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15/09/2025

Membership sign-ups for Base71 Youth Zone are now open 📢

Under 18 and live in Barnsley? Sign up before March 2026 and your first year of Base71 membership is free, through funding from our Great Childhoods Ambition to support young people across the borough.

Opening in early 2026, Base71 will give young people aged 8-19 (up to 25 with additional needs) access to over 20 different activities including an indoor climbing wall, boxing room and fully equipped gym, dance and drama studio, music room with recording studio, and much more.

👇 Become a member now 👇
base71youthzone.org/become-a-member

🚍 Don’t forget that if you sign up for a MiCard, you'll also be able to travel around Barnsley for free - including to and from the Youth Zone. Find out more: barnsley.gov.uk/services/roads-travel-and-parking/public-transport/barnsley-micard-travel-pass.

15/09/2025

🍁 Treasures Await! 🍂
Join us for a a good rummage at our Car Boot, Crafts & New Goods Sale — the perfect way to spend a crisp autumn day!

🗓️ Date: 5th of October
📍 Location: Here at our rehoming centre!
⏰ Time: 10am-3pm!

✨ What’s in store...
🚗 Car boot bargains galore
🎨 Handmade crafts & unique gifts
🛍️ Brand new goods at great prices
☕ Warm drinks & tasty treats to keep you cozy!

Whether you're hunting for hidden gems, supporting local makers, or just fancy a browse with friends, we feel there could be something for everyone! 😁🐱🐶

👉 Spread the word and invite your friends — let’s make this an autumn day to remember!

15/09/2025

Autumn Adventures Await 🍁
As the leaves turn and the air gets crisp, it’s the perfect time to plan your next journey along the Trans Pennine Trail. Whether you're walking, cycling, or exploring with friends, autumn brings a whole new magic to the Trail.

📘 Grab the TPT Accommodation and Visitor Guide - packed with route details, places to stay, must-see attractions, and top spots to eat - it’s your key to an unforgettable adventure.

🛒 Available now in our online shop: transpenninetrail.org.uk/shop

11/09/2025

Next Tuesday in Pen*stone.

10/09/2025

“It’s all about helping people to feel their best at a difficult time, which is so very rewarding,” says our Complementary Therapist, Joanne Hartill.

Could you join our Wellbeing Team as a volunteer complementary therapist to support our Patient and Family Support services?

We’re seeking people with a Level 3 qualification in massage, reflexology, or aromatherapy. A Level 2 qualification in Reiki would also be beneficial. Applicants should be qualified in at least two of these areas of expertise.

“It’s not a big commitment we are looking for, but any time a volunteer can give really does make an enormous difference to the levels of care we offer to our patients,” says Joanne.

“Just one morning or afternoon per week would be a massive help – and of course, we would be delighted if you could offer more. The more volunteers we have, the more opportunities we have to grow this important service.”

The Wellbeing Team is also looking for Beauty Therapist volunteers who are able to offer three hours per week – 9.30am to 12 noon or 1pm to 4pm. The role involves delivering manicures, pedicures, facial skincare, and applying makeup competently, safely, and appropriately. Volunteers must be at least 18 years old and hold a minimum of an NVQ Level 2 qualification.

If you’re interested in finding out more about the available roles, please click here: www.stlukeshospice.org.uk/volunteer/opportunities/hospice-opportunities

10/09/2025

09/09/2025

08/09/2025

Not long to go until the start of Heritage Open Days!

There's so much happening across the borough, both Worsbrough Mill Museum & Country Park and Elsecar Heritage Centre are taking part.

If you're not already give our project page Barnsley Heritage Connects a follow for more information about all the upcoming FREE events and other places to visit across Barnsley. There's also a roundup of all the heritage open days events on our website, see the link below.

Where on our Barnsley heritage map, created by the wonderfully talented Liz Kay will you be visiting this month?

06/09/2025

When A Future Queen Stayed At Harewood House
by Jon Howe.

