Barton Civic Society

The Teacher is Abroad in the Land
2021-10-15 19:30 - 21:30 (Europe/London)
Samuel Wilderspin began his pioneering work spreading Infant Schools throughout the British Isles in 1820. To commemorate this bicentenary anniversary Ian Wolseley explores the travels, trials and tribulations of this itinerant promoter of Infant education as he journeyed by road and sea just as the railway age dawned – making a four-year “stopover” here in Barton to set up his Model School.

Heritage Open Days
2021-09-10 - 2021-09-19
This heritage festival has become a major event in Barton’s calendar, drawing in many visitors from far and wide, as well as opening up hidden treasures and stories to residents. Expect a fun-filled programme which will be published in the autumn when heritagelincolnshire.org and barton-upon-humber.org will have all the details.

Fakes and Forgeries: The Art World’s Biggest Headache
2021-09-03 19:30
It is estimated that as much as sixty per cent of art on the current market is fake. Marilyn Roberts returns to take a light-hearted look at how some of the world’s leading auction houses, galleries and museums have been fooled by forgers working from home, such as the infamous Garden Shed Gang of Bolton.

AGM followed by Baysgarth Park Update
2021-07-16 19:30
Baysgarth Park was gifted to the people of Barton by Mrs. Thomas Ramsden in 1930. North Lincolnshire Council took ownership in 1996. Thanks to the efforts of the local community, in partnership with the Council, the Park now has a Green Flag Award recognising it as one of the UK’s very best green spaces, beautifully maintained and with excellent facilities.

Barton Arts 2021
2021-06-25 - 2021-07-04
The annual Barton Arts Festival offers a professional programme of cultural activities and participatory events for local people, including Barton Open Gardens on Saturday 27 & Sunday 28 June.

Scunthorpe Samaritans
2021-05-14 19:30
Samaritans was founded in 1953 by Bartonian Chad Varah who described the service then as “just a man willing to listen, with a base and an emergency telephone’. The organisation now has more than 20,000 volunteers across some two hundred branches, answering a call for help every six seconds from people who are going through a difficult time. David Wildman from the Scunthorpe branch describes the work of Samaritans now and in the past.

Dr Mary Murdoch: Suffragist and Social Reformer
2021-04-16 14:00
Dr Mary Murdoch: Suffragist and Social Reformer
Dr Murdoch was a Scottish medical doctor who settled in Hull in 1896 and galvanised the suffrage campaign in Hull and East Yorkshire, as part of the national movement for women to be granted the right to vote in parliamentary elections. This talk by Cecile Oxaal explores her background, the suffrage campaign in Hull and East Yorkshire, during which the Pankhursts visited the City, and Dr Murdoch’s championing of other social reforms for women, children and the poor.
Please note this is an afternoon lecture.

Wildlife & Wetland
2021-03-19 19:30
The Humber Estuary is one of the most important estuaries in Europe for wildlife and is designated as a Special Area of Conservation and a Special Protection Area. Gordon Kell describes the wonders of this internationally important wetland site, and the work of the Humber Nature Partnership managing this European Marine Site.
