmacies have sprung
up in recent years offering
to provide quick, easy and
discreet delivery of prescription
and over-the-counter
medication.
While that may seem ideal for the modern
‘e-patient’ who wants 24/7 convenience,
medicines are not consumer products. Selling
them online creates several risks to patient safety.
No prescription, no problem
The main gamble is that you may be buying
from an illicit criminal enterprise rather than
a legitimate online pharmacy. Underground
controlled drug dealing is no longer limited to
the likes of Happy Valley’s diazepam dispensing
pharmacist who illegally dole out pills for cash.
The medicines they supply
“
may be fake, ineffective,
unapproved, diluted,
recalled, out of date, stored
in unhygienic conditions –
the list goes on
”
There are unregulated companies online who
hide behind the anonymity of e-commerce,
preying on the vulnerable without any regard
for their health. They allow consumers to buy
prescription drugs online without a legitimate
script from a doctor or prescriber. Medicines
like highly addictive anti-depressants, opiates
and opioids are commonly sold, as too are
slimming pills, anabolic steroids and erectile
dysfunction pills.
The medicines they supply may be fake,
ineffective, unapproved, diluted, recalled, out of
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“
By law, a valid prescription
must be given before
dispensing any medication
either via paper form or
Electronic Prescription
Service (EPS)
”
date, stored in unhygienic conditions – the list
goes on. Around one in ten people have bought
fake medical products online in the last year.
Doing so leaves you at risk of adverse reactions,
overdose, toxicity, drug misuse or even death.
Since 2008, the annual Operation Pangea,
led by Interpol, has been combating the global
trafficking of counterfeit pharmaceuticals
marketed and sold online. Last June, the
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory
Agency (MHRA) seized 285,000 medicines and
medical devices with a value of around £850,000.
MHRA work hard to ensure medicines are
closely monitored and regulated. The source,
quality and authenticity of those bought online are
difficult to verify.
The rise of online consultations
By law, a valid prescription must be given
before dispensing any medication either via
paper form or Electronic Prescription Service
(EPS). Before you are prescribed any medication,
your GP should give you guidance on suitability,
dosage, side effects and whether it will interact
with any other medication you take. Prescribers
will also take into account any physical,
psychological or social factors and only prescribe
what suits the unique health needs of a patient.
There are many legitimate online pharmacies
selling prescription-only medicines following a
quick online consultation whereby you click yes
or no to a series of questions regarding your
health.
But who is to say a patient is being completely
transparent about their medical history if they
are trying to source these medicines out of
dependency or desperation. There have also
been cases in the past where a patient has
created a series of accounts to request the same
controlled drug numerous times during the month
which has slipped through the vetting process of
the online pharmacy.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has
clamped down on online pharmacies who
prescribe via virtual consultation. They must
now verify patients match their photo ID, get
comprehensive and up-to-date medical history,
ensure patients understand what medicine is
being given, and seek permission to contact the
patient’s GP.
Things to remember:
• Look for the GPhC logo which
identifies legitimate pharmacies
registered with the General
Pharmaceutical Council. Both online
and bricks-and-mortar pharmacies
must have this.
• If it looks too good to be true, it usually
is. Don’t be fooled by claims like 100%
safe, no side effects, or quick results.
• Report any adverse side effects to the
Yellow Card scheme.
Andrew Watson
If you have any specific health concerns,
please feel free to contact me at
Good Measure or email me at
andy@thewatsons.co.uk

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HEALTH & BEAUTY
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HEALTH & BEAUTY
Bridal hair
trends for 2023
with Chris Moody of Moodyhair
I’ve always been somewhat
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There’s often this ritual of growing hair longer so
that the bride can have more choice and variation,
which makes sense. What puzzles me, though, is
how often we’re then asked to pin, tie and constrict
hair into compact little twists, buns and chignons
that hide all this beautiful, longer hair we’ve spent
the last few months nurturing.
Thankfully there is a much more relaxed, funloving
bridal trend emerging in 2023, with gowns
that show raised hemlines, gentle figure catching
silhouettes and soft floral patterns.
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We’re seeing a move away from the stiff, solid pinups
and complex buns and braids towards styles
that are much more fluid, boho and ‘un-done’.
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If your hair is long, past the shoulders, consider
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to fill the pony tail out then loosely tie a wide silk
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the neck.
Medium length hair
For medium length hair at, or just below, the
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shape) to create thicker, more blunt ends. Add
soft movement with a styling wand. Create a low
seductive fringe that tucks behind the ears. Add
slides or combs to one side and decorate with soft
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For shorter hair we can still stay with the softer,
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and ornate Alice band, even attach a short face
veil for seduction and mystique.
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Whether you’re out for brunch with
friends, having a picnic or BBQ with
family, or are invited to a wedding
or special event, a maxi can be
dressed up or down depending on
the occasion. Add a blazer, denim
or leather jacket if the great British
weather looks iffy.
Some might think that maxi
dresses only look good on ladies who
are tall and slim, but they are flattering
on all body types and heights.
The trick is to choose a style that
doesn’t swamp you or make it look
like you’re wearing a tent. Make sure
the dress is fitted around the bust
and shoulders and opt for a fitted
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FASHION
Cannon Hall gets
catwalk ready
This summer, take a trip down
the most stylish of memory
lanes as a new fashion
exhibition opens at Cannon Hall
Museum in Barnsley.
Catwalking: Fashion Through the Lens of
Chris Moore gives a rare and unique insight
into runway fashions over the decades as
captured by Chris Moore, the godfather of
catwalk photography. The exhibition launches on
Saturday 20th May and will be on until Sunday
10th September.
The museum will be adorned with
photographs from Moore’s 60-year-long
career, as well a selection of corresponding
garments that have been loaned by the luxury
fashion houses.
Chris Moore, now 89, was one of the first
photographers to snap live fashion when haute
couture Parisian salons opened their doors to
the camera lens in the 1960s. When he started,
runway shows didn’t even exist. He’s since
spent his life on capturing the excitement and
atmosphere of ready-to-wear fashion shows and
this exhibition highlights the evolution of fashion
he has witnessed.
Few can say they’ve seen more than Moore.
The montage of photographs shines a
spotlight on era defining catwalk moments from
the Big Four shows in London, Milan, Paris
and New York. See original pictures from some
incredible runway shows by Yves Saint Laurent,
Alexander McQueen, Vivienne Westwood and
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John Galliano.
It also charts the rise of the supermodel in
the Nineties, with familiar faces like Linda, Cindy,
Naomi, Kate and Claudia – plus Moore’s favourite
model to work with, Christy Turlington. Interview
footage provides further insight into the craft of
a man who has seen the careers of so many
designers and models skyrocket.
Stunning rooms in the South Front,
overlooking the vast parklands, will have gowns
and outfits on display from the likes of Vivienne
Westwood, Jean Paul Gaultier, Alexander
McQueen and Comme des Garcons.
The touring exhibition has been curated by
The Bowes Museum at Barnard Castle in County
Durham, not far from Moore’s hometown of
Newcastle. It includes interview footage of Chris
Moore detailing his signature photography style
that combined his previous experience working
as a fashion photographer for Vogue and a
commercial photo-journalist on Fleet Street.
The team at Barnsley Museums have also
paid homage to local people with connections to
fashion such as Rita Britton and Victoria Nixon.
Another fascinating addition is a collection of
looks amassed by local salon owner, Simon
Nicholls, over a thirty-year period.
Inspired by the exhibition, there will be an
exciting workshop taking place during the
spring bank school holidays. Children can
become a dynamic designer at Cool Couture,
on Tuesday 30th May, creating a theatrical
costume using nothing but paper. The free
two-hour workshops take place at 10am and
1pm and are suitable for children over eight,
but places must be booked via Eventbrite.
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Get
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Father’s
Day Gift
Holder
Dads and father
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want much fuss.
But this year why
not make a special
handmade gift
holder to display
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YOU WILL NEED
Empty circular crisp tube
2 x A4 thin red card (or a
colour of your choice)
Coloured string
Decoupage
Strong glue & foam pads
Craft knife & hole punch
Pencil & red marker pen (or same
colour of your card)
1 piece of cardboard
Gift of your choice
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1. Measure 3.5-inches up from
the bottom of the container and
make a pencil mark on the righthand
side. Measure 5 inches from
the bottom on the left side and
mark.
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around diagonally from the 3.5”
mark to the 5” mark and draw a line
using this as a guide.
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carefully cut along the line. You
should now have two halves the
same size. Trim down if one is
taller than the other and neaten the
edges with scissors.
4. Place the tallest sides
together in the middle and punch
a hole half an inch down at the
highest point.
5. Cut two pieces of red card
5.1/4” x 11.1/2”. Use these to cover
each container using double sided
tape.
6. Place foam pads between the
two to stick together. Use your red
marker pen to disguise the white
edges.
7. Cut a piece of string to form a
handle through the two holes.
8. Draw around the bottom of
both sides onto thick cardboard
and glue in place.
9. Glue coloured string around
the top edges.
10. Make up your decoupage
and put in place.
11. Add a sentiment and place
your gifts inside.
Your Father’s Day Gift Holder is
now complete.
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OUT & ABOUT
A modern jeweller
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From finding the perfect
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They’re not retailers who will rush you into a
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Time to par-tea
at Hooton Lodge
This year marks the 75th
birthday of the NHS, and the
team down at Hooton Lodge
Farm in Kilnhurst have made
Rotherham Hospital and
Community Charity their
charity of the year.
They have pledged to raise
£10,000 this year and are already
well on their way, having raised
£2,000 at their popular Easter event
in April.
For the NHS’ big birthday, which
is at the beginning of July, the
Hooton Lodge team are hosting
a special Afternoon Tea Party and
Family Fun Day on Sunday 9th
July. There will be rides, inflatables,
stalls, face painting, ice cream,
refreshments and much more.
Donation buckets will be around
the site so dig deep and give to a
great cause.
You can also book to enjoy an
afternoon tea served in the marquee.
There are three 90-minute sittings
at 11.30am, 1pm and 2.30pm.
Afternoon tea costs £12.45 for adults
or £14.95 with a glass of prosecco.
Children under 12 are charged at
£6.95. Bookings for afternoon tea are
essential and can be made online.
Rotherham Hospital and
Community Charity has been
supporting the experience of
patients for more than 25 years. All
money raised by the Hooton Lodge
team this year will help to enhance
the care patients, their families and
carers receive in the community and
at Rotherham Hospital.
For more information or to book
your afternoon tea, visit
www.hootonlodge.co.uk
WHAT’S ON AT
Hooton Lodge Farm
Bank Holiday
90’s Weekender
26th May 16.00 - 28th May 23.00
Entertainment for all the family
Cheesy 90s, R&B, Hip hop, Ibiza
sax and Dance club classics
Camping Available
Tickets Weekend £10,
Saturday £7 & Sunday £7
under 16`s are free
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OUT & ABOUT
Let’s Forge It Festival
Saturday 3rd June 12.00-23.00
7 Tribute Acts
Oasis, Foo Fighters,
Stereophonics, Killers, Pink,
Alanis Morisette and Bon Jovi
Tickets
Adult £25 Young 10-17* £20
Family 2 x Adult + 2 x Young £70
*Must be with a paying adult
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Kilnhurst Rd, Hooton Roberts,
Thrybergh, Rotherham S65 4TE
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OUT & ABOUT
Tap into your
creativity
at Rotherham Markets
Amongst the fresh
produce, fashion and
homeware stalls in
Rotherham Market,
there’s a place where
you can tap into your
creativity and bring
your ideas to life.
Thirdspace gallery is a
creative hub that was opened last
October by Rotherham Open Arts
Renaissance (ROAR), the town’s
non-profit arts organisation.
ROTHERHAM
MARKETS
OPEN SIX DAYS A WEEK
OUTDOOR COVERED MARKET
Monday – General Market
Tuesday &Wednesday – Second-hand Goods
Thursday – Rotherham Bazaar
Friday & Saturday – General Market
INDOOR MARKET HALL
Open Monday to Saturday 8.30am to 5pm
STREET MARKET
Every Tuesday
ROAR has been based at
Westgate Chambers for many
years but were keen to expand
into a public facing space where
members could show their work,
give workshops, and connect with
the community. It was important that
they find a place where Rotherham
people are – and what better place
than the town’s market.
The new thirdspace gallery
will host exhibitions throughout the
year covering a range of creative
mediums from visual arts and
photography to music and poetry.
Throughout May, a group of
Artist - Chris Slater
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OUT & ABOUT
CP Studio - Kevan Cadman
ROAR members have collaborated on the
latest exhibition, Curiosities. The pieces
on show include sculptures, paintings and
installations and, as the name suggests,
these will be unique and unconventional.
Discover the works of talented Rotherham
artists such as textile artist Amanda Daley,
who integrates fabric and embellishments
with recycled and repurposed objects to
express frustration with political and social
injustices. Fine artist Margaret Hall paints
local landscapes and story pictures, while
printmaker Kevan Cadman produces 2D and
3D artwork and music based on legends,
myths, and ancient folklore.
There will be a grand opening of the
exhibition on Saturday 13th May where visitors
can take part in workshops with the artists
throughout the day from 10am until 2pm.
Curiosities will then run until 2nd June where
the thirdspace gallery will be open for you to
drop in and view the artwork on display.
Thirdspace Gallery
Make your
mark
Whether you’re a hobby
crafter with items to sell or
have a penchant for buying
unique, handmade gifts, why
not visit Rotherham Market’s
monthly Yorkshire Crafters and
Makers Market.
You’ll find a whole host of items that have been
sewn, crafted, grown or baked by individuals
and small businesses from across the region. All
lovingly handmade in Yorkshire, peruse everything
from hand-knitted babywear to doggy bandanas,
handmade bird boxes to dressed up wooden ducks.
The stalls along Effingham Street are always
bursting with one-of-a-kind items including
personalised cards, sweet hampers and faux flower
arrangements. Make sure you take home some of
the delicious cakes too.
If you’re an avid crafter or have started a business
making your own products, then you may be looking
for places to sell them. The monthly Yorkshire
Crafters and Makers Market is the perfect place to
start as stalls are just £7 per pitch which includes a
table and gazebo for the day.