For over 250 years Harewood House has stood as one of the most imposing and magnificent properties in the UK, and while it currently houses a direct descendent of the royal family, it has specific connections with Queen Victoria dating back to the time when she was a mere Princess. The 16-year-old Victoria was two years away from her coronation when she stayed at Harewood House in 1835, but the house has become intrinsically linked with her life in the 21st century.
Princess Victoria arrived for a short stay at Harewood House on September 12th, 1835, and wrote in her diary: “Harewood is in Yorkshire. The park seems very fine; the view from the window is very pretty. The country seems quite changed from what it was before. It is much more hilly here. We dined in the beautiful gallery with a party of nearly 300 in number.”
The purpose of Victoria’s visit was “to become acquainted with her future subjects”. So something of a UK tour, with her impending ascension to the throne already in motion. Two days later she visited central Leeds, presumably to meet her subjects, and it can’t be said to have gone terribly well. Her diary entry for September 14th, reads: “Leeds is a large but not very handsome town. The crowd was dreadful. The people crowded round the carriage in numbers.”
In 1835 Leeds was gripped by the Industrial Revolution and had recently recovered from a cholera outbreak, which highlighted dire living conditions the future Queen was doubtless not accustomed to. Princess Victoria slept in the State Bedroom during her visit, a room reserved solely for visiting royalty and heads of state. Indeed, only two people have ever slept in that room, Victoria herself and previously, in 1816, the Russian Tsar Grand Duke Nicholas. For the record, the bed Victoria slept in is considered to be the most expensive commission received by local craftsman Thomas Chippendale, costing £250 in 1780.
In more recent years Harewood House has been used as a location for ITV’s ‘Victoria’ series, with the lavish interior, balcony and landscaped grounds all used for various scenes depicting Buckingham Palace and Kensington Palace. Filming started in 2016 and a year later an exhibition called ‘Victorian Harewood’ opened, showcasing many of the costumes worn by Jenna Coleman in her role as Queen Victoria, but also exhibiting a collection of Victoria’s actual possessions, including a writing set, etchings of her children and a watch.
Princess Mary, the great granddaughter of Queen Victoria, married Viscount Lascelles in 1922, bringing the Earl of Harewood into the royal family.

05/09/2025

The Month When Tony Yeboah Dominated Europe
by Jon Howe.

Being a Leeds United fan is very hard, but every now and again you can feel unbeatable. And during September 1995, thirty years ago, it genuinely felt like we had the best striker in the world.
Tony Yeboah had already arrived on the scene. He had plundered 12 goals in 18 games at the back end of the 1994/95 season to propel Howard Wilkinson’s Leeds into Europe. All 12 of those goals had been relatively routine, a combination of tap-ins, tidy finishes and a predatory instinct. But the following season Yeboah, a £3.4million capture from Eintracht Frankfurt in January 1995, unleashed every straining sinew of his explosive talent.
On the opening day the Ghanaian international shot West Ham down with two devastating finishes to secure a 2-1 comeback win at Upton Park, and two days later his jet-propelled volley drew gasps as it dipped viciously at the last second and cannoned in off the bar to defeat Liverpool 1-0 at Elland Road. Everyone was suddenly talking about Tony Yeboah, but by the end of the following month he had the world at his feet.
September started with Yeboah’s consolation goal not enough to rescue a point in a 2-1 defeat at Tottenham. However, three days later on 12th September, Leeds re-entered European competition and Yeboah rose to the occasion.
Away to a stellar Monaco side featuring the likes of Basile Boil, Lilian Thuram, Enzo Scifo, Sonny Anderson and Thierry Henry, Leeds tore the French team apart, with Yeboah showcasing his array of goalscoring talents. His hat-trick in a 3-0 win featured an opportunist overhead kick, a stylish long-distance curler and a burst of pace followed by a delicate lobbed finish.
On the 23rd, Yeboah delivered another hat-trick in a madcap 4-2 win away at Wimbledon. His second goal was another ‘Goal of the Season’ contender, which combined deft control, an unstoppable injection of power and a wrecking ball finish high into the net before the goalkeeper could even blink.
Yeboah wasn’t done there, and he closed the month out on 30th September with an underrated goal in the 2-0 win over Sheffield Wednesday at Elland Road. Picking the ball up 45 yards from goal on the left wing he skipped round three challenges before dispatching the ball along the grass and into the net with a raking strike barely visible to the naked eye.
Alas, he only scored eight more goals for Leeds from that point. Yeboah burned brightly, but like so many things at Leeds, just as quickly burnt out. However, for those few weeks in September 1995, he was truly untouchable.

