CAWTHORNE BRASS BAND MARCHING DRUM
The marching drum has seen many village celebrations over the past 150 years, and was seen in the millenium drama "One Breath".
The drum burst some years ago, while being tightened up for a Rememberance Day parade. However, it was restored to its former glory by The Repair Shop team for an episode of the BBC programme.
Watch the episode on iPlayer here.
Read more in the Barnsley Chronicle article here.
CAWTHORNE MUSEUM SOCIETY LECTURES
Even when there museum is closed for the season, there's plenty going on with regular lectures held in the Parish Room.
Lectures are generally held on a Monday evening at 19:30, and cost £4 for visitors and £3 for members (including refreshments).
Permanent collections
There are exhibits of domestic bygones, war-time relics, royal memorabilia, and natural history. The work of local artists like Abel Hold, John Nattes, Samuel Swift and Roddam Spencer Stanhope. There is also a collection of unusual items including:
- A two headed lamb
- A mongoose fighting a cobra
- A figure of John Wesley made from a whale’s vertebra
- A boy’s boot wrecked when struck by lightning
- A stereoscope
- A cheetah (stroked by many children over the years)
- A Victorian coffin bier
- A 9½lb gall stone from a horse (we now know that the stone is from a horse’s intestine as horses do not have gall bladders, but we like to keep the story)
- And so much more!
