Penistone
A Personal View of Penistone   -    The Town that Thinks it's a Village
Welcome to a personal view of Penistone, a market town in Yorkshire and 'the Cradle of Association Football.' This is a non-commercial website for the world to visit my home town and locality. I hope that you will find some of it interesting. JB.
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News on the Street:     ( Reload this page to see the latest updates )
  • Penistone coat of armsPenistone Annual Town Assembly (Public meeting) - Thursday 18th April, 7pm, Lower Hall, Penistone Community Centre. Unlike the usual Town Council meetings, this is the only public-facing meeting each year between the full council and the public, allowing more time to dicuss local matters than is possible at a monthly general meeting. That makes it a community event. From the PTC news announcement: 'Any local issues you want to discuss? Come to the Penistone Annual Town Assembly. For further information please contact the PTC office on 01226 370 088, admin@pentowncouncil.gov.uk.' PTC (Fb).

    A Town Assembly is explained at Penrith Council: 'Under the Local Government Act 1972 s9 all parishes/towns in England must hold an Annual Parish/Town Meeting. This is an annual statutory public meeting of the Town’s electors and is therefore not used to address standard Council business. (etc.)' (2). It requires a 7-day public notice.

    Our town councillors are very knowledgeable about local issues. Previous years have seen discussions about: annual events, planning, drainage and road safety in Penistone. A summary of PTC's accounts used to be available to attendees. We should support the local council by attending this meeting, and perhaps offer them all a vote of thanks. Our Town Councillors are effectively unpaid volunteers who use their own time and effort to the benefit of the local community, without expectation of payment or reward. This meeting has been 'down-played' with no agenda and not shown on: Upcoming Meetings, PTC noticeboards or Barnsley Chronicle, in non-compliance of the law.