YORKSHIRE CRAFTERS
& MAKERS MARKET
THE SECOND SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH
Saturday 13th May, 10th June and 8th July, 10am to 3pm
BUSINESS
OPPORTUNITY
Stalls only £7
includes market
gazebo and table
Contact the market office
01709 365021
A host of handmade and unique gifts and goodies
BAKE IT – SEW IT – CRAFT IT – GROW IT
Effingham Street, Rotherham Town Centre
Rotherham Markets
Rotherham Town Centre
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OUT & ABOUT
Helping businesses to
start, grow and succeed
New hub
for 21st
Century
businesses
If you’re a business
owner looking to take
the next steps in your
journey, a new multimillion-pound
business
hub in Rotherham
could be the right move
for you.
Brand new business hub Century 2
OPENING THIS SPRING in Manvers
Our other business hubs
16 offices for 2-6 people
Prices from £235 per month
20 workshops from 367 to 664 sqft
Prices from £499 per month
2 laboratory spaces, 500 sqft
Ideal for specialist R&D activities
The £5.4m purpose-built Century
2 Business Hub opens this spring
in the vibrant business district at
Manvers, offering flexible, serviced
and managed workspaces for small
and medium enterprises.
Century 2 is the fifth business
hub to be launched by Rotherham
Investment and Development Office
(RiDO), the regeneration arm of
Rotherham Council. It follows on
from the success of RiDO’s first site,
Century Business Centre, just 100
metres away, which has been near
full capacity since it opened in 2000.
Like RiDO’s other business hubs,
Century 2 will provide office space,
workshop units, reception facilities,
and meeting areas. All occupants
will benefit from built-in business
support services, with a dedicated
team of advisors to call on.
But in a first for the town, Century
2 will also have two wet laboratory
units with isolated water supply,
corrosion resistant stainless steel
drainage, chemical resistant flooring
and wipeable wall coverings. This
innovative addition is the result of
growing demand to retain research
and development activity in
the region.
The variety in the units is
designed to accommodate a wide
range of purposes, with a view
to building a vibrant business
community in the coming months
and years.
Over the last two decades,
RiDO has supported more
than 850 businesses within its
workspaces with start-up advice
or business growth strategy. Their
five sites are positioned across
the borough, within quick and
easy access for anyone living in or
around Rotherham.
Century Business Centre
Manvers, S63 5DA
Fusion @ Magna
Magna Way, S60 1FE
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Become a RiDO occupant to benefit from:
• 1 month rolling license agreements
• 24/7 access with on-site parking
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For all enquiries, call 01709 300 100
Or visit www.ridobusinesscentres.co.uk
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OUT & ABOUT
A festival with the
WOW factor
This June, Rotherham town centre
will host a festival of colour, conversation and
culture as WOW Women of the World Festival
Rotherham returns for a second year.
After the success of last year’s
inaugural event, WOW Rotherham,
which celebrates women, girls, and
non-binary people, is back with a
new location on Saturday 10th June.
The town centre will become a
festival hub, with a variety of free
creative workshops, performances,
and talks taking place in All Saints
Square and various venues on High
Street and Imperial Buildings.
At the heart of the festival will
be the WOW Marketplace in the
Minster Gardens, with a mix of stalls
from female-led businesses selling
everything from spices to slogan
t-shirts.
WOW Rotherham is part of
the worldwide WOW Festival
movement, the biggest and most
comprehensive festival dedicated
to women, girls, and non-binary
people. It celebrates their
achievements while also looking
closely at what barriers are still
preventing them from achieving their
full potential.
Inspired by the positive impact
of last year’s event, a host of
businesses have signed up to be
part of WOW Rotherham 2023.
Venues including Hygge @ Rise
community cafe, The Ministry coffee
shop, Broadway Diner, Riverside
Records, Society hair salon, and
Holy Ghost Tattoo Collective will be
getting involved in a whole range
of creative ways, from hosting talks
and performances, to curating
window displays and sharing special
food offers throughout the day.
Listen and learn about some of
the most pressing issues impacting
gender equality, such as parenting
and childcare, work and skills,
diversity and a warm welcome,
body positivity, gender identity
and sexuality, and mental health
and wellbeing.
WOW Rotherham is a chance
for everyone to share their stories
and discuss solutions to change the
world for the women of tomorrow.
This year’s festival is about being
inclusive and having conversations,
with pockets of joy and inspiration
for all ages. Throughout the day
there will be an art trail featuring a
variety of outdoor performances.
Serving up warm words from
their burger van will be Poetry
Takeaway, the world’s first mobile
poetry emporium, who will be
delivering poetry workshops to whet
your creative writing appetite.
Be enthralled by Mimbre
acrobatic theatre as their female
performers explore what it means
when one body is carried by another
in their touring show, Lifted.
A generation is on the move, and
it will be time to get into the groove
as Compact Disco dances into town
with their oversized disco ball made
entirely from old CDs. Request a
song from your discotheque era
that makes you jump back
into boogie wonderland.
And don’t forget to take your
seat for a musical moment like
no other as Bootworks Theatre
Company present The JukeBoxes,
featuring slapstick versions of
famous singers re-creating classic
pop music videos in a lip-syncing
musical medley.
Tasked with bringing people
together is community producer,
Noor Salih who has been working
alongside community groups and
independent businesses to create a
festival Rotherham can be proud of.
WOW Rotherham has also seen a
team of trainee festival makers aged
between 16-25 get involved as part
of the WOWsers programme which
aims to help tackle the challenges of
gender inequality through arts and
creative careers.
Saturday 10th June
A free event dedicated to
women, girls, and non-binary
people
Creative workshops,
performances, talks and
live music at venues across
Rotherham Town Centre
WOW Marketplace in the
Minster Gardens
For more information, follow
@WOWRotherham on
Facebook or visit
wow.fluxrotherham.org.uk
Brought to you by Flux
Rotherham, RMBC Events, and
Children’s Capital of Culture
in partnership with The WOW
Foundation.
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OUT & ABOUT
The argonauts
have arrived
at Wentworth Woodhouse
Artist Jason Wilsher-Mills
Just like his latest exhibition’s
namesake myth, Jason
Wilsher-Mills’ journey to
becoming an acclaimed artist
is a heroic adventure of epic
proportions.
Aged 11, Jason caught chickenpox that
caused his white blood cells to attack his central
nervous system, paralysing him from the neck
down. But his recovery surpassed doctors’
expectations and at 18 he went to university to
study fine art.
He became an art teacher, taught in HM Prison
Leeds, and rose to department head of an FE
college. But aged 30 another infection worsened
his disabilities and ended his teaching career.
Father to two young children and suddenly
unable to earn a living, he decided to paint his
way out of his predicament.
However, his disability meant he could no
longer paint with oils, so he picked up an iPad,
teaching himself how to embrace the pixel and
use digital technology in his work.
His large-scale, humorous and multi-hued
artworks swiftly became sought-after and his
exhibitions have toured the world. And his latest
exhibition, Jason & his Argonauts, is now on at
Wentworth Woodhouse for all to see until Sunday
18th June.
Lightbox installations, wall hangings and
intricately decorated fibreglass celebrating
disability and Jason’s Northern working-class
heritage will be displayed on the ground floor
and gardens of the Grade I listed stately home,
making it fully accessible for all.
The exhibition also includes a 3.5-metrelong
inflatable Changing Places Argonaut – a
sculpture created to support the Changing Places
campaign, which calls on all large UK public
venues to install fully-accessible toilets, equipped
with height-adjustable changing benches
and hoists.
Ahead of the exhibition, Jason staged
workshops for members of ArtWorks South
Yorkshire, Rotherham Opportunity College and
Sheffield-based Under The Stars - organisations
which help adults with learning disabilities to
achieve their potential. They were taught by Jason
how to create art with iPads and made striking
digital images of their faces and favourite things.
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OUT & ABOUT
Songs from the
silver screen
An industrial estate comprising
of self storage units is probably
not the place you’d expect to
find a tribute to the halcyon days
of 1930s theatre organs.
But the Astoria Centre in Barugh Green is
nothing like you’ve ever experienced before.
The first of its kind in the UK, the Astoria
Centre is Barnsley’s unique centre of musical
heritage dedicated to the theatre organ.
Inside the steel fabricated walls, the unit has
been transformed into a top-quality concert
venue with a nod to the Art Deco era when
entertainment was king.
Long before surround sound, theatre
organs were used for silent films, replacing the
orchestras that once swamped the cinema hall.
If you’ve never seen someone play the theatre
organ before, it’s quite a sight to behold. One
Restoring it took five years,
“
with 1,200 pipes ranging from
16-foot to a few inches tall.
”
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Pipe Room
person sat on a stool in front of this almighty
instrument that looks like a pilot’s control deck
can create every sound of an orchestra using
both hands and both feet. It’s simply mind
boggling to watch.
The Astoria Centre enables visitors to enjoy
music that was once such a key cog in a cinema
visit for less than a current-day cinema ticket.
Every Wednesday, the public can reminisce
about their youth or courting days at the popular
afternoon tea dances. Or on Thursdays you can
Melotone Horn
Kevin and the Mayor
wallow in nostalgia at the Music and Memories
mini concerts. They also host monthly events
where they welcome celebrated organists from
the music scene such as Tower Ballroom’s Phil
Kelsall MBE or Robert Wolfe from the acclaimed
Thursford Show.
Song repertoire varies across 100 years of
popular music, so it’s not just music from the
1920s and ‘30s. There might be songs from the
Beatles, Dusty Springfield, Adele, or Robson
and Jerome. Sometimes the setlist will include
songs from shows and musicals, or even film
scores like Harry Potter and Disney.
It’s always tuneful, and always performed
on the range of theatre organs that make up
their collection including a three-manual electric
organ and a three-manual Allen digital replica
theatre organ.
New life has been breathed into the pipes
of some classic items from film music history
such as a 1934 Compton organ from the Astoria
Cinema in Purley, Surrey, after which the centre
is named. Restoring it took five years, with 1,200
pipes ranging from 16-foot to a few inches tall.
This painstaking task was undertaken by
volunteers from the Penistone Cinema Organ
Trust who are custodians of the Astoria Centre.

OUT & ABOUT
During Refurbishment
There are only ten left
“
worldwide out of 85 initially
built, and only four or five of
them are still playing
”
The trust is led by organist, Kevin Grunill, who
has played the organ for almost 40 years since
he was a young lad and was once part of the
team at Blackpool’s Tower Ballroom.
There are around 20 volunteers who attend
regularly from across the Yorkshire region
and beyond to restore the organs and help
with events. Most are retired, ranging from
electrical or mechanical engineers to teachers
and highway inspectors, but collectively they
bring different qualities with the aim of keeping
traditional skills alive so that nostalgic music can
be enjoyed by future generations.
One of their most recent tasks has been to
restore a Melotone from the former Gaumont
cinema in Camden Town. This unique standalone
feature, which looks a bit like a filing
cabinet, can be added to the Compton organ
to extend its range. It was an early form of
technology for electronic sound that uses
spinning discs with the sound fed through a
huge speaker horn in the organ loft.
“There are only ten left worldwide out of 85
initially built, and only four or five of them are
still playing. They had inherent faults that meant
the sound deteriorated. We sourced this one in
a real wreck but the volunteers have spent two
years restoring it, stripping each component
and replacing each wire. It’s now playing again
and will be featured at most upcoming events,”
Kevin says.
We first visited the Astoria Centre when it
opened in 2016. But in the years since, the
centre has continued to evolve, fuelled by
Melotone
lockdown at the height of the pandemic when
they sadly had to close their doors to visitors
temporarily.
The team cracked on with renovations and
there is now a new stage, new dance floor, and
new colour-changing lights. They also received a
Heritage Lottery Fund grant which paid for a new
air conditioning and heating system to keep the
organs at a stable temperature.
One of the biggest changes has been the
addition of a bright and clean kitchen area in the
‘box office’ entrance. The Astoria Centre now
serves food at their weekly and monthly events
which is another revenue stream for the centre
that receives no funding towards its £50,000 a
year running costs.
The volunteers make everything fresh on-site,
from the individual cakes, macarons and trifles
to poaching the salmon and cooking the ham
for the afternoon tea sandwiches. These can
be booked to enjoyed before, during or after
an event.
There’s now a great social aspect to
the Astoria Centre. Not everyone who visits
is an organ enthusiast; they come for the
music, the camaraderie and to be part of
something special.
“The organ is the catalyst to a much bigger
picture. People have made life-long connections
by coming here and it’s given them a purpose.
We have one widow who comes that felt guilty
at first for leaving the house after she lost her
husband, so she’d just stay for 40 minutes or so.
Then she made some new friends and they now
meet up outside of here,” Kevin says.
“It was humbling to hear her say the Astoria
Centre has changed her life as she had no life
without it. It took us six years of hard work to
build but I’d do it all again 24/7 if it makes a
difference to one person’s life like that.”
What’s on
at the Astoria
Centre:
Weekly events Pay on the door
Afternoon Tea Dance
Wednesday 1-4pm £6.50
Ballroom and sequence dancing to the sound of
the Compton
Music and Memories
Thursday 1-2.30pm £5.50
Listen to a variety of music through the decades
Don’t miss the Summer Ball
Saturday 17th June from 7.30pm £10
Ballroom and sequence dancing with Kevin
Grunhill and Declan Poole, Young British Organist
of the Year
Monthly concerts
All from 2.30pm and priced at £12 per person
Saturday 10th June – Simon Gleadhill
One of the world’s most highly regarded organists
Saturday 8th July – Stephen Austin
Saturday 12th August – John Mann and Tony
Stace
A Compton and Yamaha Digital Orchestra duet
Saturday 9th September – Phil Kelsall MBE
Blackpool Tower Ballroom’s principal organist
makes his annual visit
Saturday 23rd September – Chris McPhee
Australia’s finest organist gives a rare UK
performance
For tickets, call 07944 566972
or buy online www.astoriacentre.co.uk
Playing the Compton
Phil Kelsall
The Astoria Centre, Unit 16a Metro Trading
Centre, Barugh Green, Barnsley S75 1JT
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ELSECAR
Shop
around
the Earl’s
workshops
This season, take a trip to Elsecar Heritage
Centre, one of the north’s most unique
shopping experiences, to enjoy a safe and
relaxing day out for all the family.
Over half a million people visit
Elsecar each year to revel in its
historical glory because, incredibly,
almost all the original buildings
built by the Earls Fitzwilliam in their
industrial heyday remain today –
albeit with widely divergent uses.
The New Yard, built in 1850,
once housed the workshops of
engineers, blacksmiths, joiners,
carpenters and other skilled workers
from the Wentworth estate. But
since the 1980s, the now Grade
II* listed workshops have become
a unique open-air shopping
experience filled with a range of
local independent retailers.
