Michael Hardy
@michaelcurates.bsky.social
I like music and museums | Digital Curator at Barnsley Museums | Museums Computer Group committee member | Barnsley Civic Trust committee member | Recently started writing for the MA journal.
January 5, 2026 at 6:05 PM
The contestants should wear name badges for the first few shows, I've already forgotten most of their names #TheTraitors
January 1, 2026 at 8:13 PM
The contestants should wear name badges for the first few shows, I've already forgotten most of their names #TheTraitors
The Traitors time!
If I can stay awake long enough I might also watch the final of Stranger Things before I read any spoilers
If I can stay awake long enough I might also watch the final of Stranger Things before I read any spoilers
January 1, 2026 at 8:00 PM
The Traitors time!
If I can stay awake long enough I might also watch the final of Stranger Things before I read any spoilers
If I can stay awake long enough I might also watch the final of Stranger Things before I read any spoilers
It genuinely took the smell of Sunday dinners cooking on my walk to remind me that today is in fact Sunday!
December 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
It genuinely took the smell of Sunday dinners cooking on my walk to remind me that today is in fact Sunday!
Reposted by Michael Hardy
And here's the original version @michaelcurates.bsky.social and I put together as a Christmas video for the team, not thinking for a second that it would go viral and end up on the BBC news... 😄 I'd like to think Arthur world have been pleased youtu.be/orlqLBPFnxk?... #ChristmasEve #BarnsleyCarol
Christmas Eve (The Barnsley Carol) - Arthur Godfrey (1933)
YouTube video by Barnsley Museums
youtu.be
December 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
And here's the original version @michaelcurates.bsky.social and I put together as a Christmas video for the team, not thinking for a second that it would go viral and end up on the BBC news... 😄 I'd like to think Arthur world have been pleased youtu.be/orlqLBPFnxk?... #ChristmasEve #BarnsleyCarol
Reposted by Michael Hardy
On Christmas Eve I'm thinking about the Barnsley Carol, written by Barnsley glass bottle maker Arthur Godfrey in 1933. Rediscovered by @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social in 2023 and now sung by people across the World. So proud to have been part of its journey barnsleymuseums.art.blog/2023/12/12/a...
A Barnsley Christmas Eve Carol 1933
Barnsley Museums have resurrected a special Barnsley Christmas Eve Carol 90 years after it was first published in the Barnsley Chronicle in 1933. Written by Barnsley bottle maker Arthur Godfrey ‘Ch…
barnsleymuseums.art.blog
December 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
On Christmas Eve I'm thinking about the Barnsley Carol, written by Barnsley glass bottle maker Arthur Godfrey in 1933. Rediscovered by @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social in 2023 and now sung by people across the World. So proud to have been part of its journey barnsleymuseums.art.blog/2023/12/12/a...
In 2023 I got sidetracked at work & now a new Christmas tradition was born
From the research I've done Arthur Godfrey sounds like such a fascinating man I tracked down his last Barnsley address which was on the same street my dad grew up on I want to think the Godfrey's and Hardy's were friends
From the research I've done Arthur Godfrey sounds like such a fascinating man I tracked down his last Barnsley address which was on the same street my dad grew up on I want to think the Godfrey's and Hardy's were friends
Two years ago today, Barnsley Youth Choir performed 'Christmas Eve' on BBC Radio 4.
It was the first time that the carol, written by a Barnsley bottle maker, Arthur Godfrey, had been sung by a choir in the 21st century after being lost for 90 years until we found it again in 2023.
It was the first time that the carol, written by a Barnsley bottle maker, Arthur Godfrey, had been sung by a choir in the 21st century after being lost for 90 years until we found it again in 2023.
December 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
In 2023 I got sidetracked at work & now a new Christmas tradition was born
From the research I've done Arthur Godfrey sounds like such a fascinating man I tracked down his last Barnsley address which was on the same street my dad grew up on I want to think the Godfrey's and Hardy's were friends
From the research I've done Arthur Godfrey sounds like such a fascinating man I tracked down his last Barnsley address which was on the same street my dad grew up on I want to think the Godfrey's and Hardy's were friends
#MusicalAdvent Day 23. Another song that pre-dates Spotify!
