Barnsley, Yorkshire
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A fresh male Adonis Blue butterfly found roosting on salad burnet, during an evening walk at Barnsley Warren SSSI.
© Leanne Boulton, All Rights Reserved
A street portrait from Barnsley, England. Captured on assignment for the #OldIs campaign for the charity Independent Age. Gathering a 'snapshot' of how we all feel about ageing in British society today with a portrait and some quotes from people on the street. Enjoy!
Another town elsewhere in Manitoba will soon lose its elevator. They have been falling at a rapid rate in the last few years.
Worsbrough Mill, also known as Worsbrough Corn Mill and Worsbrough Mill Farm is a complex of buildings including a seventeenth-century water-powered mill and a nineteenth-century steam-powered mill in Worsbrough, Barnsley, England.
In 2014 I started a project to shoot three images from each of the the stations and property Northern Rail on the Penistone Line. These can be viewed in my album Penistone Line.
Like all my projects they never seem to reach completion, however I went to Barnsley yesterday and believe this leaves only one other station to visit.
76016 and 76010 back into the sidings to pick up an MGR destined for Fiddlers Ferry. There would be one more west bound MGR before the line closed.
Class 45/1 No 45143 passing Barnsley with the diverted 1E56 0915 Derby to York.
Ref No P60/N26 Copyright © Keith Long - All rights reserved.
Sometimes you just happen upon a picture and it instantly appeals. So it was with this one of Clem Smith's when I scanned it early Saturday morning. I believe the location is Barnsley bus station. Nothing particularly special about it, but its a slice of social and transport history in one small 35mm frame.
By the mix of NBC and pre-NBC liveried vehicles, I presume the date would be sometime in the early 1970s.
Class 950 No 950001 passing Barnsley with 2Q08 0442 Slateford Depot to Derby R.T.C.
Ref No 3.2022 02 09 006 Copyright copyright Keith Long - All rights reserved.
31253 leaves Barnsley with the o6.52 SO Halifax to Weymouth* train, 08.02 28/8/1976
*If this is correct I'm not sure how it got to Barnsley. I have a vague inkling that it came via Huddersfield and Penistone, or I suppose it could have come via Mirfield and Darton. If anyone knows I'd be interested to hear. According to my notes it joined up with the 07.27 ex Bradford, don't know where! Sheffield would be a good guess I suppose!
Day 2 of the RHTT and I headed out to the Barnsley line looking for something different around Wombwell. Had a good walk around Staithes, including a nosey on the old Worsborough incline. Sadly no 76s. Then headed down to Ecclesfield for the return as darkness started to close in. In a few weeks time the return will be a challenge and by December the blue hour shot at Sheffield station will be on.
The cranes in the background appeared in the recent Dr Who series.
I visited Old Moor reserve near Barnsley yesterday where a small number of Bearded Tits breed. The first pair nested here in 2017 and the numbers are still low so they are not easy to see. We counted nine birds in total as they emerged "pinging" from the tops of the reeds to fly further away. I noticed a couple of birds through the reeds, but they were a little way back and obscured by reed stems. But the reeds were swaying gently in the breeze and by a fortunate coincidence the reeds parted, just for a split second, to give me a clear view, and I pressed the shutter. This one's an adult male with the "Yosemite Sam moustache".
Its scientific name Panurus biarmicus is an interesting one. Panurus means it has a large tail, which it does, though perhaps not the feature I would home in on if I were naming it. Biarmicus it shares with Lanner Falcon (Falco biarmicus) so you would expect it to refer to a moustache which both birds have. It is thought to be a mistake by Linnaeus who named the Lanner biarmicus first thinking it meant "with two beard stripes" but he missed out an s (should have been bisarmicus). Temminck presumably thought it meant bearded when he used biarmicus for Bearded Tit, but the word now refers to an old region in Northen Russia on the White Sea called Biarmia.
Until fairly recently they were considered to be the only European representative of the Parrotbills (Paradoxornithidae), a largely southeast Asian family of birds. However, recent research suggests that it is not closely related to any other birds and so joins a select group of about thirty birds that only has one species in the family. These are known as monotypic species and include Sunbittern, Secretary Bird, Hammerkop, Ibisbill, Wallcreeper, Rail Babbler and Olive Warbler. Ostrich and Osprey used to be on that list but both species have been taxonomically split into two species (Common and Somalian Ostrich, Western and Eastern Osprey).
Barnsley is a market town in South Yorkshire, England. As the main settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and the fourth largest settlement in South Yorkshire. In Barnsley, the population was 96,888 while the wider Borough has seen an increase of 5.8%, from 231,200 in 2011 census to 244,600 in 2021 census. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is located between the cities of Sheffield, Manchester, Doncaster, Wakefield, and Leeds. The larger towns of Rotherham and Huddersfield are nearby.
Barnsley's former industries include linen, coal mining, glassmaking and textiles. These declined in the 20th century, but Barnsley's culture is rooted in its industrial heritage and it has a tradition of brass bands, originally created as social clubs by its mining communities.