On your next visit, you will find a
variety of traders selling everything
from women’s fashion and shoes to
home and giftware and even sweets
and beer.
After all that shopping, take a
break in one of the two cafes, both
with indoor and outdoor seating.
Stop for breakfast, enjoy a laidback
lunch, or grab a drink and
homemade cake. There is even a
new ice cream parlour launching
this summer.
Over at the beer shop, they serve
hand-pulled ales plus bottled beers
and ciders from some of Yorkshire’s
best-loved breweries. They also
have wine, gin and alcohol-free
drinks so whatever your tipple there
BRAMBLES TEA ROOM
• Homemade Quiche
• Selection of toasties,
sandwiches, paninis and salads
• Large selection of buns,
traybakes and cakes including
Jam and cream scones
Afternoon tea £16.95
Top quality barista coffee
by Forge
Over 20 speciality teas
Our Ham is baked daily on site
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ELSECAR
m
is something for you.
Throughout the summer there
will be many events taking place at
the heritage centre, particularly in
the extensive Ironworks building.
Local craft fair organisers regularly
host events at Elsecar, bringing
handmade and artisan items to the
retail offer.
As well as a chance to shop
locally, Elsecar village is also
the perfect place for families to
enjoy summer walks. Take a stroll
through the award-winning park
and Georgian reservoir, or along
the picturesque 1790s Georgian
canal. The Transpennine Trail
runs through Elsecar and is great
for a wander and perfect for bike
rides too. Up at the park there is a
children’s play area plus crazy golf
and pitch and putt.
Elsecar Heritage Centre is
open seven days a week 10am-
4pm. Individual retailers’ opening
days/times may vary so please
check before if you plan to visit
a certain store. There is ample
parking with electric vehicle
charging points.
For more information about
the site, visit
www.elsecar-heritage.com
Saturday 13th
Sunday 14th
Sunday 28th
Saturday 4th
Saturday 10th
Saturday 17th
MAY
Elsecar Heritage Centre
Kelham Island (I)
Worsbrough Mill
JUNE
Cannon Hall
Elsecar Heritage Centre
The Moor Market, Sheffield (I)
LOCAL
ARTISAN MARKETS
MAKERS | BAKERS | CRAFTERS | FOODIES | GENERAL TRADERS
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
JULY
Saturday GREY 1st The Moor Market, Sheffield (I)
Sunday 2nd Cannon Hall
Sunday PARTRIDGE
16th Elsecar Heritage Centre
Saturday INTERIORS
22nd Sheffield Cathedral (I)
Sunday 30th Elsecar Heritage Centre
• Made to order hand
finished furniture Indoor Event (I)
• Solid wood
personalised
toy boxes
• Garden Furniture
Open Tues - Sun 11am - 4.30pm
Tel 077484 19696 • www.greypartridgeinteriors.co.uk
Blacksmith Square, Elsecar Heritage Centre,
Barnsley S74 8HJ
If you would like to trade with us email
nicola@littlehummingbirdevents.co.uk
www.littlehummingbirdevents.co.uk
All events are subject to change or cancellation, always check our social media for updated info
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ELSECAR
Elsecar: Discover more
with a heritage tour
Learning about a place’s history
is so much more interesting
when out in the field compared
to just reading about it.
So, this summer, pop down and join the
knowledgeable heritage experts on one of the
guided tours at Elsecar Heritage Centre to dig
deeper into the site’s fascinating past.
Right Royal
Elsecar Tours
Every Saturday and Sunday at 2pm
£5 per person
The 4th Earl Fitzwilliam built Elsecar to
show off his family’s vast influence and vision.
He transformed a farming landscape into
one of the first model villages, sinking pits,
cutting the canal, building two ironworks and
designing housing for his workers. The New Yard
workshops would come later, as too would his
personal railway station.
Almost all of the buildings remain intact and
16 of them now have listed status.
This season, join the team for a very special
unique guided tour featuring stories of royal
visits, including when Queen Victoria marvelled
at a specially mined column of Elsecar coal.
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Furnaces to Follies
History Hike
Saturday 20th May at 11am
£12 per person
The Earl Fitzwilliam empire was unique
in that it included both the family estate at
Wentworth and their industrial estate just a
stone’s throw away in Elsecar. Both serve as
a spectacular reminder of the industrial legacy
they once forged.
This new guided history hike is a five-mile
route that encompasses both villages. Starting
at Elsecar Heritage Centre, the tour will head
up to Wentworth with talks about some of the
prominent buildings such as the two churches
and of course the resplendent Wentworth
Woodhouse.
After a pit-stop at the garden centre, the
tour guide will then take the group up to
Hoober Stand built for the 1st Marquess of
Rockingham in 1748. This is just one of the
many follies in the Wentworth estate; the tour
will also pass Needle’s Eye on the route back
to Elsecar with a panoramic view of Keppel’s
Great Engine
Demonstrations
Sundays 28th May, 11th June, 25th June,
23rd July and Thursday 6th July at 12pm
and 1pm - £6 per person
The Earl’s proudest component of his
industrial empire was the Newcomen Beam
Engine that he called his Great Engine.
It was built in 1795 to pump water from
the deep Elsecar New Colliery that was sunk
the same year, allowing miners to extract coal
closer to the seam. It could pump 50 gallons of
water a minute and was in operation until 1923
when it was replaced by electric pumps.
Newcomen engines are historically
significant as they were the first device to
harness steam to produce mechanical work – a
giant step forward in the history of engineering.
Elsecar’s engine is now the world’s oldest
steam engine still in place.
It became a Scheduled Ancient Monument in
1973 but the area became wild and overgrown
once the collieries closed in the 1980s.
Decades since it was last used, the bearings
had become locked and a tree was growing
from the headgear.
Conservation work began in 2014 where a
team of engineers and volunteers took the Great
Engine apart bit by bit, repairing each piece
before putting it all back together again.
The monthly demonstrations give visitors an
Column in the distance.
Please note parts of the route include
uneven ground, slopes and stiles so
appropriate clothing and footwear is
necessary.
There will also be another history hike
planned after the summer months in
September.
up-close view of the Great Engine with its bright
red cylinder and pump rods. Look down the
shaft and see the engine at work - now powered
by hydraulics rather than steam.
Hear more interesting stories such as how
the engine’s winding shaft was dug by hand by
two colliery workers, why the Earl turned down a
blank cheque offer from car manufacturer Henry
Ford, and how the Newcomen’s technology and
innovation sparked the Industrial Revolution.
To book a place on any of these tours
please call the Visitor Centre on
01226 740203 or email
elsecarheritagecentre@barnsley.gov.uk
www.elsecar-heritage.com

ELSECAR
Cream of the crop
The food offering at The Pantry
at Elsecar gets sweeter this
summer as they launch a brand
new ice cream parlour.
A first for the busy site, the Parlour will be
opening ready for the spring bank holiday at the
end of May and be stocking a range of luxury
ice creams made across the Pennines. Grandpa
Greene’s luxury ice cream is made using whole
milk and thick cream from pedigree fresian cows
that graze on open fields of Saddleworth hills.
The ice cream is made using old fashioned
methods and a recipe dating back 100 years.
The Parlour will have a range of favourite flavours
from chocolate and strawberry to bubblegum and
honeycomb. There is also a vegan option with
the fruity mango and passionfruit great for people
who have food allergies and intolerances.
“
Will you try it in a
build your own sundae,
whizzed up into a
milkshake, or have it on
top of a pancake stack?
”
They are also working with Grandpa Greene’s
to create an exclusive heritage ice cream based
on a traditional recipe using simply milk, cream
and sugar. In the future, look out for more
flavours incorporating The Pantry’s home-baked
treats like chocolate brownies, or fresh local
produce like honey, plum and ginger.
Once you’ve made the difficult choice of
what flavour to try, you need to choose how it’s
served. Will you try it in a build your own sundae,
whizzed up into a milkshake, or have it on top
of a pancake stack? The Parlour will also have a
range of decorated cones covered in chocolates
and sprinkles that don’t take away from the ice
cream flavour, as well as edible tubs made of
wafer – how cool is that?
The Parlour has its own entrance and will
serve a range of takeaway options like cold
sandwiches, drinks and a selection of The
Pantry’s famous bakes. When the sun shines,
why not grab a seat in their outdoor area and
enjoy the site’s ambience.
TRADITIONAL FOOD
with a MODERN TWIST
E L S E C A R
PARLOUR
BRAND NEW
ice cream parlour and takeaway
OPENING SPRING BANK WEEKEND
BREAKFAST served til noon
• Full English • Sandwiches • Pancakes
SPRING/SUMMER LUNCH MENU
served 12pm-3pm
• Cold and toasted sandwiches • Jacket potatoes
• Freshly baked pies and pastries
• Picnic platters and sharing boards • Kids lunch boxes
• Iced coffees and teas, frappes, and presses
• Vast range of homemade cakes
and treats made on-site daily
• Stocking Grandpa Greene’s Luxury Ice Cream
• All your favourite flavours plus a vegan option
and exclusive Elsecar Heritage ice cream
• Edible wafer tubs and decorated waffle cones
• Pancake stacks, milkshakes, build your own sundaes
• Takeaway range of hot and cold drinks, sandwiches,
focaccia pizzas, pastries and cakes
The Pantry Open: Tuesday to Friday 10am-3.30pm
Saturday & Sunday 10am-4pm
The Parlour Open: Thursday to Monday 12pm-5pm
and every day during school holidays
Find us at ELSECAR HERITAGE CENTRE next to the nursery | 01226 744492
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Day trips from Barnsley
MAY
Lines open Mon-Fri 10am-3pm & Sat 10am-2pm
4 Effingham Square, Rotherham S65 1AP Tel 01709 249900
Barnsley Travel Centre, 60 Eldon Street, Barnsley S70 2JL Tel 01226 299900
Book online at www.dayoutbycoach.co.uk | Email: sales@globeholidays.co.uk
To request the 2023 brochure visit our website www.globeholidays.co.uk /globecoaches /globehols
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Price
Destination
Fri 19th Whitby via Helmsley £18.00
Sat 20th Haworth 1940’s Weekend £17.00
Sun 21st Scarborough £16.00
Sun 21st Blackpool £16.00
Sat 27th Liverpool £16.00
Sat 27th Himalayan Garden & Sculpture Park & Ripon £28.00*
Sun 28th Whitby £16.00
Mon 29th Blackpool – Bank Holiday £18.00
Mon 29th Scarborough – Bank Holiday £18.00
Tues 30th York £15.00
Tues 30th Eden Camp £15.00
Wed 31st Chester and Chester Zoo £16.00
JUNE
Thurs 1st Morecambe £16.00
Thurs 1st Skegness £18.00
Fri 2nd Llandudno £18.00
Sat 3rd Midlands Air Festival – Ragley Hall £20.00
Sat 3rd Southport Food & Drink Festival £16.00
Sat 3rd Southport £16.00
Sun 4th Knowsley Safari Park £34.00*
Sun 4th Chatsworth House £39.50*
Sat 10th Scarborough £16.00
Sun 10th Alton Towers £17.00
Sun 11th Cleethorpes £15.00
Mon 12th Pickering, Thornton Le Dale & Whitby £18.00
Tues 13th Gainsborough Market & Lincoln £16.00
Thurs 15th York £15.00
Thurs 15th York & McArthur Glen Designer Outlet £15.00
Sat 17th Birmingham/World’s Biggest Primark £20.00
Sat 17th Skegness £18.00
Sun 18th Durham £19.00
Sat 24th Scarborough Armed Forces Day £18.00
Sun 25th South Lakes Zoo £33.00*
Sun 25th Blackpool Armed Forces £18.00
Mon 26th Skipton Market & Harrogate £15.00
Tues 27th Skegness £18.00
Thurs 29th Blackpool £16.00
Thurs 29th Blackpool Vintage Tram Ride & Guided Tour £31.00*
Thurs 29th Halifax Piece Hall & Hebdon Bridge £17.00
Barnsley pick-up-points Wath-upon-Dearne, Brampton,
Wombwell, Platts Common, Hoyland, Hoyland Common, Birdwell,
Worsbrough and Barnsley Interchange *Includes admission
Day Trips from Rotherham
A familiar name
providing tours
and excursions
for over
65 years
MAY
Sun 21st
Destination
Skirlington Market & Bridlington
Price
£15.00
Sat 27th Himalayan Garden & Sculpture Park £28.00
Sun 28th Whitby £17.00
Mon 29th Skegness £16.00
31st May Beverley & Bridlington £15.00
JUNE
Sat 3rd Scarborough £15.00
Sun 4th Llandudno £17.00
Sat 10th Southport £15.00
Sun 11th Blackpool £15.00
Mon 12th Pickering, Thornton Le Dale & Whitby £17.00
Thurs 15th York & McArthur Glen Designer Outlet £15.00
Fri 16th Liverpool £16.00
£1 off Senior/Child
Rotherham pick-up points
Rotherham Interchange, Stag Roundabout, Brecks, Wickersley,
Bramley and Maltby
Short Breaks
MAY
Destination Days Price
22nd-26th Scotland 5 £399.00
22nd-26th Shropshire 5 £499.00
24th-26th Liverpool 3 £159.00
27th-3rd Llandudno 8 £559.00
JUNE
4th-10th Criccieth 7 £549.00
5th-9th Ayrshire Island Duet 5 £449.00
5th-9th Bournemouth 5 £329.00
7th-9th Warwickshire 3 £159.00
16th-19th Norfolk 4 £379.00
19th-23rd Brighton 5 £369.00
19th-23rd Isle of Wight 5 £439.00
19th-23rd Kent Wine, Trains & Castles 5 £529.00
23rd-25th Edinburgh 3 £179.00
• All prices are for dinner, bed and breakfast unless otherwise stated
• The majority of our breaks Include a door-to-door pickup / drop off to and from
the interchange **Excludes door-to-door
• Single Room Supplements may apply
• Deposit of £25 is required to secure your booking with balance due 6 weeks
prior to departure

OUT & ABOUT
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OUT & ABOUT
Double delights
A walk around two Bradfields and two reservoirs
A delightful moderate walk of
just over eight miles taking in
the villages of Low and High
Bradfield, and then across
open countryside to Agden and
Dale Dike reservoirs before
returning through woods and
along country lanes back to Low
Bradfield.
Start point: ‘The Sands’ free car park,
Low Bradfield (S6 6LA). Public toilets
are nearby.
