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Elsecar ‘serves’ up a weekend of celebrity chefs and foodie fun

08 | 10 | 2019

Michelin award-winning chef, Jean-Christophe Novelli, will be making a welcome return to Elsecar’s annual Flavours Food Festival on Saturday, 19 and Sunday, 20 October. The well-loved television personality will be cooking up a storm in the historic South Yorkshire Village as he meets with fans and performs lively cookery demonstrations throughout the action packed weekend. The 5 AA Rosette chef will also showcase a selection of his recipes which people can recreate at home.

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New guidance launched to help local residents look after Elsecar’s historic buildings

16 | 09 | 2019

Have your say! Following adoption of the Local Plan, Barnsley Council is consulting on a range of new draft guidance documents.

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The internationally famous Caravan Gallery shines a spotlight on Wombwell

11 | 09 | 2019

Barnsley Museums have invited artists and photographers Jan Williams and Chris Teasdale to bring their unique mobile gallery to the streets of Wombwell. Their bright yellow caravan - a lovingly reincarnated1969 Bluebird Europe - will make its Wombwell debut on the High Street next to Gabby’s Florists on Saturday 14 September during the Heritage Open Day weekend. Further market day appearances will follow over the course of a month.

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South Yorkshire’s favourite seaside resort to celebrate its remarkable story this September

03 | 09 | 2019

Visitors to Elsecar are ‘shore’ in for a treat when Elsecar by the Sea, the village’s annual celebration of its unique historic role as the ‘Seaside resort at the heart of the Yorkshire coalfield’, returns on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 September.

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Double win for Barnsley Museums of prestigious Sandford Award

06 | 08 | 2019

Cannon Hall Museum and Elsecar Heritage Centre, two of Barnsley Museums’ five fantastic free sites have secured a Sandford Award for Heritage Education. This was given for their outstanding learning programme and facilities available to school visits.

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Record Numbers Visit Barnsley Museums

09 | 04 | 2019

It has been a record breaking year for Barnsley Museums as they have welcomed over 1.2M visitors to their five fantastic sites across the borough.

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Heat wave reveals traces of forgotten World War 2 houses

31 | 01 | 2019

Last summer’s heat wave revealed traces of World War 2 houses in the village of Elsecar and this has now inspired an exciting new research project. Based on the discoveries from last year’s unusually hot weather, a team of researchers are now investigating a row of forgotten post-war prefab houses on Millhouses Street, Hoyland - now the Milton Forge playing field, and would love to hear from the people who lived in them.

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Back to the Futurist cinema launches in Elsecar

13 | 11 | 2018

A pop-up community cinema is being launched in Elsecar this month, 33 years after the Futurist cinema closed its doors in the village. A special screening of the cult classic film Back to the Future will launch the community cinema at The Ironworks at Elsecar Heritage Centre on Thursday 15 November from 7pm – 10.30pm. The launch event is free and open to everyone

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Yorkshire Museums join forces to celebrate Victorian inventor with exciting 21st century technology

24 | 10 | 2018

Barnsley Museums has been working with two other major Yorkshire Museums to develop an exciting new project to help young people to discover important inventions of the past using 21st Century technology.

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Flavours Food Festival returns with a bang

18 | 10 | 2018

Elsecar Heritage Centre is opening its doors to Flavours annual food festival this weekend, Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 October. Packed full of foodie fun, live music, family entertainment and a spectacular firework display, the weekend is a two-day celebration for all the senses.

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