We can confirm that Barnsley is part of the Government’s HIGH COVID alert level. Watch the video below from council Leader, Cllr Sir Steve Houghton CBE. Read more info on the new restrictions and how we’re tackling the virus in Barnsley https://bit.ly/2GOGHsQ | Barnsley Council

Barnsley's Chamber of Treasures is now open✨ Thank you to everyone who came to the launch event at the weekend to see an updated area of the museum filled with curious and historic artifacts. Not all the objects here glisten like gold but they do tell precious stories from the rich history of our borough. | Experience Barnsley: Museum & Discovery Centre

5.1K views · 39 reactions | See the Barnsley social historian’s article in the ‘Memories of Old Barnsley magazine’ The area was partly cleared in the 1930’s and the remaining streets were demolished in the 1960’s The music is ‘Barnsley Lass’ sung by Pippa Slater and written by Dave Cherry©davecherry2012 ©davecherry2018 | Old Pictures of Barnsley | Facebook

The long lost hidden coal mines of Barnsley Part Three by Dave Cherry ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Cherry the Barnsley singer and social history film maker continues with his films about the old lost pits of Barnsley. Here he concentrates on the two disasters of Wharncliffe Silkstone in 1914 and Norcroft in 1821. He teams up with Peter Clarney who has done a study of the 1914 gas explosion at Wharncliffe Sikstone or Pilley p