Start by going through a gap in the wall and
turning right to follow a narrow path that goes
along a stream. Ignore the first footbridge on the
right and continue until a second one.
Cross it and continue up steps and up a
path to the lane. Cross the lane and take the
signposted footpath through a gate and uphill
across fields until you reach the church in High
Bradfield, St Nicholas, dating from the 1480s.
Go up a few steps on the left alongside the
churchyard. Follow the path and turn left at the
end to reach the main church gate. Go through
it and continue in front of the church then turn
right past the church tower, then left through the
cemetery to its end.
Go through the gate and straight across
onto the narrow path that goes through the
trees and eventually down through a gate onto
a walled path. Follow this to the left until you see
a gate ahead. Just before this turn right then
immediately left through an open gateway.
Turn right to go steeply uphill for a short while
until you reach a level grassy path to the left.
Follow this until you reach a ladder stile on your
left. Go over it and turn right to continue on a field
path and through a disused gateway onto more
open field paths until you reach the ruined farm
buildings of Rocher Head. This is a good place
for your coffee stop!
Go past these ruins and ahead is a gate and
stile. Go over the stile and follow the path (usually
quite wet as near a stream) to another gate. Go
through it and continue until you reach the lane.
Turn left along the lane and then after another
25m turn right down another lane until you see a
gate on your left. Go through this and a second
gate and follow a path bearing left along a wall
on your left.
Follow this path downhill until you reach
Agden Reservoir. Turn right and follow the path
along the reservoir over a stone bridge. Continue
uphill slightly until you reach some birdfeeders on
your right.
At this point before the stone bridge, bear
right off the track to enter Windy Bank Wood.
Follow the path as it turns left over a bridge and
up to a lane. Turn left and after about 100m, turn
right up a farm bridlepath until you reach a high
stile on your right. Go over this and follow the
path along the ridge across fields until it meets
a gate.
Go left through another gate and follow the
path downhill to a lane, Dale Rd. Turn right soon
turning left at the entrance to Dale Dike Reservoir
and continue on around it to a footbridge at the
far end of the reservoir.
Dale Dike was the scene of the Great
Sheffield Flood in 1864 just weeks after the
reservoir had opened. It caused devastation
along the Don Valley through the centre of
Sheffield and resulted in the loss of over 250
lives. It was rebuilt in 1875.
Continue ahead and round the other side of
the reservoir. Eventually, at a fingerpost, turn right
over a wall stile, and uphill into a wood, turning
left at the next path up to Blindside Lane. Turn
left here and keep ahead as the road descends
steadily to Annet bridge. Just before the bridge,
take a path over a stile and continue across fields
passing cottages, until you reach Mill Lee Road.
Turn left downhill back into Low Bradfield. Keep
ahead past the bridge on the right and turn right
into the car park.
Refreshments are available in Low Bradfield
at The Plough pub, The Schoolrooms cafe, and
snacks in the Post Office. Also the Old Horns pub
in High Bradfield.
Walk submitted by Beryl Faries of
Rotherham Metro Ramblers. For
more information on their walks and
membership, see
www.ramblers.org.uk/
rotherham-metro.
New members are very welcome. Come
along and try a walk with our friendly
group.
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OUT & ABOUT
Who will you walk
in memory of?
This June, the much-loved Midnight Memory Walk
organised by Rotherham Hospice is back following
a seven-year hiatus with a Millers legend leading
the way once again.
When Rotherham United’s
John Breckin was made a hospice
ambassador last September, one
of his first missions was to resurrect
the annual midnight walk he
originally launched 15 years ago.
John lost his wife Denise to
cancer and his family benefitted
from the exceptional care provided
by the Rotherham Hospice team. To
say thank you and raise some cash
for the hospice, he organised the
first Midnight Memory Walk in 2008.
The hospice was
“
there for my family
when we needed
them. Now’s our
chance to come
together, remember
our loved ones,
and be there for
the hospice.
”
That inaugural event also
marked the final chapter of John’s
beloved Millmoor Stadium where
he’d spent years as both a player
and coach; once the walkers had
set off, the gates closed for good.
Over 1,000 people took part in
the first Midnight Memory Walk,
raising £97,000 for the hospice.
The annual event ran for many
years before it was replaced with
the Glow with the Flow moonlit walk
that was suspended due to the
coronavirus pandemic.
John is hopeful the public will
go the extra mile for the return of
the Midnight Memory Walk which
this year is starting from Rotherham
United’s new home, New York
Stadium. He would love to see a
thousand people take part like they
did back in 2008.
“Rotherham Hospice is a
fabulous place that belongs to
Rotherham people. It’s something
we should be proud of as its one
of the things the town has got
right. Unfortunately, most people in
Rotherham will need to use one of
the many services at the hospice at
some time in their life.
“But the Midnight Memory Walk
is to remember anyone you have
lost, not just those who received
end-of-life care at Rotherham
Hospice,” John says.
Rotherham Hospice has
provided palliative care to the
people of Rotherham for almost 30
years. The hospice has a 14-bed
inpatient unit where patients with
terminal illnesses receive expert
care and attention. They also have
a day hospice service for patients
to visit once a week, as well as
a community team who support
patients in their own homes.
But Rotherham Hospice also
supports patients’ families along
the way, with services like respite
care, counselling sessions, and the
Sunbeams support group to help
children through bereavement.
The hospice provides all their
services free of charge. But it needs
£6million a year to operate, half of
which they must fundraise for, which
is a big task.
John says: “The hospice was
there for my family when we needed
them. Now’s our chance to come
together, remember our loved ones,
and be there for the hospice!”
The Midnight Memory Walk will
take place on Saturday 24th June
starting at New York Stadium just
before midnight. There will be two
routes – 10k or 15k – which are
yet to be confirmed but will make
stops at Clifton Park, the hospice
on Broom Road, Stag, Whiston, and
Moorgate before heading back to
the NYS.
Entry is £5 per person and you’ll get a sponsorship form
to help you set a fundraising goal. T-shirts are also
available to purchase for £7.50.
Enter online at www.rotherhamhospice.org.uk/midnightmemory-walk-2023
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SPORT
Beloved
and
Betrayed
This year marks 100 years since the FA Cup final
was first held at the original Wembley Stadium.
And it also marks 100 years
since one of the most catastrophic
and irredeemable betrayals made
in footballing history.
Non-league Worksop Town
FC sent shockwaves through
the sporting world when they
drew 0-0 during the first round
of the 1922/23 FA Cup against
Tottenham Hotspur, one of
the most glamorous teams in
the country.
Spurs had been humiliated on
home turf by a bunch of amateur
footballers who’d travelled to the
capital for the very first time from a
northern mining village nobody had
ever heard of.
The champions of the south
had wrongly presumed that victory
would be easy. But Worksop were
champions of the Midland league,
used to playing the reserve teams
of some of the strongest clubs in
the country.
It was the biggest game in
Worksop’s history, starting as
equals against legends of the
English game like Arthur Grimsdell,
Fanny Walden and Jimmy
Dimmock; they had nothing to
Worksop Town directors
from 1920
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lose and everything to gain. The
Worksop squad, the majority of
whom had come straight off the
back of a shift down the pit, put
up a strong fight to make it a
goalless draw.
Fearful of another mauling by
the Tigers, Spurs didn’t want to
leave anything to chance. They
were so desperate to be the
first London team to play at the
inaugural Wembley final that their
directors deployed dirty tactics
on Worksop to ensure their run
of success.
Bribes, backhanders, and a
boozy pre-game night put paid to
what could have been a once in
a lifetime chance for Worksop to
reserve their place in the history
books as giant killers.
The directors at Tottenham
convinced the Worksop subcommittee
to stay in London and
have the replay at White Hart Lane
instead of back at Worksop’s
home ground, Central Avenue.
Worksop were thought to be in
financial difficulty at that time and
some believe they were swayed
by the prospect of a lucrative
Goalkeeper Jack Brown
payoff – something that’s never
been confirmed.
Either way the decision proved
disastrous. The evening before
the replay, the Worksop players
were wined and dined on an allexpenses-paid
trip around London
with a posh meal followed by a
show at the Palladium. The players
did too much wining, staggering
back to the hotel blind drunk.
Goodness knows how they got up
for the game the next morning.
The team were spent, both
physically and mentally. Someone
remarked afterwards how it
was like trying to climb Mount
What lie inside
“
the pages was a
revelation to Liz,
with one of the first
chapters dedicated
to her Grandad Bill.
The book uncovered
many aspects of Bill’s
life that she’d never
known before. ”
Everest twice in three days.
Disappointment and anger at
being denied the chance of giving
Spurs the run-around back home
turned into resignation.
Worksop gave a shadow of the
spirited performance the 21,000
spectators had witnessed just days
earlier and were battered 9-0. Only
their keeper, Jack Brown, put up
any sort of resistance, his efforts
preventing the score from being
19-0.
After the first-leg draw, fans
back in Worksop had waited
eagerly at the train station to give
the players the hero’s welcome
they deserved. But they never
arrived. When the defeated team
finally arrived back home, the
Worksop fans were seething,
knowing their team were incapable
of being beaten by such a margin.
But their disgust was directed
at the sub-committee, mainly
the chairman AJ Tomlinson. This
was, after all, not the first time he
had agreed to switch a cup tie for
financial gain. In 1908, Worksop
had been drawn at home against
Chelsea but Tomlinson agreed to
travel to Stamford Bridge where the
Tigers lost 9-1.
It became a PR disaster. Fans
lost trust in the club’s management
and many supporters vowed
to never step foot in Central
Avenue again.
The story of that fateful
day in January 1923 has been
infamously retold throughout
generations of Worksop fans. But
the granddaughter of one of the
Worksop strikers knew nothing
about it until she chanced upon a
book called Beloved and Betrayed
written for the centenary of that
notorious game.
Liz Crowcroft’s grandfather
William ‘Bill’ Lilley was a striker
for Worksop Town in their 1920s

SPORT
Bill Lilley
heyday but she never knew much
about his time in amateur football.
So it came as a surprise to
chance upon a book cover bearing
his photograph in Worksop Town’s
amber and black striped kit when
visiting the Millennium Galleries
in Sheffield. Even more so of a
coincidence that it was the day
after the funeral of her mother –
Bill’s only daughter, Hilda.
Liz and her husband John had
been to collect Hilda’s belongings
from the Northern General Hospital
in Sheffield last December. Having
travelled from their home in
Mexborough, they decided to stay
in the city for the day to have a
browse around a Christmas fayre
in the Winter Gardens.
“I stopped to look at this first
table and John went wandering off
through to the Millennium Gallery.
Then he was beckoning me over
pointing to this pile of books on a
table. I couldn’t believe my mum’s
dad was on the cover. What had
made us go there on that very
day, the day after Mum’s funeral?”
Liz said.
She grabbed five copies – one
each for herself, her sister, and her
three daughters – and couldn’t wait
to get home to read it. What lay
inside the pages was a revelation
to Liz, with one of the first chapters
dedicated to her Grandad Bill.
The book uncovered many aspects
of Bill’s life that she’d never
known before.
“Reading the book was like
an episode of ‘Who Do You Think
You Are’. The saddest thing is that
my mother never knew anything
about the book. She’d have been
so proud as her dad was her hero.
He was the kindest man who’d do
anything for anyone; always very
dignified, quiet and calm.”
Bill was born in Sheffield in
1890 and moved to Darfield
in Barnsley when he met his
wife. He’d originally played for
Wombwell but was poached by
Worksop Town in 1913.
Before the First World War,
Bill had been one of the best
footballers in the Midland League.
A prolific striker, in his first few
months at Worksop he scored
12 goals in 18 appearances and
would often find a £5 note left in
his boots when he went to get
changed – equivalent of around
£400 in today’s money.
Bill was on the watchlist of
clubs like Sheffield United and
The Wednesday but sacrificed
a chance of having a top-flight
football career to join the war effort.
He volunteered with the Football
Battalion, part of the Middlesex
Regiment, a Pals-esque battalion
comprising of professional and
amateur footballers. He survived
the war but the Sheffield clubs’
interest in him had gone and so he
remained with Worksop Town in
the amateur leagues.
Another thing the war stripped
him of was his hair. A shelling
left him concussed which led to
premature baldness. Back home
on the football pitch he gained the
It was his dying wish
“
that John finish the
book in his memory
and gave him strict
instructions to launch
it in Tottenham on the
100th anniversary of
the FA Cup game –
13th January 2023.
”
Sketch by Paul Wyer of the first game at White Hart Lane
nickname ‘Old Bill’ or ‘Grandad’
because his lack of locks made
him appear much older than
his years.
“Before reading the book, I
never knew how he lost his hair.
I used to think it was because he
always wore a flat cap – he had
one for every occasion. They joked
he looked older, but he was still
always lean and fit even into his
late 60s,” Liz says.
Liz also never knew that she
and her grandad shared the
same profession. He’d been a
schoolteacher before the war.
Liz and her sister – Bill’s only
grandchildren – were also both
teachers. He never went back
to teaching after the war and
instead became a miner at
Wombwell Colliery.
Another uncanny twist is that
two of Liz’s daughters and all three
grandchildren have followed in
Bill’s sporting footsteps, playing
women’s or junior football in
South Yorkshire.
Amazed by what she’d
read, Liz set out to track down
the two authors of the book:
football historian, John Stocks,
and Lance Hardy, a celebrated
sports journalist.
Both born in Worksop, they
shared a love of Worksop Town FC
and its history. John was already
collating the history of the club for
a series of books, while Lance had
planned to chronicle the infamous
Tottenham game.
However, Lance was sadly
diagnosed with a brain tumour
and passed away just six months
later in August 2021 aged 53. It
was his dying wish that John finish
the book in his memory and gave
him strict instructions to launch
it in Tottenham on the 100th
anniversary of the FA Cup game –
13th January 2023.
In the book, there are 25
chapters that give an insight into
the history of both clubs, their
1922/23 FA Cup campaigns,
and the aftermath of their cup
tie. The late John Motson
called it an ‘absorbing story
beautifully curated’.
John has also included
information about what became
of the Tigers team. Some players
turned their backs on football after
that season. But many others had
stints with other non-league and
professional clubs. Two players
rose to great heights, those being
goalkeeper Jack Brown and striker
Wally Amos.
Jack Brown’s performance in
both Spurs games grabbed the
attention of league clubs and he
signed for The Wednesday not
long after his return home from
London. He stayed with the Owls
for 14 years, becoming Division 1
champions in 1929 and winning
the FA Cup in 1935. He also
played for England six times after
getting his first call up in 1927.