Luke Leigfield - I'm so confused by Christmas
lukeleighfield.bandcamp.com/album/im-so-...
Luke Leigfield - I'm so confused by Christmas
lukeleighfield.bandcamp.com/album/im-so-...
I'm So Confused by Christmas (single), by Luke Leighfield
2 track album
lukeleighfield.bandcamp.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:11 PM
#MusicalAdvent Day 23. Another song that pre-dates Spotify!
Luke Leigfield - I'm so confused by Christmas
lukeleighfield.bandcamp.com/album/im-so-...
Luke Leigfield - I'm so confused by Christmas
lukeleighfield.bandcamp.com/album/im-so-...
#MusicalAdvent Day 22: @davidfordisdead.bsky.social Have yourself a bitter little Christmas - I had been trying to find a duet with Duke Special but it appears to have slipped down a crack in the internet and it would be Boxing Day by the time I found the CD version
youtu.be/hBnSJ2RQt_g?...
youtu.be/hBnSJ2RQt_g?...
DAvid Ford- Have yourself a bitter little christmas
YouTube video by Geno McQueen
youtu.be
December 22, 2025 at 8:34 PM
#MusicalAdvent Day 22: @davidfordisdead.bsky.social Have yourself a bitter little Christmas - I had been trying to find a duet with Duke Special but it appears to have slipped down a crack in the internet and it would be Boxing Day by the time I found the CD version
youtu.be/hBnSJ2RQt_g?...
youtu.be/hBnSJ2RQt_g?...
Reposted by Michael Hardy
This is how I would end the news if I was reading the news.
December 22, 2025 at 8:21 PM
This is how I would end the news if I was reading the news.
#MusicalAdvent Day 21 One of my all time favourite Christmas songs given the brass treatment: Old Dirty Brasstards - Christmas Wrapping
open.spotify.com/track/1Y4dPZ...
open.spotify.com/track/1Y4dPZ...
Christmas Wrapping
open.spotify.com
December 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
#MusicalAdvent Day 21 One of my all time favourite Christmas songs given the brass treatment: Old Dirty Brasstards - Christmas Wrapping
open.spotify.com/track/1Y4dPZ...
open.spotify.com/track/1Y4dPZ...
My Christmas highlight so far has been a Christmas Singalong at Penistone Paramount which featured The Barnsley Carol.
Ralph Shaw explains how the carol had been lost for 90 years at the start of this video
youtu.be/0GzA4Oh-8KE
Ralph Shaw explains how the carol had been lost for 90 years at the start of this video
youtu.be/0GzA4Oh-8KE
December 21, 2025 at 8:18 PM
My Christmas highlight so far has been a Christmas Singalong at Penistone Paramount which featured The Barnsley Carol.
Ralph Shaw explains how the carol had been lost for 90 years at the start of this video
youtu.be/0GzA4Oh-8KE
Ralph Shaw explains how the carol had been lost for 90 years at the start of this video
youtu.be/0GzA4Oh-8KE
#MusicalAdvent Day 20 - Adult Christmas by Moon Moon Moon open.spotify.com/track/5T3yEQ...
Adult Christmas
open.spotify.com
December 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
#MusicalAdvent Day 20 - Adult Christmas by Moon Moon Moon open.spotify.com/track/5T3yEQ...
#MusicalAdvent Day 19: Joe Carnall Jnr and Ed Cosens - All My Friends Have Come Back Home (For Christmas)
open.spotify.com/track/1benwd...
open.spotify.com/track/1benwd...
All My Friends Have Come Back Home (For Christmas)
open.spotify.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:44 AM
#MusicalAdvent Day 19: Joe Carnall Jnr and Ed Cosens - All My Friends Have Come Back Home (For Christmas)
open.spotify.com/track/1benwd...
open.spotify.com/track/1benwd...
