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Sharing stories from our collections and our five free to visit venues across Barnsley; Cannon Hall Museum, The Cooper Gallery, Experience Barnsley Museum, Worsbrough Mill & Elsecar Heritage Centre www.barnsley-museums.com

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · Mar 21

Testing. Testing. Is this thing on?

We've been thinking long and hard about how to make a first standout post on here so here it goes....

Hello, how are you?

A montage of Barnsley Museums venues, Elsecar Heritage Centre, Cannon Hall Museum, The Cooper Gallery and Worsbrough Mill

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Neil Hopkins @thermalsatsuma.bsky.social · 1d

#DailyHaikuPrompt #Geese

Gaggle of geese
Pestering people’s picnics
Stealing sandwiches

Gaggle of geese at Cannon Hall. One large white goose in charge

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 1d

We're getting glamorous for the #OnlineArtExchange this week 💃

🎨 Julia Neilson-Terry (1868–1957), FRAM, as Drusilla Ives in 'The Dancing Girl' by John Collier from Royal Academy of Music

@artukdotorg.bsky.social #Art #BlueskyArt

Julia Neilson-Terry (1868–1957) is depicted full-length as Drusilla Ives in 'The Dancing Girl', shown in a private moment peering out from behind the grand red velvet theatre curtain before going onstage. She wears a long pink dress and her head is held high

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 15d

Animals is the #OnlineArtExchange theme today 🐈

We've gone for cats and 'By Road & Rail in Catland' by Louis Wain from Victoria & Albert Museum

#cats #animals #art #CatsOfBluesky

A group of animated cats ride in a bright red, early 20th-century automobile decorated with a yellow cat emblem, while other playful cats run alongside on the grass. In the background, a green steam locomotive with passenger carriages travels along the railway.

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 16d

Today is #NationalFitnessDay

On display in Experience Barnsley are chest expanders, made by Sandow's and sold in the early twentieth century.

They belonged to Arthur Jepson who was the Mayor of Barnsley in 1944 (which probably came in handy with all the chains he had to wear!)

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 16d

It's the final moment
Of the final
And time finger's raised
And there's a tear in the eye.
Cos past the floodlights
Flying high
There's a lone bird soaring
In the Barnsley sky.

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 16d

A poem about Dickie Bird by Ian McMillan which he read out on BBC Radio Sheffield earlier today:

It's the final over
Of the final test
And Time is bowling
The final ball;
And the innings that stretched To 92
Will end just here
'Cos it's umpire's call.

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Mark @worgztheowl.bsky.social · 16d

So farewell then Dickie Bird
Back in the pavilion with a cracking 92
A top innings before him upstairs gave you out
Though if he was you, I'm sure you'd have got
The benefit of the doubt

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Harold Dennis "Dickie" Bird MBE OBE - 1933-2025 - Yorkshire County Cricket Club

The Yorkshire County Cricket Club mourns the passing of Harold Dennis “Dickie” Bird MBE OBE It is with profound sadness that The Yorkshire County Cricket Club announces the passing of Harold Dennis “D...

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DavyCraig @davycraig.bsky.social · 16d

This was taken 16 years ago when I took Evan down to Barnsley for his first away match.
We met Dickie Bird outside the ground & talked for well over an hour about football, cricket & life in general.
A really genuinely lovely fella.

Rest In Peace, Dickie! x

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House of Commons Speaker @commonsspeaker.parliament.uk · 16d

I am saddened to hear about the death of Dickie Bird, one of the country’s finest and most celebrated cricket umpires.

A proud Yorkshireman as well as a great cricketer and role model for the sport - I offer my condolences to his friends and family.

A message of condolence from the Speaker of the House of Commons. Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP.

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Tegwen Roberts @industrialteg.bsky.social · 16d

RIP Barnsley legend Dickie Bird. Met him a few times whilst working for @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social and he was always up for a chat. Go well Dickie. Owzat? #DickieBird #Yorkshire #Cricket #RIP www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke... @michaelcurates.bsky.social @historyjt.bsky.social

Bronze statue of umpire Dickie Bird in Barnsley town centre. He is holding up his right index finger, the signal that a batter is 'out' in cricket

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Yorkshire CCC @yorkshireccc.bsky.social · 16d

It is with profound sadness that The Yorkshire County Cricket Club announces the passing of Harold Dennis “Dickie” Bird MBE OBE, one of cricket’s most beloved figures, who died peacefully at home at the age of 92.