Wally Amos was the Tigers
player who humbled the
Spurs team the most. Former
captain Tom Clay wrote in his
autobiography that one of the
biggest run arounds he’d ever had
in his career was against Amos.
He signed for Bury in the summer
of 1923 and became their most
accomplished player. Today he
is still on the record books as
Bury’s third best goal scorer with
122 goals.
Beloved and Betrayed is
priced at £8.99 and available
to buy at Maurice Dobson
Museum in Darfield, Millennium
Gallery, and Kelham Island
Museum.
John Stocks, Mavis Froggart and Lance Hardy
Photo: Mike Holmes
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Degrees
on your
doorstep
at University Centre
Rotherham
Whether you’re looking at continuing your studies,
are planning to return to education, or want to
upskill and change careers, study locally and save
thousands on your degree at University Centre
Rotherham.
What students love
about studying at UCR
Hailed as a game changer for
closing the skills gap in the town,
the £10.5m University Centre
Rotherham, part of the RNN Group,
opened to students in September
2018. Over the last five years, UCR
has proved to be the single most
important development for increasing
access to higher level skills, degrees
and training for people living in and
around Rotherham.
As a university centre, UCR
delivers courses differently to
traditional universities. Students
aren’t just a number in a big lecture
hall, overwhelmed by multiple
campuses spread across a city.
Smaller class sizes mean tutors can
take the time to get to know each
student as an individual.
Courses are classroom based
within one building, with all the
facilities students could need
to complete their studies, from
soundproof pods for personal
study to the two-storey library
and computer space. There is
also a music studio, photography
studio, conference room and
outdoor auditorium.
While it may be smaller in size, it’s
bigger in opportunity. Their diverse
range of vocational-focused degrees
have been designed with future
employability in mind. Kick-start
a career in sought-after areas of
industry like engineering, business,
computing, and education. Get
hands-on learning in a range of
subjects like arts and media, music
and theatre, or hair and beauty.
Many courses are offered full
and part-time allowing students to fit
studies around work and family life,
great for mature learners heading
back into education. All courses
are accredited by other Yorkshire
universities such as Sheffield Hallam,
Huddersfield and Hull. But the UCAS
tariff points needed to study at
UCR are generally lower – 48 or 64
compared to 80 and 112.
Located in Rotherham town
centre on the site of the former
Doncaster Gate Hospital, close to
the bus and train station, students
at UCR can achieve their career
aspirations without the need to
live away from home or travel
long distances.
But one of the biggest pulls
to studying at UCR is the cost.
Ending up with over £45,000 of
student debt can be a real barrier
when choosing whether to carry
on in education. However, full-time
courses are £6,900 per year of study,
far less than the average £9,250
course fees at other universities,
making UCR an affordable option
without compromising on the quality
of learning.
Ethan
The continuity of
learning and tutor
support
Studying for a degree is basically
about choosing a subject you’re
interested enough in to dedicate
years of your life to.
Ethan Massingham is a final
year BA (hons) music performance
student at UCR who has been
able to expand on his life-long
love of music through his studies.
He naturally progressed onto
the music degree course after
studying a level 3 music course at
Rotherham College.
At UCR, there are no random
degree courses; they all follow on
from those available at RNN’s three
colleges. With the music tutors
working across both the college and
university courses, Ethan knew he
could turn to them for support.
“They teach in a way that
simplifies it and I’ve tried to learn
everything I possibly can from them.
People might not think you need
a degree to be a musician but my
course has taught me other skills I
can take away from here like filming
or how to set the sound up at gigs.
It’s also good to have a back-up
option and perhaps one day I’d like
to get into teaching. Having a degree
would support that.”
As a well-rounded musician,
Ethan plays the acoustic and electric
guitar, bass, piano, and is a singer/
songwriter, so rehearsal space is key
for him. UCR has fantastic facilities
for the music department to use, with
a soundproof studio and industrystandard
equipment.
He’s now a regular on the
open mic scene, having gained
confidence in his ability as a country
folk musician while studying. Ethan
has completed his degree around
other commitments like this thanks to
the flexible hours of his course. Many
courses are compiled into two or
three full days a week, rather than an
hour lecture here or there.
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Emma
The ongoing route of
progression
A big question for anyone
considering higher education is will it
help better your career prospects.
Emma Briggs is part of the first
cohort of Masters degree students
at UCR, currently studying an MA
in Education and Professional
Development which she completes
part-time in the evenings.
She has been a student at the
RNN Group since 2014, having
previously completed a foundation
degree in travel in tourism and
her Post-Graduate Certificate in
Education (PGCE), and has been
impressed with the opportunities to
study in her hometown.
“I was never bothered about
the uni lifestyle, I just wanted to
get my degree. It worked well
that I could live at home while
studying. UCR is great as you
don’t feel like you’re drowning
in a big ocean. They’re
not easy courses; you’re
encouraged to be independent
with reading and research
but I’ve always had such
great support from tutors and
library staff.”
After graduating from her
travel and tourism foundation
degree in 2016, Emma worked for
a major airline before Covid hit and
the travel industry was seriously
impacted. Having always liked the
idea of being a teacher, she returned
to education to do her PGCE at the
newly opened UCR.
This led to her applying for a role
at the RNN Group as a schools’
liaison and events officer, promoting
the colleges and university centre to
young people aged 16 to 18.
“I love it as there is still an
element of teaching, combined with
meeting prospective students at
events or in schools. I’ve been in
their position and always tell them
how lucky they are to now have
so many opportunities above and
beyond college or sixth form.”
Juwairiyyah
The ability to learn, no
matter your age
If you already have a career, have
started a family, or want a change
in direction, returning to study may
seem both daunting and exciting.
But education is for everyone
at UCR.
Juwairiyyah Nisar is an adult
learner who fits her studies around
her two young children and part-time
role as the university centre’s learner
recruitment and reception officer.
After taking up her role at UCR
last April, Juwairiyyah applied for a
distance learning course, one of the
many opportunities given to staff.
She has since completed three level
two courses in a short space of
time: principles in customer service;
business administration; and
information, guidance and advice.
“The adult courses are extremely
flexible and you study at a pace to
suit your lifestyle. I’m very pleased
and satisfied with how beneficial
they have been for my career. I have
developed my skills further to use in
my current role and have had such
positive feedback from students,
colleagues and tutors about being
caring and pleasant to speak to.
I’ve learnt it’s the little things that go
a long way, such as always saying
hello, asking people if they’re okay
and making them feel welcome.”
In her role at UCR, she
welcomes students, processes
UCAS applications, and gets
feedback from students about their
courses. Juwairiyyah, who hails
from Glasgow, is now looking at
other courses to further enhance her
learning, such as team leading, and
health and nutrition.
“I’ve worked in universities for
13 years but now I work somewhere
that I feel so comfortable, so at
home. It’s a small environment so
you can approach anyone at any
time; there’s no delay if you want to
speak about something or express
an opinion.”
OPEN EVENTS
Did you know Rotherham has its very own
University with a huge variety of degrees
available?
Come along and visit us at our next open event and see what’s on offer:
Wednesday 21st June, 3.00pm - 6.00pm
Venue
University Centre Rotherham,
Doncaster Gate, Rotherham, S65 1DA
01709 722806
ucr@rotherham.ac.uk
Rotherham College is offering T Levels from
September in the areas of Construction, Digital,
Education & Childcare and Health and Science.
Come along and visit us at our next open event to find out more:
Wednesday 21st June, 3.30pm - 6.30pm
Venue
Rotherham College, Eastwood Lane,
Rotherham. S65 1EG
01709 362111
info@rotherham.ac.uk
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Legal
talk
With Elmhirst Parker Solicitors
The importance of financial
Consent Orders in divorce
When choosing to divorce,
former couples may be under
the impression that all ties are
automatically severed upon a
Final Order (formerly known as
a Decree Absolute) being made.
But this is incorrect. Financial ties are not
automatically severed and parties are at risk of
future financial claims being made by their exspouse
if they fail to put a financial agreement in
place by way of a Consent Order.
A Final Order on divorce only ends the legal
contract of marriage. A financial Consent Order
is an essential part of divorce proceedings to
ensure matrimonial finances are divided as fairly
as possible. The Consent Order can detail any
spousal maintenance or lump sums that are to be
paid, or it can ensure a clean break (where each
party retains what they have).
The important part is that it dismisses future
claims against each other, thereby protecting
each party from any financial claims on property,
inheritance or pensions that they may own at a
later date.
Simply having a verbal agreement about how
you decide to divide combined matrimonial assets
is not enough. People can, of course, change their
minds over the years and go back on their word. A
financial Consent Order is legally binding and can
be enforced by the Court if terms are breached.
How is the matrimonial
pot divided?
What a party might be entitled to on divorce
depends on the length of the marriage and the
factors that are set out under section 25 of the
Matrimonial Causes Act 1973. This mainly looks
at earning capacity versus financial needs. Other
aspects are considered, such as age and health
of both parties, contributions both have made to
the marriage, and the standard of living enjoyed
by the family before the marriage breakdown.
Assets are split into two categories: matrimonial
property, that which you acquired during the
marriage, and non-matrimonial property, anything
you owned before the marriage. A financial
Consent Order usually just shares out the
matrimonial assets, but if this is not sufficient to
meet both parties’ needs then it can include nonmatrimonial
assets.
There are no concrete rules regarding
the division of assets. It should be fair and
reasonable, but this does not have to mean both
parties receive an equal share.
For marriages longer than ten years, the first
question asked will be why shouldn’t the pot be
split 50/50? Is this because one spouse has a
bigger future earnings potential and has made
a higher contribution over the years? Or does
one person have large debts, such as a credit
card or overdraft? Perhaps one party has been a
stay-at-home parent or cannot work full-time due
to childcare commitments, so half of the capital
won’t cover their housing needs.
For marriages less than five years where there
are no children, and limited (or zero) joint assets, it
may be advised to seek a ‘clean break’ order.
If either party re-marries, then certain claims
that the person could have had against their exspouse
are automatically dismissed. This does
not include pension sharing provisions which are
only dismissed via a Consent Order. This is known
as the ‘remarriage trap’.
What about the family home?
Regardless of who legally owns the property,
the family home is usually considered a
matrimonial asset and both parties have a right
to live there. If the property is owned by just one
of the parties, then the other party will need legal
advice to ensure that their rights in the property
can be protected.
If neither party can buy the other out or agree
what is to happen with the property, then it may
need to be sold. The courts will consider the
needs of any dependant children and aim to
keep them in the house where possible until
they are 18.
Is a pension protected?
Pensions can be shared like any other asset
such as savings etc. How they are shared
depends on the individual circumstances of
the case, but any pension – whether joint or
solo – can be included. If a chunk of a pension
was acquired pre-marriage, it won’t stop it being
considered a matrimonial asset.
Do I need a solicitor’s help with a
financial Consent Order?
As the name suggests, a financial Consent
Order needs both parties to consent to the
agreement reached. If a marriage ended
acrimoniously, choosing to correspond via a
solicitor may avoid confrontation and a ‘power
imbalance’ when trying to reach such agreement.
The courts are very particular about how a
financial Consent Order should be drawn up and
what should be included. It can be rejected if a
Judge thinks the terms are unfair.
If one party is in a stronger financial position
than the other, it is best to seek legal advice as
it helps ‘level the playing field’ and reduces the
possibility of an unfair outcome.
To reiterate, without a financial Consent Order
dismissing future claims, an ex-spouse could
make a future financial claim against the other
party and it wouldn’t matter whether you’d been
divorced five years or 55 years! If you are already
divorced but don’t currently have a Consent Order
in place, it is never too late to make one.
*This is not legal advice; it is intended to provide
information of general interest about current legal issues.
• Civil litigation
• Residential conveyancing
• Family and matrimonial
• Probate and estates
• Wills • Lifetime planning
Speak to one of our experts on
01226 282238
17/19 Regent Street, Barnsley, S70 2HP
(also in Royston, Selby and Sherburn-in-Elmet)
www.elmhirstparker.com
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Support for
dementia
in Barnsley
Caring for someone with dementia can be a 24-hour
job and one that often takes over any relationship
you both may have had before.
But at BIADS – Barnsley Independent
Alzheimer’s and Dementia Support – their unique
support service helps people diagnosed with
dementia and their carers to reconnect with each
other through a range of life-enriching activities
and much-welcomed respite from daily life.
In Barnsley, around 3,000 people over 65
have dementia, and this figure is set to rise to
4,800 by 2030. When someone is diagnosed with
dementia, the focus is primarily on the services
they may need in place to continue living as
independently as possible.
However, there can be little to no help for their
partner or family member who often becomes
their carer. Half of carers spend more than 100
hours a week caring for someone with dementia,
and it can be overwhelming to watch their loved
ones change due to the disease.
Since launching in 2010, BIADS has become
an invaluable resource in Barnsley, providing
a lifeline that families affected by dementia
couldn’t live without. The charity’s headquarters
are on Dean Street, just off Dodworth Road,
where they offer a weekly calendar of emotional
support groups, drop-in sessions and sensorybased
activities for people with dementia and
their carers.
Last year, they also launched a new dementia
day centre at the Old Court House on Regent
Street to provide a warm, relaxing and safe space
to care for people with dementia during the week
on either a full or half day basis.
The day centre is open four days a week,
soon to be five, and service users enjoy a range
of activities to promote mental stimulation and
independence such as crafts, baking, reading
or card games. They have also recently opened
Jean’s Bar, an alcohol-free bar with a Jukebox,
piano, TV and games. The furniture and bar
were donated by Nando’s and the space
was decorated by kind volunteers from Nat
West bank.
A new multi-sensory unit is also set to
be opened at the day centre this May which
will feature a bubble wall, fibre-optic carpet,
LED projector and soothing sounds to help
distract and de-escalate service users during
overwhelming periods.
Over at Dean Street, carers can call into one
of their drop-in cafes or join the carer support
group which takes place on Tuesdays and
Thursdays. Here they can come to a comfortable
and confidential setting, without fear of being
judged, to talk to carer support workers about
any issues they may be facing. At the same time
as the carers’ groups, the people they care for
can take part in various activities in a safe and
welcoming environment.
Some carers need practical support around
issues with mobility, incontinence or work and
pensions; others come for regular social contact
that may have fallen by the wayside since
becoming a carer; and there are those who just
want to talk to people going through similar
situations to feel like they are not alone.