    'Not less than seven clear days, or, in a case falling within sub-paragraph (3) below, not less than fourteen clear days, before a parish meeting, public notice of the meeting shall be given, specifying the time and place of the intended meeting and the business to be transacted at the meeting, and signed by the person or persons convening the meeting.'
  • 'A Yorkshire Farm' - 7pm. Channel 5 television on Thursdays. Cannon Hall farm is back (new series). Getting everything ready for Penistone Agricultural Show in September.
  • Railway Disruption - Huddersfield railway station is closed for major works with a shuttle bus running between Lockwood station and Huddersfield station. See Huddersfield Hub.
  • Sheep Name Competition - Our town's 'woolly wonders' (granite sheep sculptures) need names. The friendly farmyard characters on the Penistone Sheep Trail have been attracting visitors since arriving in November. Now, local children are invited to name and send drawings of their favourite sheep. A judging panel will choose the winners when the event closes on Sunday 15th April. Enter the competition via BMBC Survey. (Penistone Area Council).
  • Dumpit Site Registration - Local residents now need to Register online with BMBC to gain access to recycling centres. There are three kinds of passes: 1. For a domestic vehicle; 2. For a trade vehicle and for 3. For pedestrians (which need to book a visit). You need photographs or scans of all pages of the vehicle registration document (Log Book). Those without the internet can register online at the Library and staff will show them how. The pass lasts for three years.
  • Relaxed and Warm Spaces (Free films) - Follow Penistone Town Council's page (Warmer Spaces, pdf).
  • The Knowledge - Penistone is a Yorkshire town, not village. Local addresses are Sheffield S36 postcodes (our mail is not sorted in Barnsley); Penistone Paramount Theatre is (always was) Penistone Town Hall; Hazlehead is spelt that way; Thurlstone does not have an 'e' in the middle; Bridge End is two words; Dinner is at dinnertime and those ugly, imported words like 'normalcy and 'gotten' have no place here. You are in God's Own County and the world envies you.
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Local Wants and Needs: (Reload this page to see the latest updates)
  • Bar-waiting Staff Wanted - Cubley Hall. Experienced or trainee. Full or Part-time hours. Ask at the bar or Email.
  • Penistone Fire-fighters - Recruiting on-call firefighters. If you are interested, over 18yrs and live or work within five minutes of Penistone Fire Station, please Register your interest. They will invite you to talk about it. (Fb)
  • Calling Local Artists - Barnsley Council has a £4,000 scheme of some sort. Following their pilot 'Digital Townscape' project for Goldthorpe, they want five artists/designers to work on Cudworth, Hoyland, Penistone, Royston and Wombwell. No, me neither, but their Principal Townscapes must make sense to someone, and you get paid.
  • Free 'Discovery Session' - No dates given. Free auditions for budding 4 to 18 year old actors, singers and dancers. 'Stage Coach' trials are run at Penistone Grammar School. The actual courses are not free.
  • Penistone Round Table Funding - The RT is currently able to offer grants for specific projects to local not-for-profit community organisations. Apply by email: penistonert1094@gmail.com or via Facebook. Penistone RT
  • 'Proud to Pitch in' Grants for Sports Clubs - 'Proud To Pitch In' from Greene King IPA (a beer brewer) has cash grants for grassroots and community sports clubs across the UK. See Greene King.
  • General Citizen's Advice - First and third Wednesday of each month, 9am to noon, Penistone Library, no appointment needed. Face-to-face advice session for Penistone district people needing help for such as: debt, money worries, benefits, housing, employment, relationships, consumer or energy problems. This is for residents living in the BMBC Penistone East and Penistone West wards only. Funded by Penistone Area Council.
  • Penistone Traders' Association - Businesses in 'Principal Towns' of the Barnsley borough are setting up Traders' Associations. Penistone's association started in July 2023 and is officially recognised by BMBC. Local businesses such as town centre social shops, cafes and market traders can come to the monthly meetings. Seek out 'Love Penistone Traders Association' on Facebook or ask Karen about it in Cafe Creme.
  • Job Hunters - HM Government is running 'Find a Skills Boot camps' throughout the country. These are free, flexible courses of up to 16 weeks for people looking for new roles or job opportunities. Upon completing the course, you are guaranteed a job interview, and it might not be a MacDonald's. Check Eligibility first.
  • Local News Items - Wayne Chadburn is happy to receive event notifications and local news items for publication in the Barnsley Chronicle. Find him on Facebook or email: wayne.chadburn@outlook.com.
  • '30 for a Reason' - Millhouse Green residents are concerned about speeding vehicles through their village and particularly the Lee Lane primary school. '30 for a Reason' is a campaign for BMBC to reduce the 40mph Speed Limit to 30 mph. Apart from misspelling Hazlehead and calling Lee Lane 'Manchester Lane' (what?), their Speed Survey PDF icon makes for interesting reading. All power to their collective elbows.
  • Protect a Footpath - Walkers can nominate any active 'Public Rights of Way' not shown on the OS maps before a 2026 government deadline. After that, they could be lost. 'Don't Lose Your Way' and Guardian (Footpath map).
  • Penistone Church Roof Fund - Penistone St John's Church roof needs expensive repairs doing. Please support the Penistone Church Roof Appeal before it caves in, or make a bequest. There was talk of a Roof Fund Barometer re-appearing as in days of yore. Some stuff on this website has long whiskers.
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Local Information:
  • Information CentreVisitor Information - Penistone Library and Penistone Church for local leaflets, maps and general information.
  • Penistone, Peak and Pennine Tourism Group - Promoting the local economy and tourism, PPP&TG.
  • Penistone Shopping - See Penistone High Street (Visit Penistone), Love Penistone (Facebook).
  • Penistone Market Day - Busy market Thursdays, Penistone Market Barn (FaceBook). Adjacent two-hour parking.
  • Penistone Country Market - 10am to Noon, Market Day, Upper Hall, Community Centre, Church Street.
  • Penistone Historic Archives - 10am to 1pm, Market Day, Lower Hall, Community Centre, Church Street.
  • Banking Security Advice - 10am to noon, Market Day, Community Centre. Debbie from Natwest.
  • Saturday Morning Market - Market Barn. Small market with Andy's good fruit & veg. (Email Market Services).
  • Learner Zone - Monday 1pm to 3pm, IT suite, Penistone Library. A quiet space with internet for study, with support for job searches, job applications and interview skills. Also maths, English & IT assessments.
  • 'DIAL' Drop-in Advice - 10am to 1pm, Thurs, Top Office, Town Hall Building. No appointment needed.
    'DIAL' is a charity to help disabled people, part-funded by Penistone Area Council (BMBC).
  • Defibrillators - Call 999 and give the location for a code to open the box then read the instructions inside.
    Clark's Chemist; Pen Community Centre; Penistone RBL; Julie's Cafe; Penistone Tesco; Spring Vale Garden; Spring Vale Chapel; St Aidan's Church Oxspring; Whitby and Chandler Spring Vale; Pen Leisure Centre; The Huntsman, Thurlstone; Millhouse Institute; Thurgoland Village Hall; Station Inn Silkstone Common; Ingbirchworth; Upper Denby phone box, Hoylandswaine Village Hall; Dog & Partridge, Bord Hill and Crowedge..
  • Scams - Forward all dodgy emails to report@phishing.gov.uk. For scam phone texts, open the message and hold your thumb on it. From the list, tap 'Forward' and send to 7726. They want the scammer's phone number so write it down. Always be wary of following links on Facebook pages (particularly ads) and messages from 'friends' (especially any who have passed away) as they are often hacked. You can periodically search your own name to see if someone is trying to clone it. Any fraudulent account should appear along with your genuine one. Then report the fraudster and it will be terminated. See Take Five - Stop Fraud for lots of spam advice.
  • Bank Fraud Hotline - Dial 159, choose your bank and quickly cancel your compromised bank cards.
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Webstuff
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Eskia Computers, Spring Vale.
  'Yorkshire IT Guys' on Youtube
The Navbar BST clock gizmo uses internet time. The country gizmo was added on 25th Feb 2009.
Terry Pratchett:   'In the beginning there was nothing. And the Lord said: "Let there be light" - and there was still nothing, but now you could see it.'