04/09/2025

New Releases this September
by Liam Hathaway

Honey Don’t!
(dir. Ethan Coen)
With the Coen brothers still exploring the possibilities of producing material separately for the time being, I’ll still take what I can get from America’s most idiosyncratic filmmaking duo. Being described as something of a callback to the Coens’ gonzo 1987 comedy RAISING ARIZONA, Ethan’s most recent solo effort, HONEY DON’T! stars Margot Qualley as a private detective investigating a woman’s death that has ties to a mysterious religious cult. Outlining part of the impetus behind the film’s creation, co-writer Tricia Cooke said they simply “wanted to make a film noir that has a le***an lead character.” Also starring Aubrey Plaza, Chris Evans and Charlie Day. In cinemas September 5th.

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
(dir. Rob Reiner)
Esteemed late film critic called the 1984 original THIS IS SPINAL TAP “one of the funniest films ever made.” Not only that, but this rockumentary following the mishaps and hilariously peculiar history of “one of England’s loudest bands” is also one of the most memorable and quotable. Personal favourite moments include the detailing of their litany of ill-fated ex-drummers (one of which succumbed to a “bizarre gardening accident”) or the scene in which they get lost on the way to the stage before a performance, but that’s just scratching the surface. Hell, the reason the BBC iPlayer’s volume control “goes up to eleven” is because of this film! And now, over four decades later, we have a sequel – the entire band is back together, even original director Rob Reiner. In cinemas September 12th.

In Case You Missed It.
Drop
(dir. Christopher Landonk)
Having helmed the GROUNDHOG DAY-inspired HAPPY DEATH DAY slasher films and the gleefully demented modern take on the ‘body swap’ film FREAKY, director Christopher Landon is one of the finest genre directors of recent years. His most recent film DROP traded his nods to the genre-savvy in lieu of creating a more earnest and slickly crafted thriller. A widowed mother (Meghann Fahy) on her first date in years becomes bombarded with threatening texts during their upscale dinner. Everyone is a suspect, even her seemingly perfect date. Combining Hitchcockian suspense with the claustrophobic tension of single-location thrillers (such as PHONE BOOTH and PANIC ROOM), Landon’s film has slipped under most people’s radar, but it certainly worth seeking out.

Cult Favourite
Society
(dir. Brian Yuzna)
One of my most tenuous claims to fame is that I bumped into and briefly (awkwardly) chatted with director-producer Brian Yuzna in the toilets of the Showroom Cinema in Sheffield at a film festival many moons ago. A huge fan of his by turns goofy, scathing and aggressively revolting 1989 body horror extravaganza SOCIETY, I proceeded to explain to him how much I love the film and that it had formed part of the basis for my undergraduate dissertation on Reaganomic horror. Crucial personal history aside, SOCIETY is an absolute must for fans of 1980s special effects-laden horror cinema. Bolstered by its decidedly queasy tone and culminating with one of the genre’s most utterly jaw-dropping finales, this is an incisive and thoroughly deranged cult classic. Screening on the BFI Player.

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04/09/2025

Look out for your Rotherham S6 & 63 magazines dropping through your door this week.

As summer winds down and the school bags come back out, we’re celebrating fresh starts and local stories, including Jon Howe’s feature this month “Yorkshire in Fiction” exploring how our beautiful region inspires the literary world.
Plus, we have two great giveaways, the grown-ups amongst us can win a Fein Multimaster AMM 500 or a £100 voucher courtesy of the lovely folks at Buy Brand Tools. For the little bookworms, we’re giving away a choice of Disney Books to two lucky winners.
Enjoy and remember to mention tito when calling our amazing advertisers!
And as always, thank you for supporting local. Happy reading!
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