BIADS also has many sessions throughout
the month for people with dementia, such as the
Singers’ group, Zoom Yoga, Time for Tea group
and Walking group. Referrals are also welcomed
for their gentle exercise and dancing classes to
keep people mobile.
The BIADS team organises various social
events throughout the year as well as two UK
holidays in early summer and November for
members to enjoy some time together away
from Barnsley.
BIADS continue to advocate the importance
of improving diagnosis rates of dementia.
Memory loss is not just a sign of getting older.
There are over 100 types of dementia that can
affect people in various and unpredictable ways,
causing complex cognitive and behavioural
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The need for more dementia care is set to
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BIADS offer training packages for companies
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To find out more about BIADS,
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visit their website
www.biads.org.uk
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Health and safety
training courses
at Mexborough Business Centre
Accidents and medical
emergencies can happen in
any business, whether that’s
high-risk environment like
construction or manufacturing,
or low-risk environments like
offices.
If your business needs to refresh its health and
safety training, Mexborough Business Centre has
got you covered.
For people working in construction,
Mexborough Business Centre has a CSCS test
centre where labourers can take the CITB health
and safety in construction course and sit their
CSCS test in the same day at the same venue.
The centre also works with GEM Compliance
Training to provide flexible first aid courses for
individuals, employees, and community groups.
Whether you need first aid training for work
or want to learn skills for everyday life, they offer
Ofqual regulated first aid courses that cover first
aid in the workplace and paediatric first aid. There
is also a combined course where you can gain
both qualifications while attending one course.
Sessions are held in the training rooms
at Mexborough Business Centre which has
ample free parking as well as an on-site café
that can provide refreshments. They also offer
a new blended learning option which reduces
classroom time.
In August, GEM Compliance will be hosting
a free family first aid session on Thursday 24th
August for parents, grandparents, children and
carers to learn life-saving skills together as a
family. Adults can learn or refresh your knowledge
in areas such as resuscitation, choking, bleeding,
seizures and meningitis. Children will gain
confidence to check if someone is responsive or
breathing, deliver chest compressions and help
someone who is choking, bleeding or suffering
from a burn. Places are limited and must be
booked online via the Mexborough Business
Centre website.
First Aid training
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FAMILY
Rotherham
reads:
New books for
summer 2023
There’s something
about summertime
that makes getting
stuck into a new book
even more enjoyable.
Luckily for us, there are two
new non-fiction books being
released this summer, both with a
Rotherham connection.
Whether you’re looking for a
book to take on your travels or
something to read while you relax
for an hour in the back garden,
these new releases might be right
up your street.
Path to Success
by Ray Matthews
The best thing about memoirs
is they allow you to walk in
someone else’s shoes for a while.
But there won’t be many willing
or able enough to step into Ray
Matthew’s shoes.
What other person do you know
who could run 75 marathons in 75
days, let alone at 75 years of age?
To add a bit more pressure, he
also combined the running element
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with the small challenge of raising
£75,000 for Newman School to
create a fully accessible playground
and path within the school grounds.
But he’s a born fighter, a
grafter, and one of life’s genuine
good guys.
Path to Success is the third book
written by Rotherham legend, Ray.
In it he details how his childhood
helped him develop the mindset
to take on these super-human
challenges in later life. The chapters
flit between preparing for and
undertaking the marathons and the
time he spent as an amateur boxer
as a young lad.
You’ll laugh at his escapades
at the Steelworks, feel like you’re
in the ring with him at his many
boxing bouts, and be cheering him
on to reach the finish line of his
gargantuan birthday challenge.
Will he be able to fulfil his
promise to the kids at Newman
School? And did he ever slow down
after he’d stopped running?
The book also includes guest
contributions from people who
were involved in Ray’s 75-marathon
challenge, as well as photographs
illustrating his achievements.
Book price: £10.99
Release date: 28th May
Published by The Book Guild
Available to buy at Rotherham
Visitor Centre, 26 High Street
S60 1PP
Or buy online at all major
retailers including Amazon
and Waterstones.
As part of the book
launch, Ray will be
giving talks at four
Rotherham Libraries.
Riverside Library
Main Street S60 1AE
Wednesday 31st May from 12pm
Wath Library
Montgomery Square S63 7RZ
Monday 5th June from 3.30pm
Wickersley Library
Bawtry Road S66 1YY
Tuesday 6th June from 6pm
Mowbray Gardens Library
East Dene S65 2UH
Thursday 8th June from 1pm
Contact the relevant library to book
your free place. Donations welcome
in aid of Newman School.
Rotherham:
A Potted History
by James Barker
If you’re a lover of history, this new
release by James Barker will be one
to add to your collection.
Rotherham: A Potted History
gives a historical portrait of the
transformation that Rotherham
has undergone through the ages.
James, a librarian and post-graduate
support officer at Sheffield University,
has spent years researching his
local town.
His latest book covers a vast
timeline, from the Roman times
through to the landscape of the
town today.
Much of the book looks at the
town’s industrial heritage. In the
Middle Ages, traditional crafts such
as coppicing, charcoal burning,
milling and tanning were practised
by the community. At the turn of the
Industrial Revolution, coal mining,
iron production and glass making
expanded enormously.
The book also includes over
100 photographs to illustrate some
of the town’s most iconic and
well-loved buildings.
Book price: £15.99
Release date: 15th May
Published by Amberley Publishing
Available to buy at local
bookshops and retailers,
as well as online via
www.amberley-books.com

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Rotherham Libraries has 15
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The shelves are filled with the
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and books you might have never
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On the off chance you can’t find
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Experience Barnsley
Bringing
history to life
Delve deeper into South Yorkshire’s rich heritage with a
visit to one of our brilliant local museums this summer.
From amazing artwork to the most weird and
wonderful artefacts, the museums in our area are
engaging places that tell some interesting stories
of years gone by.
All of the museums listed have been tried and
tested by the Aroundtown team and their families.
Many are run by our local authorities and so are
free to enter. The rest are non-profit, volunteer-led
organisations and have a small admission cost
which enables the sites to keep operating.
Maurice Dobson Museum
2 Vicar Road, Darfield S73 9JZ
Open Wednesday 1pm-4pm and Saturday
10am-4pm
Entry: Adults £2 Children 50p
An old Yeoman’s house in Darfield’s
conservation area, the museum has an eclectic
collection of historical treasures.
The house was once owned by Maurice
Dobson, an openly gay ex-soldier, who left the
building and its contents in his will to be used
as a heritage centre to benefit the community. It
opened in 2000 and over the years more items
have been donated by people from or with a
connection to the village.
From industrial heritage to domestic
memorabilia, the museum offers a comprehensive
and immersive insight of Darfield and its groundbreaking
history. Volunteer tour guides are onhand
to give an unrivalled narrative of the museum
and its artefacts.
There is a tearoom and gift shop on-site.
Find out more at www.darfieldmuseum.co.uk
Barnsley:
Maurice Dobson Museum
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Cawthorne Victoria Jubilee Museum
Cawthorne Victoria
Jubilee Museum
Taylor Hill, Cawthorne S75 4HQ
Open Saturday and Sunday 2pm-5pm plus
Bank Holiday Mondays
Entry: Adults £1 Children free
Originally opened in October 1889 for the
golden jubilee of Queen Victoria, the museum
has been owned by the village residents for
seventy years.
Much of its collection is based around natural
history, with taxidermy, butterflies and fossils.
There are some sights to behold including a twoheaded
lamb that was born on a local farm, and a
mongoose locked in deadly combat with a cobra.
Other areas of interest are local industries like
agriculture and glass blowing, war memorabilia,
and personal items that were brought back to the
village from the voyages of the Spencer Stanhope
family of nearby Cannon Hall.
Cannon Hall Museum
Cawthorne S75 4AT
Open Thursday to Sunday 11am-4pm
Free entry
One of the five sites managed by Barnsley
Museums, Cannon Hall Museum and its vast
parklands is a brilliant place for all the family.
Cannon Hall
The hall was once owned by the Spencer
Stanhope family but opened as a museum in
1957. Some rooms inside have been staged
with furniture to replicate how the hall would
have been used by the family. There is also a
ballroom and downstairs Victorian kitchen to
see. One room upstairs has a range of children’s
dressing up outfits, wooden toys and books for
younger visitors.
Many members of the Spencer Stanhope
family were artists, so the museum’s collection
pays homage to this through a mix of paintings,
ceramics, glassware and metalwork. On the
top floor is the dedicated De Morgan Museum
featuring works by William and Evelyn De Morgan.
The parklands include a walled kitchen garden,
fairyland, woodland trail, boating lake and
children’s playground. There are two cafes on-site.
Find out more at www.cannon-hall.com
Experience Barnsley
Museum
Barnsley Town Hall S70 2TA
Open Monday to Friday 9am-4pm and
Saturday 10am-3.30pm
Free entry
Another one of Barnsley Museums’ venues,
Experience Barnsley opened in the town hall ten
years ago dedicated to the people of Barnsley.
Its collection covers many areas such as
archaeology, industry, leisure and sport, and home
and family life. All the items on show have either
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full dinner service, tea and dessert wares plus with
the striking Rhinocerous Vase – one of only two of
its kind ever made.
There is a café in the museum, plus the vast
parklands to explore with children’s play areas and
a paid-for fun park.
Find out more at www.cliftonpark.org.uk
Outer areas:
Cusworth Hall
Boston Castle
with a connection to the town.
There are lots of hands-on elements for younger
visitors with a whole room filled with interactive
activities such as fossil digging, brick building,
a role play shop, and ride-on cars from the old
merry-go-round in Barnsley Market.
Throughout the summer, visitors can see
Tailor Made, an exhibition about Barnsley’s textile
industry looking at weaving, sewing and quilting.
Find out more at
www.experience-barnsley.com
Rotherham:
Clifton Park Museum
Clifton Lane S65 2AA
Open Tuesday to Saturday 10am-5pm and
Sunday 10am-5pm
Free entry
Rotherham’s principal museum, Clifton Park has
been open for 130 years, telling the story of the
town and its people.
Once the home of the Walker family, the
museum is now run by Rotherham Council’s
museums, arts and heritage team. Inside you
will find industrial artefacts, archaeological
finds, military items, fine art and natural science,
including the taxidermy lion Nelson who has been
popular with visitors for almost eighty years.
One stand-out collection is the world-famous
Rockingham Pottery from Swinton that includes a
Clifton Park Museum
Boston Castle
Off Moorgate Road S60 2DB
Open Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday and
Sunday 11am-3pm (until September)
Free entry
The former hunting lodge belonging to Thomas
Howard, 3rd Earl of Effingham dates back to 1775
and was restored as a small museum in 2012.
It opens during the summer months where
visitors can discover more about Earl of Effingham.
It also charts how the building has been used over
the years. There is also a viewing platform on the
roof where visitors can have a panoramic gaze at
the landscape across Rotherham and Sheffield.
Boston Castle sits in Rotherham’s oldest public
park which leads down to Canklow woods.
South Yorkshire Transport Museum
South Yorkshire
Transport Museum
Unit 9 Waddington Way, off Aldwarke Lane
S65 3SH
Open every second Sunday 10.30am-4pm
(14th May, 11th June, 9th July)
Entry: Adults £7.50 OAPs and concessions £5
Children free
Run by a team of motor-enthusiast volunteers,
the transport museum is home to over 50 vehicles
including buses, coaches, cars and motorbikes.
Some are privately owned, while others belong
to the volunteers who have worked hard to restore
many makes and models over the years. There
are also a number of transport-related displays of
artefacts and objects.
On open days, car clubs from across the region
are invited to bring their vehicles down to the
museum for visitors to see.
Find out more at www.sytm.co.uk
Cusworth Hall
Doncaster DN5 7TU
Open Friday and Sunday 10am-4pm
Free entry
Previously home to the Battie-Wrightson family
for over 200 years, Cusworth Hall now reflects the
daily lives of people in Doncaster from the 18th
century to the present day.
See the Great Kitchen where many feasts were
prepared and view the stunning paintings on the
ceiling of the chapel.
The hall is set within historic parklands which is
open daily and perfect for picnics and dog walks.
There is also a children’s playground, café and
brewery on-site.
Wortley Top Forge
Thurgoland, S35 7DN
Open Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays
11am-5pm
Entry: Adults £5 OAPs £3 Children £1
(includes a guided site tour)
Dating back to around 1640, Wortley Top Forge
has been turned into an industrial museum by a
team of hard-working volunteers.
Find out how wrought iron was made and the
history of the industry, aided by a knowledgeable
tour guide. See the three original water wheels in
action, visit the machine shop to see the forging
hammers and metal forming machines, and take a
ride on the model railway.
Find out more at www.topforge.co.uk
Wortley Top Forge
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HISTORY
Painting of John Carr, by William Beechey
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Carr’s
legacy
carries on
This year marks 300 years since the birth of John Carr of York,
one of the north’s finest architects from the 18th century.
Three centuries on, his legacy
remains in the extensive portfolio
of public and private buildings he
designed that have shaped the
architectural heritage of the north of
England and beyond.
Born in Horbury, near Wakefield,
on 28th April 1723, John Carr
followed in the footsteps of
three generations of Carr men
by becoming an apprentice to
his father, Robert, who was a
stonemason and quarry owner.
Although his foundations were
in masonry, Carr taught himself
architecture, his first independent
building being Thurgoland’s
Huthwaite Hall in 1748.
Carr became one of the best
known and busiest architects of
his time, having built, repaired or
changed over 120 buildings in
his sixty-plus year career. From
town halls to country houses,
churches to prisons, and even a
few racecourse grandstands, Carr’s
neoclassical style was favoured
by many.
He was regularly commissioned
by local gentry, Whig politicians,
and influential industrialists to build
or enhance their private residences.
Harewood House in Leeds was
the first major job to establish
his reputation where he worked
alongside Robert Adam who would
Amongst his lesser-known achievements
“
was designing the first grandstand built
for a sporting venue, York’s Knavesmire
Racecourse, in 1753.
”
influence his future work.
One of the most powerful of all
landowners that Carr struck up
a long-term allegiance with was
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd
Marquess of Rockingham. Lord
Rockingham appointed Carr to
redesign parts of the Palladian east
front at Wentworth Woodhouse that
had been originally designed by
Henry Flitcroft, adding another floor
to parts, as well as the porticos.
Carr was also commissioned to
build many follies within Wentworth
Park, such as Keppel’s Column,
Needle’s Eye and the Rockingham
Mausoleum. And the Stable Block
at Wentworth Woodhouse, once
the largest in the country housing
the family’s 84 hunting, riding and
carriage horses, was also designed
by Carr.
