WORSBROUGH Mill will continue celebrating its 400th anniversary with an action-packed programme of events next weekend.
The family-friendly activities on Saturday, May 10, will be part of National Mills Weekend, an annual event where visitors are encouraged to share their favourite memories of milling heritage from across the country and embrace new cultural experiences.
From 10am until 3pm, visitors can take part in a variety of fun-filled activities for all ages, such as a salt dough model-making session with artist Raychel McGuin as well as flatbread and gingerbread-making sessions. This free, fun day at Worsbrough Mill is a drop-in, with people encouraged to pop along and learn more about the mill.
At 11am and 1pm, there will be two 45-minute tours where visitors can learn all about how the mill works and listen to the different sounds of the mechanism.
Several milling artefacts and historic images will be on display that explains more about the mill’s heritage.
Local food and drink will be served on-site, with live music from the Barnsley Flute Choir throughout the day.
Worsbrough Mill is one of the oldest working mills in the UK, dating back to 1625. As part of the year-long celebrations to mark the anniversary, other projects have progressed, with artist Adam Briscoe creating a mural to highlight the mill’s history and Barnsley College student Addison Batten producing a 400-year anniversary-themed logo.
Worsbrough Mill has also worked with Next Big Thing and WE Great Ladies to create various audio soundscapes that play different sounds of the mill.
Councillor Robin Franklin, Cabinet Spokesperson for Regeneration and Culture, said: “We are excited to continue the celebrations of Worsbrough Mill’s incredible 400th anniversary with various enriching and educational activities for all ages! National Mills Weekend is a great opportunity for us to not only showcase the mill’s wonderful history and heritage but also inspire children and young people from across Barnsley to embrace cultural experiences and learn something new about the borough. Come along and enjoy Barnsley’s local history!”
