A Christmas carol lost for 90 years and re-discovered by Barnsley Museums in 2023. Watch videos, read blogs and download the lyrics from our website&nbsp;https://www.barnsley-museums.com/the-barnsley-carol-christmas-eve-by-arthur-godfrey

The Barnsley Carol (Christmas Eve) by Arthur Godfrey

A pre strike interview where John Kelly chats with Arthur about his life and influences

There's lots of interviews online with Arthur Scargill that focus on his involvement in the miners strike. In this interview that pre-dates the strike John Kelly focuses on Arthur's formative years in Barnsley, his interests and influences away from the pit. This is the first time this interview has been shared online, it's from a recently digitised cassette tape from a Barnsley Archives collection. Recorded in 1983 for the Second Sight magazine created especially for the blind and partially sighted, we are currently working through the collection and will share more interviews in the near future. Download a <a href="https://www.barnsley-museums.com/admin/downloads/1470" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">transcript</a> of the interview.

#Strike40 In conversation with.....Arthur Scargill in 1983

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

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

The interviews in this episode were recorded on 12th May 1984 at a large Women Against Pit Closures rally at the Barnsley Civic Hall. The event was much larger than expected with an estimated 10,000 women travelling from all parts of the country to the event at the civic hall and had 40 speakers. You are about to hear speeches by Ann Hunter (chairperson of rally), Lorraine Hunter, two miners' wives from Nottinghamshire and Arthur Scargill. Interviews with Chris Hall (of Barnsley Women Against Pit Closures), various miners' wives, nurses from South Wales raining community, miners' wives from Wales, and Susan Sykes, miner's wife from Grimethorpe. Special thanks to Sheffield Archives for digitising the cassette and allowing us to make it available in this podcast.

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

Continuing our miners' strike podcast series, this episode was recorded as part of the Elsecar Building Bridges project which you can read about on our website https://www.elsecar-heritage.com/elsecar-building-bridges-project

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

Recorded in 2004, Brian speaks with Ernest Kaye about his lifetime down the mines, including his striking memories

#Strike40 Brian Elliott in conversation with Ernest Kaye

Michael Taylor left school on Friday and began working down the mines the following. He was a miner at the time of the 1984 Miner's Strike

Throughout the year we are going to share highlights from Brian Elliott's oral history collection, a local historian and published author who has generously donated his sound archive to Barnsley Archives and Local Studies which we are now making available online for the first time.

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

Reflecting on 40 years since the 1984-85 Miners' Strike

Betty Cook was a founding member of the Barnsley Miners Wives Action Group which led to the formation of The&nbsp;Woman Against Pit Closures&nbsp;in Barnsley. This interview was recorded in 2009 as part of The South Yorkshire Women In Industry lottery funded project. It is being shared for the first time as part of Barnsley Museums' year-long programme of events marking 40 years since the Miners' Strike. For more details, visit our <a href="https://www.experience-barnsley.com/strike40" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">website</a>

#Strike40  Barnsley Women Against Pit Closures - Betty Cook

Welcome back to the Barnsley Museums podcast! Series two reflects on 40 years since the Miners' Strike with interviews from former miners and the Women Against Pit Closures movement. Barnsley Museums' has a programme of events over the next 12 months, visit our <a href="https://www.experience-barnsley.com/strike40" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">website</a> for more details.

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