Elsewhere in South Yorkshire, he
worked on the likes of Aston Hall,
Cannon Hall, Clifton House, New
Lodge, and Ravenfield Hall.
Socialite Elizabeth Parkin who
bought the Ravenfield estate in
1749 had Carr build a new church
and mansion house. The church
still remains, but the house was
sold off in the 1920s, unoccupied
until WWII and then burnt down
in 1961.
At Cannon Hall, John Spencer
commissioned Carr in 1764 to add
two new wings to his family’s home
for a library and dining room. Aston
Hall was rebuilt by Carr in 1771 for
the Darcy family following a fire.
Rotherham’s Walker family
Keppel’s Column
Clifton House
Cannon Hall
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had two properties built by Carr.
Joshua, who inherited the family’s
iron and steel business, had Clifton
House built in 1783 which is now
the town’s principal museum. His
younger brother, Joseph, had
Eastwood House built a few years
later which was demolished in
the 1920s.
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Carr was notable for the
consistent quality of his designs,
often following the London fashions
of Rococo and neo-Classical.
Most of his work was rooted
in Palladianism, with perfect
proportion, symmetry and balance;
one side of the building would often
be a mirror image of the other.
Inside, the layout of rooms
provided generous and functional
living space. He worked with
clients to achieve the building they
envisioned while keeping the build
practical and within budget.
Amongst his lesser-known
achievements was designing
the first grandstand built for a
sporting venue, York’s Knavesmire
Racecourse, in 1753. It was
followed by the grandstand at
Richmond in 1755, now a ruin;
something exciting to go in its place
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and others for Nottingham and
Doncaster in 1777, both later
demolished.
He also became the
bridgemaster for both the North
and West Ridings of Yorkshire,
building or maintaining over
60 bridges.
In his personal life, he married
Sarah Hinchcliffe who was ten
years older than him and had been
a maid at Bretton Hall where he
worked in his early career. The
couple had no children, but his
nephew William became his heir.
He lived in Yorkshire all his
life, mostly in York where he
became a freeman of the city due
to his outstanding contribution
to its architecture. He was twice
appointed Lord Mayor of York in
1770 and 1785.
Carr eventually retired in his early
80s, only a year before his death
in 1807. He is buried at Horbury
Church that he designed and built
at his own expense.
To celebrate John Carr’s 300th
birthday, Wentworth Woodhouse
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has teamed up with nationwide
architects, Donald Insall Associates,
and nine fellow John Carr sites
to launch the John Carr 300
Challenge. Schools in each
corresponding area have been
tasked with studying Carr’s life and
redesigning a missing element
of each building. At Wentworth,
this will be the imposing entrance
archway and clock tower on the
stable block.
“We want budding designers and
architects of the future to let their
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imaginations run riot and create
something exciting to go in its
place. It could be strikingly modern
or influenced by architecture of
the past; the choice is theirs,” said
Jen Wall, Wentworth Woodhouse
Preservation Trust’s Skills
Development and Learning Officer.
“Our challenge celebrates the
work of one of Yorkshire’s most
respected sons and aims to
encourage creativity and career
aspirations. The Trust is passionate
about helping young people
Bridgegate House, 5 Bridge Place
Chester CH1 1SA
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through Wentworth education Stables, Rotherham and plans to set
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Each site will work with Donald
Insalls’ architects to choose winners
from educational Key Stages 1, 2
and 3 at the end of June. The best
designs will go on show at each
site during the national Heritage
Open Days festival in September.
Wentworth Woodhouse’s winners
will be rewarded with a specially
arranged visit for their entire
class to the house and gardens,
including the newly-opening Forest
of Bewilderment.
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Bid it to win it
Barnsley based Watts and Associates have specialised in
plant and machinery auctions for over 25 years and have
recently added classic cars to their lots to expand their offer.
Owners John and Colin took over the
business in 2006, bringing with them vast
knowledge and experience as approachable and
honest auctioneers.
John was first introduced to auctions as a lad,
joining his family at cattle markets. He then started
selling aged 16 for a Holmfirth based agricultural
auctioneers before moving up to Cumbria
where he became a machinery specialist for a
livestock auction house. Schoolfriend Colin had
followed a similar path, having run a contracting
business previously.
Based in Carlton on an eight-acre site, they
hold a three-day online auction every six weeks.
You’ll often find everything you might need from
excavators, tractors and diggers to lock-up units
As well as commercial lots,
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Watts also auction off
vintage vehicles.
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and generators. They also have a range of garden
and ground maintenance machinery such as rideon
mowers, tillers, and petrol tools like strimmers
and leaf blowers.
Many of the plant and machinery lots offered
for sale have come from some of the UK’s largest
and well-known companies when they renew
their fleets. The equipment is often high spec,
high value and also very difficult to get hold of, so
auctions are a great opportunity for tradespeople
to add to their fleet and stock in a more costeffective
way than buying brand new.
As well as commercial lots, Watts also auction
off vintage vehicles. Whether you’re looking for
a classic car to drive daily, take on a spin at
weekends, or keep in the garage as a restoration
project, you might just find the perfect motor for
you at Watts’ next auction.
In the past, their lots have included iconic
cars from luxury manufacturers like Rolls Royce,
Studebaker, Chrysler Imperial, Jaguar, Bentley
and MG. They attract a diverse range of buyers
from across the globe, with a Maserati recently
selling to a buyer in Finland.
If you’re a private owner of a classic car,
you might be looking to sell to cash in on your
investment, make room in your collection, and
let a new owner revive an interest in the vehicle.
Selling at auction is easy and hassle free, with
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A first-class finish
Whether you have
a classic car that’s
looking a bit rusty,
metal gates that have
lost their shine, or
stonework that needs
a deep clean, you’ll
be sure of a first-class
finish with Bells Blasting
Corporation.
Owner Alan Bell started his
business 40 years ago, inspired by a
life-long love of classic cars. Since he
was 16, Alan has owned hundreds of
vehicles, many of which needed full
restoration work, so he decided to
turn his hobby into a business.
Old cars are notorious for their
quickly deteriorating parts and
components, rendering them
unreliable after only a few years.
However, shot blasting can help to
extend the life of your vehicle. It’s
much faster and more thorough than
manual cleaning or sanding, making
it an efficient way to restore steel
components and prepare them for
further coating applications.
Alan said: “I love to breathe new
life into what was someone’s pride
and joy. It is such a rewarding job
to remove paint and corrosion
from a classic car on its restoration
journey and I am proud to say I even
featured on TV.”
Working from his home, a 1720
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HOME & GARDEN
The merry
month of May
With Garden Designer, Sally Cunis
This summer will see bunting and bedding in red,
white and blue decking out our parks and gardens
in celebration of the Coronation.
Once the decorations are
packed away, it is time to get busy
in the garden as it bursts into life and
enjoy this most glorious time of the
year when the swallows return, the
woods are carpeted with bluebells,
and trees and shrubs are suddenly
swamped in lush green leaves
or blossoms.
It is time to think about both
the ornamental and vegetable
gardens, to fill gaps and to keep on
top of weeds. Gaps in the border
can be filled with Alliums and tall
perennials whilst low clump forming
plants such as saxifrage, dianthus
and seathrift will thrive along the
edges. Plant out seedlings of pretty
flowers such as Cleome, Nigella and
Verbena bonariensis in tubs and
borders. Support sweet peas with
home-made wigwams of peasticks
and tie-in.
Rake bare patches in the border
to a fine tilth and sow flower seed in
drifts but remember to protect from
pigeons and cats until the seedlings
are through. Last year when we
Rose ‘Chapeau de Napoleon’
sowed our wild flower meadow
areas, seed was mixed with sand,
broadcast then carefully walked over
to give the seed good contact with
the soil. It also meant that the seed
was less visible to the birds and
firm enough not to be disturbed by
the cats!
I cannot imagine a garden in
summer without roses and have
gradually added masses to our
garden over the years, roses to
ramble, to scramble, to climb, for
borders and in pots, always scented
and exquisitely beautiful. Having
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in France (and of course a wonderful
plant nursery) I was thrilled to see in
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Meilland family, the famous French
rose breeders whose roses are
delicious in terms of shape, colour
and scent.
Whilst in France, I saw masses
of some of my favourite flowering
shrubs, trees and climbers which
I enjoy growing here in South
Yorkshire, the Judas tree (Cercis
siliquastrum) with its vivid pinkpurple
pea like flowers on bare
stems, Wisteria sinensis and
the fluffy pink Tamarix. Fields of
lavender were a hint of midsummer
yet to come.
As the days get longer and
hotter, top dress beds and pots to
conserve moisture. Water where
necessary early morning or late
evening using, where possible,
water butts and grey water from the
Cercis siliquastrum (Judas tree)
Lavender
kitchen. Damp down the floor of the
greenhouse to keep up the humidity,
opening vents to discourage red
spider mites.
In the vegetable garden, carry
on earthing up potatoes, weeding
between crops and thin out direct
sown vegetables such as lettuce
and spinach.
Support runner beans, French
beans and peas and keep wellwatered
in hot weather. As soft fruit
ripens, net bushes of redcurrant,
blackcurrant and raspberries
ensuring that the nets are taut so
that no birds get caught in them.
Protect strawberries by tucking straw
Redcurrants
Nigella (love-in-a-mist)
A variety of plants which appear during ‘No Mow May’
around the plants to lift the fruit off
the soil.
Whilst we cut our lawn
occasionally in March and April,
for the fourth year running we will
be practicing ‘No Mow May’ and
‘Let it Grow June’. This is helpful
to the beneficial insects, bees and
butterflies, looks attractive and it is
amazing what beautiful wildflowers
appear as if by magic, a tapestry
of colour alive with insects and
butterflies. Just by leaving a small
patch uncut or sowing a tub with
wild flower seeds, it can help
to provide nectar-rich plants for
beneficial insects.
Mossy saxifrage
Armeria maritima (sea thrift)
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FOOD & ENTERTAINMENT
recipes
Picnic
Summer days out
aren’t complete without
a picnic.
But if you’re bored of a plain
old sandwich and sausage
roll, why not try something
new with these easy to make
recipes that will see you pack
your best picnic yet.
Vegetable
pinwheels
Makes 12
Ingredients
1 small carrot, grated
1 small courgette, grated
1 small red onion, finely chopped
120g garlic and herb soft cheese
1 sheet ready rolled pastry
Beaten egg/milk for washing
Cheese and
spinach scones
Makes 12
Ingredients
240g self raising flour
1tsp baking powder
80 cheddar, grated
75g unsalted butter, cubed
80g fresh baby spinach
1tbsp milk
Beaten egg/milk for washing
Method
Preheat oven to 200c/gas mark 6.
Line 2 baking trays with greaseproof
paper.
Squeeze out any excess
juice from the grated carrot and
courgette.
Roll out the ready-made pastry.
Spread a thin layer of cream cheese.
Cover the cheese evenly with the
Method
Preheat oven to 200c/gas mark 6.
Line a baking tray with greaseproof
paper.
Heat a splash of oil in a pan and
fry the spinach until wilted. Finely
chop. Don’t wilt with hot water as it
will be too wet for the mixture.
In a bowl, add the flour and baking
powder then mix in the spinach. Add
the cubed butter and rub in until you
get a breadcrumb consistency. Stir in
the cheese.
Add splash of milk and stir with
a knife until a dough starts to form.
Once combined, turn out onto a
floured surface and roll to 2cm thick.
Cut out the scones using a 5cm
cutter.
Place on your prepared trays and
brush with egg or milk.
Bake for 20 minutes until risen and
golden.
grated vegetables then sprinkle over
the onion.
Roll the pastry back up as tightly
as possible. Cut into 12 equal
pieces, roughly 2cm wide.
Lay each pinwheel flat on the
baking sheet, spaced evenly as they
will spread in the oven. Give them
an egg/milk wash and bake for 30
minutes until golden.
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FOOD & ENTERTAINMENT
THE WORTLEY ARMS
Lemon and
Blueberry
Muffins
Makes 12
Ingredients
100g butter
2 medium lemons
250g self-raising flour
1.5tsp baking powder
0.5tsp bicarbonate of soda
100g golden caster sugar
60g desiccated coconut
2 eggs
100ml milk
3tsp Greek yoghurt
100g blueberries (plus extra to
garnish)
Earl of Strafford
Food served every day from 11am-9pm
Lunch Menu Mon-Fri until 4pm
Pub favourite mains from £7.50
Starters and desserts only £3 each
Set Dinner Menu Mon-Fri from 4pm
2 Courses from £12.50 3 Courses from £15.50
Sunday Roast
Includes unlimited roast potatoes, Yorkshire puddings and gravy
Served alongside our pub favourites menu
Book now for Father’s Day Sunday 18th June
Woofchester's Dinner
Doggy Bowls
Roast dinner or fish and chips,
sides bark burgers, bark bones,
or bark sausages
Doggy beer or paw-star martini
All for £6
Method
Preheat oven to 200c/gas mark 6.
Grease and line a 12-hole muffin
tray.
Melt the butter in a pan or
microwave and leave to cool slightly.
Zest one lemon and juice both.
Sift the flour, baking powder and
bicarbonate of soda into a large
bowl and stir in the sugar, coconut,
blueberries and lemon zest. Make a
well in the centre.
Beat the eggs with a large whisk
until smooth then beat in the yogurt,
milk and melted butter until well
combined. Stir into the flour mixture
with a large metal spoon until very
lightly mixed.
Pour equally into the prepared tin
and top each muffin with a few extra
blueberries.
Bake for 20 minutes or until a
skewer comes out clean.
