Events

Ted Lewis’s biographer, Monty Martin, will conduct a small group to the Old Cement Works on the Humber Bank which featured in the original novel of Get Carter featured in... Read more...

Far Ings National Nature Reserve hasn’t always been a haven for wildlife. Explore the history of the site with a self-guided trail (available from the Visitor centre) which leads you... Read more...

A presentation and special screening of this classic gangster film based on the novel by Barton’s Ted Lewis, starring Michael Caine. Optional - bring your own buffet followed at 2pm... Read more...

Grab a school satchel packed with fun things for toddlers and activities for older brothers and sisters to explore the museum starting outside in the Infants’ Playground.  Free during Heritage... Read more...

Waterside, was a self-sufficient and tightly-knit community in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. At the heart of this distinctive part of the town was the Haven tributary, flowing into... Read more...

The English Heritage run St Peter's Church is an archaeological and architectural treasure trove waiting for you to discover. It is home to over 2800 burials from Anglo-Saxon to Victorian... Read more...

A special screening with a local flavour of the Barbier directed The Serpent which was based on the Barton and Hull novel, Plender, Ted Lewis’s third novel. Ted’s boyhood friend,... Read more...

    Ted Lewis (1940-1982) was an artist, illustrator and writer.  He is best known for creating the character Jack Carter, the protagonist in the 1971 cult film Get Carter,... Read more...

A Practical Lecture and Exhibition by an Agent of Mr. Wilderspin Esq; Inventor of the Infant & Training Systems of Education. The forty minutes demonstration commences outside in the Playground... Read more...

Having been born into a privileged, aristocratic family, Vere Foster went on to devote his life to the social betterment of the Irish poor in the nineteenth century.  Jean Cannon... Read more...

Peter Claxton examines the forces that shaped public health and housing in Hull between 1830-1914.  Peter’s talk examines the relationships between central and local government, the ratepayers, the unenfranchised and... Read more...

For a town of Barton’s size we have more than our fair share of places linked to famous people. A panel of speakers including John French, Nigel Land, Monty Martin... Read more...