Read more: yorkshireccc.com/news/harold-...

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 16d

Thank you! It's quite hard to write something meaningful on days like today

Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 16d

He was always so proud to call Barnsley his home, as he told us in this interview he wouldn't live anywhere else bit.ly/DickieBirdPodcast

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 16d

Not a post we were expecting to make today. RIP Dickie Bird 💔

Arguably one of Barnsley's most famous sons

Harold Dennis "Dickie" Bird MBE OBE you will be missed by many from all over the world.

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 17d

We've dropped the bluesky bit from the weekly puzzle as we were starting to run out of paintings that feature blue sky 🤣

Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 17d

#PuzzleMonday

'Landscape with figures' by Charles Henry Schwanfelder

🧩Let us know how long it takes to complete this #MuseumJigsaw 🧩

🎨 bit.ly/BlueskyJigsaws

#art #BlueskyArt #artist #game #puzzle #jigsaw

Schwanfelder was born in Leeds to a German father who was a painter and decorator.

A pastoral landscape painting shows two people talking on a path by a stream, with sheep grazing, tall trees, and distant mountains under a soft, cloudy sky. A ruined castle sits on a hill in the background.

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 21d

Yarr! Today be talk like a pirate day 🦜🏴‍☠️

From our archaeological collections: A clay tobacco pipe found in Houndhill

#TalkLikeAPirateDay #Archaeology

Antique clay tobacco pipe bowl featuring a carved skull and crossbones design. The weathered, light beige pipe has a chipped rim and darkened interior from use, symbolizing pirate iconography and memento mori themes. The artifact sits against a plain gray background, highlighting its historical and rustic appearance

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 22d

Impressive buildings is the #OnlineArtExchange theme today

The Colosseum by
John Inigo Richards from
Yale Center for British Art

@artukdotorg.bsky.social #art #painting #BlueskyArt #Rome

Classical landscape painting of the Roman Colosseum and the Arch of Constantine in Rome, Italy. The Colosseum, partially in ruins with overgrown vegetation on its upper levels, dominates the left side of the scene

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 23d

Are you in a choir and planning on singing it this Christmas? Please let us know! The lyrics along with several versions of the song are on our website where you can read about the story of Arthur, a bottle maker who also had musical flair

www.barnsley-museums.com/the-barnsley...

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 23d

It's 100 days until Christmas!

Yes we can hear some of you groaning from here.....But we thought it was the perfect opportunity to mention The Barnsley Carol (Christmas Eve) by Arthur Godfrey, a song lost for 90 years until we re-discovered and now it is being sung around Barnsley and beyond

A vintage postcard of Cheapside, Barnsley, shows people in early 20th-century clothing on a busy street lined with shops. Red text reads, "Wishing you a jolly Christmas.

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 25d

#BlueskyMonday

Coast Scene, Margate, Kent
James Vivien de Fleury

🧩Let us know how long it takes to complete this #MuseumJigsaw 🧩

🎨 bit.ly/BlueskyJigsaws

#art #bluesky #artist #game #puzzle #puzzleMonday #Margate #Kent

Oil painting of a dramatic coastal landscape featuring chalk cliffs overlooking the sea, with a wide sky filled with heavy clouds and rain falling in the distance.

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 28d

YES

Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 28d

Today's #OnlineArtExchange is ‘Victorian’ for Victorian Treasures from Cecil French and Scott Thomas Buckle at Leighton House.

🎨 A Victorian Debutante by Robert Hope by Aberdeen Archives, Gallery & Museums

#Art #Victorian #BlueskyArt @artukdotorg.bsky.social

A Victorian debutante in a white, off-the-shoulder, 19th-century dress with blue trim sits gracefully, holding a fan. With a pink flower in her hair and mauve shawl, she gazes thoughtfully to the side. From the Aberdeen Archives.

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · Sep 9

Honey, I shrunk the digital curator!

As part of our Stories of Childhood exhibition we're asking what your first games console was?

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Barnsley Museums & Heritage Trust @barnsleymht.bsky.social · Sep 8

Did you know its World Literacy Day?

The @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social and heritage sites provide unique opportunities for children to explore extraordinary spaces through immersive and enriching activities.

See more about the Barnsley Museums learning offers: www.barnsley-museums.com/schools

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