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The group has launched its first book
Location: Doncaster
26 September 2003
Book Launch
Venue: Barnburgh Parish Hall
The group has launched its new book 'The Parish of Barnburgh and Harlington Its Social History from 1750'.
Special gusts were Carol Hill from Doncaster Library Local Studies, Ray Hearne from the Workers' Educational Association and Andy Kershaw from Radio Sheffield.
The event was well attended and hugely successful
The book
The book is a fascinating insight into village life from as early as 1750 right through to the middle of the twentieth century. There has been much research into local records, including school logs to produce much of the content. There are also a considerable number of personal reminiscences, not only from members of the group, but from other members of the community. All together the book provides a comprehensive picture of what life was like in the two villages in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries.
Extracts from the book
Barnburgh Board School
School Log 28th October 1902
'I took the 1st class for a walk this afternoon. We left school at 2.10 after marking the registers. The children took note paper and pencils. They noticed the hoof marks on a chestnut tree, the next year’s buds, the colouring of the falling leaves, the grubs in oak apples. Pointed out the cardinal points from the sun also noted a pond, hills, valleys, plantation, meadows, cliffs etc. We climbed higher than the tower of the church then sat down and repeated their recitation.'
Granny Bray as she was known by almost all the village was a real character. She was ninety four years old when she died.. She loved the village, and never left it; not even for one night. Her cottage stood on the roadside. Other cottages were knocked down, and the tenants re-housed by the council, but not Granny Bray. She refused to go, and stayed put in the one up and one down cottage by the roadside. It had become her haven. There was no hot water, just one cold water tap. There was a huge black lead stove with an oven, heated by coal. In this, she baked her own bread, and did all her cooking on a hob fixed on the fire front. She was a good cook, having worked at Barnburgh Hall as a kitchen maid.
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