Goodnight Lenin - A Winter's Night
YouTube video by goodnightleninhq
youtu.be
December 17, 2025 at 9:01 PM
#MusicalAdvent Day 16: No Christmas Bells by There Will Be Fireworks
open.spotify.com/track/6JQJp1...
open.spotify.com/track/6JQJp1...
No Christmas Bells
open.spotify.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:28 PM
#MusicalAdvent Day 16: No Christmas Bells by There Will Be Fireworks
open.spotify.com/track/6JQJp1...
open.spotify.com/track/6JQJp1...
Another band I have discovered through #MusicalAdvent Day 15 - Polish Club: Little Drummer Boy
open.spotify.com/track/3PE8dX...
open.spotify.com/track/3PE8dX...
Little Drummer Boy
open.spotify.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Another band I have discovered through #MusicalAdvent Day 15 - Polish Club: Little Drummer Boy
open.spotify.com/track/3PE8dX...
open.spotify.com/track/3PE8dX...
#MusicalAdvent Day 14 - Reindeer Reindeer by Prints Jackson. A topical song from years ago that is sadly still relevant 😔
open.spotify.com/track/3O93Ox...
open.spotify.com/track/3O93Ox...
Reindeer Reindeer
open.spotify.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:29 PM
#MusicalAdvent Day 14 - Reindeer Reindeer by Prints Jackson. A topical song from years ago that is sadly still relevant 😔
open.spotify.com/track/3O93Ox...
open.spotify.com/track/3O93Ox...
#MusicalAdvent Day 13 - Turncoat Billy - Snow in Walthamstow open.spotify.com/track/6qIRDC...
Snow In Walthamstow
open.spotify.com
December 13, 2025 at 8:41 PM
#MusicalAdvent Day 13 - Turncoat Billy - Snow in Walthamstow open.spotify.com/track/6qIRDC...
I had an unexpected nap and appear to have time travelled back to 2010 with Tinie Tempah on the TV #JingleBellBall
December 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I had an unexpected nap and appear to have time travelled back to 2010 with Tinie Tempah on the TV #JingleBellBall
Reposted by Michael Hardy
This year the lives of Maurice Dobson and Fred Halliday have been celebrated with a Barnsley Civic Trust blue plaque
December 13, 2025 at 8:21 AM
This year the lives of Maurice Dobson and Fred Halliday have been celebrated with a Barnsley Civic Trust blue plaque
Reposted by Michael Hardy
For Day 13 of the #BarnsleyChristmas Advent Calendar we'd like to give a shout out to our friends at Darfield Museum
🎅bit.ly/BMAdventCalendar2025 🎄
It's their last Saturday that they are open this year. BUT this Friday 19 December is the annual Carols on The Patio at 6pm.
🎅bit.ly/BMAdventCalendar2025 🎄
It's their last Saturday that they are open this year. BUT this Friday 19 December is the annual Carols on The Patio at 6pm.
December 13, 2025 at 8:21 AM
For Day 13 of the #BarnsleyChristmas Advent Calendar we'd like to give a shout out to our friends at Darfield Museum
🎅bit.ly/BMAdventCalendar2025 🎄
It's their last Saturday that they are open this year. BUT this Friday 19 December is the annual Carols on The Patio at 6pm.
🎅bit.ly/BMAdventCalendar2025 🎄
It's their last Saturday that they are open this year. BUT this Friday 19 December is the annual Carols on The Patio at 6pm.
Reposted by Michael Hardy
A beautiful version of the Barnsley Carol by The Barnsley Singers, if you hear a version of the song somewhere, please let us know! 🎶
youtu.be/sxAnRnTgueI?...
#WeekXForXmas
youtu.be/sxAnRnTgueI?...
#WeekXForXmas
The Barnsley Carol (Christmas Eve) by Arthur Godfrey performed by The Barnsley Singers in 2024
YouTube video by Barnsley Museums
youtu.be
December 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
A beautiful version of the Barnsley Carol by The Barnsley Singers, if you hear a version of the song somewhere, please let us know! 🎶
youtu.be/sxAnRnTgueI?...
#WeekXForXmas
youtu.be/sxAnRnTgueI?...
#WeekXForXmas