Upstairs Function Room
available with private bar
Lots of outdoor seating on
our terrace and beer garden
Come and
try our new
seasonal
menu
FINE DINING AND GASTRO-PUB MEALS
Extensive choice of gluten-free, vegan and vegetarian dishes
FOOD SERVED
Wed-Fri 12-2.30pm and 5-9pm, Sat 12-9.30pm and Sun 12-5pm
Just a small selection from our
NEW SEASONAL MENU
Starters
King prawn cakes, pickled ginger, cucumber, chilli jam, toasted peanut
Ham hock, black pudding & potato hash, fried egg, grain mustard dressing
Chicken thigh ballotine, harissa, confit carrots, crispy peas
Tempura cauliflower, gochujang sauce, black sesame cracker
Main Courses
Moroccan spiced lamb shoulder, cumin potato terrine, baba ganoush
Roast beetroot wellington, tender stem broccoli, spinach, toasted pumpkin seed
Butter baked cod, braised hispi cabbage, smoked bacon, mussel & saffron cream
Tandoori onion bhaji burger, toasted bun, baby gem, tomato,
twice cooked chips, raita
Spring Bank Holiday Monday
Food served 12.00pm-4.30pm Bar 12.00pm-7.00pm
Monthly Sunday Quiz Nights
Check our facebook for dates
Enjoy a locally brewed cask ale or gin and tonic
in our outdoor area
Private upstairs function room
Celebrate in the beautiful village of Wortley
Weddings, Christenings, parties etc
AA
Rosette
Award
2021 – 2022
Doncaster Road, Hooton Roberts, S65 4PF
Tel 01709 913821
https://www.pubanddining.co.uk/
earl-of-strafford-hooton-roberts-rotherham
BOOKINGS advised at busy times, please contact Jamie
EMAIL: enquiries@wortley-arms.co.uk
TELEPHONE: 0114 288 8749
HALIFAX ROAD, WORTLEY, SHEFFIELD S35 7DB
www.wortley-arms.co.uk
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WHAT’S ON AT
ITALIAN DINNER AND
WINE EXPERIENCE
Friday 9th June 7pm
A four course Italian meal prepared by our
Head Chef, with each course accompanied by
a perfectly matched wine from Le Bon Vin
£58 per person or £180 for 2 with overnight
stay and breakfast
SOUL & MOTOWN NIGHT
Friday 23rd June
Live Soul and Motown act Kevin Kendricks and
James King followed by DJ & Disco until late.
Includes a two-course dinner
£30 per person or £130 for two with overnight
stay and breakfast
VINTAGE VEHICLE AND
CLASSIC CAR RALLY
Sunday 9th July 12pm-4pm
Annual charity event hosted by Wortley Rotary
Club. Classic cars and motorbikes plus gift and
craft stalls, bouncy castle, outside bar and BBQ.
Sunday lunch served in the main hall
Adults £5 Children £2 or
Family Ticket (2ad & up to 3ch) £12
SUMMER GARDEN WALK
Tuesday 18th July 10.45am
A guided tour of our 26-acre Grade II listed
Italiante gardens and historic woodland. Followed
by Afternoon Tea served in the tea room
£20 per person
HARRY POTTER AFTERNOON TEA
Tuesday 1st August served 12pm-4pm
Step into the Hogwarts potion room for one day
only and immerse yourself in the wizarding world
as you feast on magic-themed sweet and
savoury treats. Don’t forget your cloak and wand!
Adults £18.95 Children £9.95
AFTERNOON TEA
served 12pm-4pm
Cream Tea £5.95 per person
Afternoon Tea £18.95 per person
Please give 24 hours’ notice
BAR FOOD
served Mon-Sat 12-9pm
Tasty sandwiches and seasonal mains
SUNDAY LUNCH
served 12-2.30pm
Enjoy a delicious 1, 2 or 3
course lunch in our restaurant
Tel: 0114 2882100 Email: info@wortleyhall.org.uk
Wortley, Sheffield,
South Yorkshire S35 7DB
www.wortleyhall.org.uk
Wine
regions
With James Ward of
The Grape Kitchen
Wine regions you may
have never heard of
part one: Canada
When choosing wine,
it’s very easy to opt for
old-world wines from
the classic regions
in France, Spain and
Italy.
However, variety is the spice
of life, as they say, and it’d be a
bit boring if we stuck to the same
things all the time.
At The Grape Kitchen, learning
about and trying wines from
different regions is what we’re
all about. And we’ve got some
amazing new wines for you from
It’s on the same
“
latitude line as
Bordeaux but is
categorised as a cool
climate region. This
means it is great for
producing aromatic
whites and amazing
sparkling wines.
”
places you may have never thought
about before.
In this edition, we’re focusing on
Tidal Bay wines produced in Nova
Scotia, Canada.
Yes, you read that right - Nova
Scotia! Believe it or not, Canada has
a big wine industry. The two main
producing areas are Niagara in
Ontario and the Okanagan Valley in
British Columbia. However, there’s
a budding wine industry on the East
Coast in Nova Scotia (NS).
Fun fact – I got my first proper
job in the wine industry in NS.
James loving life
on the tasting bar
The province is a peninsula,
so the maritime breezes have a
big influence on the grapes in the
vineyard. It’s on the same latitude
line as Bordeaux but is categorised
as a cool climate region. This
means it is great for producing
aromatic whites and amazing
sparkling wines.
What is Tidal Bay?
Tidal Bay wine is unique to
Nova Scotia. It’s their appellation
wine. This means that it can only
be produced in Nova Scotia, must
follow strict regulations and can only
use permitted grapes.
What does Tidal Bay
wine taste like?
Tidal Bay wine is the ultimate
refreshing drop. Due to the cool
climate in Nova Scotia, the wine is
aromatic and high in acidity.
On the nose, expect green
apple, white blossom and honeyed
citrus notes. The lively green fruit
carries over to the palate with
mouth-watering, textured acidity,
salinity and a hint of sweetness,
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From the vineyard
to your doorstep
Independent online wine merchant bringing fine and
unusual wines from around the world straight to your door
Shop by country, style or food pairing
Necessity Box £38.95
A mixed case of 6 bottles of red and/or white wines
Order online at www.grapekitchen.co.uk
Or call James on 075081 15181
Free same working day delivery to any South Yorkshire postcode
*On orders over £20 when placed before 2pm
providing a balanced, perceptually
dry finish.
It’s generally lower in alcohol at
no more than 11%. It’s incredibly
easy to drink and perfect with
seafood. We recommend oysters
with pickled shallots.
What’s exciting
about Tidal Bay
wines?
At the time of writing, Tidal Bay
is brand new to the UK market. The
Grape Kitchen is the first retailer to
stock it, so if you order some today
then you’ll be among the first people
in the country to try it!
That’s all for this issue.
In the next edition,
we’ll be talking about
wine from Ukraine,
so you won’t want to
miss it!
Lightfoot
& Wolfville
Tidal Bay
2021,
Nova Scotia,
Canada
£16.95
10% ABV
A warm welcome from Sue & Kevan your hosts of 21 years
The
Milton Arms
Delicious homemade food
and hand pulled ales
DAILY SPECIALS ONLY £9.50
Fish Friday 2 FOR £20
includes fish and chips, tea or coffee
Sunday Roast 12-4pm 2 COURSE SPECIAL £13.99
Beef, lamb, chicken or pork with proper Yorkshire puds
and all the trimmings (£2 supplement for lamb)
Also available on Father’s Day Sunday 18th June
Food Served Mon, Tues, Thurs & Fri 12-2pm & 5-8pm,
Wed 12-2pm, Sat 12-3pm & Sun 12-4pm
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Friday 7th July from 6pm
Saturday 8th July from 6pm
Dearne Valley Personal Development Charity
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2 SWINTON ROAD, MEXBOROUGH, S64 9JB
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Refreshing
mocktails
When the weather is hot, you need
something cool. These easy mocktail
recipes are refreshing, delicious and
will keep you hydrated in the sun.
Blueberry Ginger Cooler
Serves 6
Ingredients
1 litre water
200g fresh blueberries
1 tbsp grated ginger
4-5 tbsp granulated sugar
To serve
1 litre lemon and lime sparkling water
Ice cubes
Mint leaves
Method
1. Heat water, blueberries and
grated ginger in a pan.
2. Once the mixture starts to boil,
add sugar and mix until it dissolves.
3. Lower the heat, mash the
mixture then let it simmer for 10-15
mins.
4. Remove from the heat and once
the syrup has cooled, cover with cling
film and leave it at room temperature
for 2-3 hours to allow flavours to mix
well.
5. Strain the syrup, cover and keep
in the fridge until ready to use.
6. To serve, fill a glass two-thirds
with the syrup and add ice cubes.
7. Top with lemon-lime sparking
water and stir to combine.
8. Garnish with fresh or frozen
blueberries and mint leaves.
SPORTS BAR & COFFEE LOUNGE
NOW OPEN in Rotherham Town Centre
Friday to Monday 7am–10pm, Tuesday to Thursday 7am-5pm
and Sunday 10am-10pm
Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner
TWO EXPERIENCES UNDER ONE ROOF
Breakfast
served till 12pm
Full English and plant-based
breakfasts, Mediterranean
brunch, muffins, pancakes
and much more….
2 courses for 2 people
only £19.99
Every Friday & Saturday
from 5pm till 10pm
Excellent choice of
starters and desserts
Mains include beef or chicken pie,
cheese or camembert burger,
cheesy or pepperoni pizza
Happy Hour
every Thursday
from 5pm till 7pm
2 for 1 Carling, Angelo Poretti,
house red or white
Afternoon Tea
available everyday
Traditional, Cheese or try
our Evening tea for 2
Includes scones, brioche buns
with fillings, homemade sausage
rolls with dripping gravy,
quiche and chunky chips
Perfect for baby showers
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Fully licenced bar from pints to cocktails all at extremely reason prices
Watch the latest sports on our big screens whilst enjoying a pint and some food
WALK IN OR YOU CAN BOOK A TABLE
28 Domine Lane, Rotherham, Tel 01709 911750

FOOD & ENTERTAINMENT
WHAT’S ON AT
HOTEL & SPA
Sparkling Grapefruit
Mocktail
Serves 1
Ingredients
25ml strong green tea
50ml fresh grapefruit juice
25ml fresh lime juice
1tbsp maple syrup
Sparkling water
Grapefruit or lime slices
to garnish (optional)
Method
1. Brew green tea and allow to
cool to room temperature.
2. Combine the green tea,
grapefruit juice and maple syrup in
a glass. Add more maple syrup if
desired.
3. Add ice cubes and top with
sparkling water. Garnish with lime
or grapefruit slices.
GEORGE &
DRAGON
wentworth’s traditional family pub
Food served Monday to Saturday 12-8pm and Sunday 12-6pm
FATHER’S DAY
Sunday 18th June
Treat your dad with
a pie and a pint
Choose from: Steak and ale,
chicken and wild mushroom or
butternut squash and chickpea
Dessert: Orange sticky toffee pudding, apple and berry
crumble or chocolate and stout cake
All fathers will receive one complimentary pint of beer,
lager or cider.
£27 per adult and £17 per child Reservations essential
WEDDING FAYRE
Sunday 17th September
11am-3pm
Meet over 30 local wedding
suppliers including florist,
bridal boutiques, cake makers,
and reception decorators
Free entry with goody bag
WEDDING
SHOWCASE
Sunday 28th May 11am-3pm
Come and see the hotel fully
dressed for a wedding ceremony
and breakfast, and visualise how
your big day could look!
Free entry
LATE AVAILABILITY
Wedding Package £3000
Main menu, specials board and
homemade stone baked pizzas
• Sunday Roasts 12-6pm while stock lasts
• Vegetarian and gluten-free options
One of the largest beer gardens in the area
with children’s play area
Outside bar open weekends and Bank Holidays
from the end of May (weather permitting)
85 main street,
wentworth,
rotherham s62 7tn
tel. 01226 742 440
Dog
Friendly
www.georgeanddragonwentworth.com
*civil ceremony fee applies
Remaining dates in 2023
• 40 Day Guests and 80 Evening Guests
• 3 Course Wedding Breakfast
• Reception Drink • Evening Buffet
Also Includes • DJ • Bridal Suite & Much More
Extras *£250 to Add Civil Ceremony
Adult Day Guest-£45 Child Day Guest-£25 Evening Guest-£12.50
Deposits required for all paid-for events
Tel. 01709 702 701
Email. sales@hellabyhallhotel.co.uk
www.hellabyhallhotel.co.uk
old hellaby lane, rotherham s66 8ex
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Karen’s Classifieds
General Garden Maintenance
• Grass cutting
• Hedge trimming
• Fence repairs and painting
• Patio cleaning
• Handyman services
Call or send a message for a free quote
07849 458011 / hello@thatsandy.uk
Decorators
INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR
10%
• Domestic & Commercial
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• Insurance work undertaken
for NHS
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• No job too small
• Est.1992 - Over 30 years’ experience
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Tel: 0114 2879697 Mob: 07779 463009
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Barking Mad & Co
We offer the following services....
Dog boarding in our family home environment
Dog walking service
Dog & cat sitting within your own home
Also small animals boarded Rabbits, Guinea pigs etc...
For more information please contact Shelly & Ian 07849 278176
or email barkingmandcompany@gmail.com
Est 1985
Local Timber Supplier
• New Sleepers | Scaffold Boards | Decking | Joists
• Fencing Supplied & Fitted
- Composite or Timber/Concrete
DELIVERY SERVICE AVAILABLE
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misted or cracked glass?
Don’t Replace The Frame When It’s
The Glass To Blame
• Single & Double glazing replaced
• General window repairs • Hinges & handles
• Upvc locks changed.
we offer free quotes and enquiries
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We buy & sell vintage vinyls in all genres
FLEXIBLE DELIVERY OPTIONS AVAILABLE
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Email: craig287@btinternet.com
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you name it,
we access it
For all your working at height needs, save money with
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Cleaning of conservatory roofs and gutters
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SAT 8:00AM – 12 NOON
Chimney repairs, maintenance and
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Unit 18, Shaw Lane, Carlton, Barnsley S71 3HJ
Bird spike Tel installed 01226 321207 / 724537
Email carltonmetalsltd@gmail.com
Installation and repair of CCTV cameras
and electrical access
J.Parkinson
and Sons
Independent Funeral
Directors since 1873
New state of the art facilities
now available in Rotherham
• Comfortable arranging areas
• 24 hour service and private Chapel of Rest
• Horse driven and motorcycle hearse
• Luxury Mercedes fleet
• Prepaid funeral plans
• Disabled access
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Oil Mill Fold, Westgate
Rotherham, S60 1BB
T: 01709 382576
jparkinsonandsons@tiscali.co.uk
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1a Rosemary Road, Wickersley
Rotherham S66 2DF
T: 01709 543997
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MAIN MENU
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Sun 12.00pm - 5.30 pm
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VEGETARIAN BREAKFAST
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GOT A
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Strawberry Daiquiri and Porn Star Martini
PRIVATE PARTIES
in the glasshouse for up to 25 people
You can order your celebration cake
For bookings of 15 people or more you will
receive a FREE cake.
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attractive courtyard area
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ROTHERHAM S66 9BD
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