Christmas in Old Sheffield
Kelham Island Industrial Museum, Alma Street, Sheffield S3 8RY
Friday 5th December to Sunday 7th December
Friday & Saturday: 10.00 am to 4.00 pm
Sunday: 10.00 am to 4.45 pm
All the delights of the museum plus charity stalls, market stalls, craft displays and entertainments.
For more on Christmas in the Old South Riding, see our Miscellany pages.
Admission
- Adults — £3.50
Concessions — £2.50
- Children — £2.00 Under 5 years FREE
- Family (up to 4) — £8.00
Live Music and Dance
Friday December 5th
Maltby Comprehensive School will be presenting a programme of English traditional music and dance featuring the Phoenix Sword Dancers and singers and musicians from the Generations Project
| Buskers |
| Time | Scope Gallery | Main Hall | Museum Shop |
| 10.30 - 11.35 am | Dave Young | Barry Callaghan &
Linda Hazelwood | Dave Ball & Graham Pratt |
| 12.05 - 1.35 pm | Cath James & Peter Gibbins | Dave Ball & Graham Pratt | Barry Callaghan &
Linda Hazelwood |
2.05 - 3.35 pm
11.35 - 12.05 pm | Dave Young | Cath James & Peter Gibbins | Mark Gibbens |
|
Saturday December 6th
It's "Christmas Eve" — join the buffer girls who escape their life of drudgery a little early and in a festive spirit wend their way through the streets of "Old Sheffield", taking in the sights and sounds of a Victorian Christmas.
| | Dancers & Bands | Buskers |
| Time | Courtyard 1 | Bessemer | Gantry | Courtyard 2 | Scope Gallery | Main Hall | Museum Shop |
| 10.30 am |
|
Ian Spafford | Richard & Jess
Arrowsmith | Dave Young |
| 11.05 am |
Handsworth Sword |
| | |
| 11.35 am |
|
Sheffield City Morris | | | |
| 12.05 pm |
|
| Crucible | | Dave Young | Gavin & Helena
Davenport | Richard & Jess
Arrowsmith |
| 12.35 pm |
|
| | Triskele Sword |
| 12.45 pm |
Sheffield Giants | | | |
| 1.35 pm |
Sheffield City Morris |
| | | |
| 2.05 pm |
|
Triskele Sword | | | Ian Spafford | Bob & Chris Fitt | |
| 2.35 pm |
|
| Roger the Badger | |
| 3.05 pm |
|
| | Pecsaetan Morris |
| 3.35 pm |
|
Clog maker Ian Smith from the Colne Valley Museum and members of Sheffield Celebrated Clog, Dukes Dandy Clog Dancers
and the Instep Research Team will be performing in Little Mesters Lane throughout the day. |
|
Sunday December 7th
| | Dancers & Bands | Buskers |
| Time | Courtyard 1 | Bessemer | Gantry | Courtyard 2 | Scope Gallery | Main Hall | Museum Shop |
| 10.30 am |
|
Jem Radford &
Pam Cadman | Dave Young | Raymond
Greenoaken |
| 11.05 am |
Bradshaw Mummers |
| | |
| 11.35 am |
|
Stone Monkey | | | |
| 12.05 pm |
|
| Rolling Stock Co. | | Raymond
Greenoaken | Jem Radford &
Pam Cadman | Kevin Marshall |
| 12.35 pm |
|
| | Lizzie Dripping |
| 1.05 pm |
The Harlequinettes | | | |
| 1.35 pm |
Lizzie Dripping |
| | | |
| 2.05 pm |
|
Bradshaw Mummers | | | Malcolm Douglas | Kevin Marshall | Ian Roberts |
| 2.45 pm |
Stone Monkey |
| | |
| 3.05 pm |
|
Yorkshire Chandelier | | Bradshaw Mummers |
| 3.35 pm |
| | Dore Chimes | | Ian Roberts | | Malcolm Douglas |
| 4.05 pm |
| | | All Saints Brass Quintet |
Clog maker Ian Smith from the Colne Valley Museum and members of Sheffield Celebrated Clog, Dukes Dandy Clog Dancers
and the Instep Research Team will be performing in Little Mesters Lane throughout the day. |
|
Crafts & Entertainments
Includes Victorian Characters from "Old Sheffield Town" — "Made in Sheffield" Gifts — South Riding Folk Network Musicians and Dancers — Mill House Animal Sanctuary "Crib" — Craft Demonstrations — Sheffield Lacemakers — Hallamshire Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers — Quilters in Sheffield — Handsworth X-Stitch — Roundabout — Woodturning — Leatherwork — Children's Victorian Craft Workshops...
And, of course:
Father Christmas in his Grotto
Presented by St Luke's Hospice (Saturday and Sunday)
Market Stalls
Wooden Toys & Puzzles - Pyrography - Watercolours & Prints - Local Interest Books - Jewellery & Gemstones - Candles, Candlesticks & Oil-lamps - Christmas Cards, Decorations & Garlands - Ceramics & Ornaments - Home Made Cakes & Pastries - Pressed Flowers & Flower Crafts - Wrought Iron Work - Leatherwork - Cross-Stitch - Home Made Preserves - Pottery - Teddy Bears - Herbs, Spices & Biscuits - Ethnic Clothing - Handmade Cards - Hand Printed Cotton Throws & Textiles - Painted Glass - Knitted Goods - Cacti & Plants - Garden Ornaments & Rustic Furniture - Mulled Wine - Toffee Fudge, Sweets and much more...
Charity Stalls
St. Luke's Hospice — NSPCC & RNLI — Weston Park Hospital Cancer Appeal — Friends of the Botanical Gardens — Cats' Protection League — Worldwide Fund for Nature — Alzheimer's Society — Women's Institute — RSPB & CATS — Home Fire Girls — Scout Office Crafts — Thornberry Animal Sanctuary — National Tramway Museum
More information: (0114) 272 2106
Website: http://www.simt.co.uk/kel1/index.htm
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