The town is near to the M1 motorway and is served by Barnsley Interchange railway station on the Hallam and Penistone Lines. Barnsley has competed in the second tier of English football for most of its history, but won the FA Cup in 1912 and competed in the Premier League during the 1997–98 season.
The first reference to Barnsley occurs in 1086 in the Domesday Book, in which it is called Berneslai and has a population of around 200. The origin of the name Barnsley is subject to debate, but Barnsley Council claims that its origins lie in the Saxon word "Berne", for barn or storehouse, and "Lay", for field.
The town was in the parish of Silkstone and developed little until in the 1150s when it was given to the Pontefract Priory. The monks built a town where three roads met: the Sheffield to Wakefield, Rotherham to Huddersfield and Cheshire to Doncaster routes. The Domesday village became known as Old Barnsley, and a town grew up on the new site.
The monks erected a chapel of ease dedicated to Saint Mary, which survived until 1820, and established a market. In 1249, a Royal charter was granted to Barnsley permitting it to hold a weekly market on Wednesdays and annual four-day fair at Michaelmas. By the 1290s, three annual fairs were held. The town was the centre of the Staincross wapentake, but in the mid-16th century had only 600 inhabitants.
From the 17th century, Barnsley developed into a stop-off point on the route between Leeds, Wakefield, Sheffield and London. The traffic generated as a result of its location fuelled trade, with hostelries and related services prospering. A principal centre for linen weaving during the 18th and 19th century, Barnsley grew into an important manufacturing town.
The first passenger station to serve Barnsley was opened by the North Midland Railway in 1840. Barnsley station (latter called Cudworth railway station) was located some 2+1⁄2 miles (4 kilometres) away at Cudworth. On 1 January 1850 the Manchester and Leeds Railway opened Barnsley Exchange station, close to the town centre. On 1 May 1870 the Midland Railway opened Regent Street station, a temporary structure. A new station was opened by the MR on the Regent Street site on 23 August 1873. As it incorporated the old court house in its construction Regent Street station was renamed Barnsley Court House station.
Barnsley became a municipal borough in 1869, and a county borough in 1913. The town's boundaries were extended to absorb Ardsley and Monk Bretton in 1921 and Carlton in 1938.
Barnsley was the site of a human crush that resulted in the deaths of 16 children in 1908, at a public hall now known as The Civic, when children were rushing to watch a film in the building.
Barnsley has a long tradition of glass-making, however Barnsley is most famous for its coal mines. In 1960, there were 70 collieries within a 15-mile (24-kilometre) radius of Barnsley town centre, but the last of these closed in 1994. The National Union of Mineworkers still has its HQ in Barnsley.
George Orwell mentioned the town in The Road to Wigan Pier. He arrived in the town on 11 March 1936 and spent a number of days in the town living in the houses of the working class miners while researching for the book. He wrote very critically of the council's expenditure on the construction of Barnsley Town Hall and claimed that the money should have been spent on improving the housing and living conditions of the local miners.
The Town Hall itself is visible behind some gardens; the building is made of white stone and has an impressive clock tower. Opened on 14 December 1933, Barnsley Town Hall is the seat of local government in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley. Barnsley was created a county borough in 1913, administered independently of the West Riding of Yorkshire. In 1974, following the Local Government Act 1972, the county borough was abolished and Barnsley became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in the new county of South Yorkshire, along with nine urban districts and parts of two rural districts of the surrounding area, including many towns and villages including Penistone and Cudworth.
Elections to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council have seen the Labour Party retain control of the council at every election. Following the latest election in 2012 the council has 53 Labour, 5 Barnsley Independent Group and 5 Conservative councillors. The borough council elects the mayor every year. On the day of the election, a parade takes place in front of the town hall in honour of the new mayor.
Barnsley is split into four constituencies, Barnsley Central, whose MP is Dan Jarvis of the Labour Party, Barnsley East, whose MP is Stephanie Peacock of the Labour Party, Penistone and Stocksbridge, whose MP is Miriam Cates of the Conservative Party, and Wentworth and Dearne, whose MP is John Healey of the Labour Party.
Terracotta signage on the former Co-operative Society building at the corner of Market Street and Pall Mall, Barnsley.
A Huddersfield-bound Metro-Cammell class 101 DMU runs into the station in June 1984. All has changed with the building of the Barnsley Interchange in 2007 and in more recent years, the multi-storey car parks have also gone, as has the level crossing.
Scanned from a slide in my collection.
From the heart of the Barnsley bus breaking territory is this mould breaker. V8 Scania with Essell 33-17 equipment seen unchanged with a merchants Daf drop off in Clifton, York. One of two built for the Tow show last year.
HCT Group subsidiary Powells has upgraded its X20 Doncaster-Barnsley service with branded Enviro 200MMCs from sister company CT Plus (Yorkshire). Here is YX68URG leaving Barnsley Bus Station.
The Barnsley Trail is a short walk of some four and a half miles or so that starts in the Pondwell area of the Isle of Wight. All of my photos of this walk have been taken during the rural section of the trail which is the most interesting.
Looking back as we come to the end of the rural section of The Barnsley Trail.
Circa 1979. I'll find my guard's journal for this one day. One for Keith Long, who operated that signal box a few times and kindly identified some signals on a previous posting. Some more ground signals for you here, Keith!
76021 and (I think, not a great scan) 76015 on what looks very much like 8E00 from Ardwick. A crummy colour neg scan but that old favourite, 'a moment in time'!
I was with a pair of 76s off camera to my right, waiting for this train to clear the junction before returning to Guide Bridge.
Barnsley is a market town in South Yorkshire, England. As the main settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and the fourth largest settlement in South Yorkshire. In Barnsley, the population was 96,888 while the wider Borough has seen an increase of 5.8%, from 231,200 in 2011 census to 244,600 in 2021 census. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is located between the cities of Sheffield, Manchester, Doncaster, Wakefield, and Leeds. The larger towns of Rotherham and Huddersfield are nearby.
Barnsley's former industries include linen, coal mining, glassmaking and textiles. These declined in the 20th century, but Barnsley's culture is rooted in its industrial heritage and it has a tradition of brass bands, originally created as social clubs by its mining communities.
The town is near to the M1 motorway and is served by Barnsley Interchange railway station on the Hallam and Penistone Lines. Barnsley has competed in the second tier of English football for most of its history, but won the FA Cup in 1912 and competed in the Premier League during the 1997–98 season.
The first reference to Barnsley occurs in 1086 in the Domesday Book, in which it is called Berneslai and has a population of around 200. The origin of the name Barnsley is subject to debate, but Barnsley Council claims that its origins lie in the Saxon word "Berne", for barn or storehouse, and "Lay", for field.
The town was in the parish of Silkstone and developed little until in the 1150s when it was given to the Pontefract Priory. The monks built a town where three roads met: the Sheffield to Wakefield, Rotherham to Huddersfield and Cheshire to Doncaster routes. The Domesday village became known as Old Barnsley, and a town grew up on the new site.
The monks erected a chapel of ease dedicated to Saint Mary, which survived until 1820, and established a market. In 1249, a Royal charter was granted to Barnsley permitting it to hold a weekly market on Wednesdays and annual four-day fair at Michaelmas. By the 1290s, three annual fairs were held. The town was the centre of the Staincross wapentake, but in the mid-16th century had only 600 inhabitants.
From the 17th century, Barnsley developed into a stop-off point on the route between Leeds, Wakefield, Sheffield and London. The traffic generated as a result of its location fuelled trade, with hostelries and related services prospering. A principal centre for linen weaving during the 18th and 19th century, Barnsley grew into an important manufacturing town.
The first passenger station to serve Barnsley was opened by the North Midland Railway in 1840. Barnsley station (latter called Cudworth railway station) was located some 2+1⁄2 miles (4 kilometres) away at Cudworth. On 1 January 1850 the Manchester and Leeds Railway opened Barnsley Exchange station, close to the town centre. On 1 May 1870 the Midland Railway opened Regent Street station, a temporary structure. A new station was opened by the MR on the Regent Street site on 23 August 1873. As it incorporated the old court house in its construction Regent Street station was renamed Barnsley Court House station.
Barnsley became a municipal borough in 1869, and a county borough in 1913. The town's boundaries were extended to absorb Ardsley and Monk Bretton in 1921 and Carlton in 1938.
Barnsley was the site of a human crush that resulted in the deaths of 16 children in 1908, at a public hall now known as The Civic, when children were rushing to watch a film in the building.
Barnsley has a long tradition of glass-making, however Barnsley is most famous for its coal mines. In 1960, there were 70 collieries within a 15-mile (24-kilometre) radius of Barnsley town centre, but the last of these closed in 1994. The National Union of Mineworkers still has its HQ in Barnsley.
George Orwell mentioned the town in The Road to Wigan Pier. He arrived in the town on 11 March 1936 and spent a number of days in the town living in the houses of the working class miners while researching for the book. He wrote very critically of the council's expenditure on the construction of Barnsley Town Hall and claimed that the money should have been spent on improving the housing and living conditions of the local miners.
The Town Hall itself is visible behind some gardens; the building is made of white stone and has an impressive clock tower. Opened on 14 December 1933, Barnsley Town Hall is the seat of local government in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley. Barnsley was created a county borough in 1913, administered independently of the West Riding of Yorkshire. In 1974, following the Local Government Act 1972, the county borough was abolished and Barnsley became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in the new county of South Yorkshire, along with nine urban districts and parts of two rural districts of the surrounding area, including many towns and villages including Penistone and Cudworth.
Elections to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council have seen the Labour Party retain control of the council at every election. Following the latest election in 2012 the council has 53 Labour, 5 Barnsley Independent Group and 5 Conservative councillors. The borough council elects the mayor every year. On the day of the election, a parade takes place in front of the town hall in honour of the new mayor.
Barnsley is split into four constituencies, Barnsley Central, whose MP is Dan Jarvis of the Labour Party, Barnsley East, whose MP is Stephanie Peacock of the Labour Party, Penistone and Stocksbridge, whose MP is Miriam Cates of the Conservative Party, and Wentworth and Dearne, whose MP is John Healey of the Labour Party.