Sheffield University Drama Society presents 'A Wheel Turns' 

Saturday 10 July, 1pm, 3pm, 5pm

Bingham Park, nr Shepherd Wheel (on the right as you walk up from Rustlings Road)

Three short plays about the history of Shepherd Wheel including music and song.

The performamces are free but voluntary donations will go towards the Shepherd Wheel restoration fund.

Performances last 1hr apx.

Join us on Sunday 4 July for the second event in our Abbeydale Family Sunday programme celebrating Traditional Crafts and Skills.

Demonstrations include Cane Seat Making (Christine Merrick - Sheffield Antiques), The Sheffield Lacemakers and The Hallamshire Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers.

A dress rehearsal of 'The Wheel Turns' by Sheffield University Drama Society - 3 short plays about the history of Shepherd Wheel - will take place in The Orchard. The main public performamce takes place Saturday 10 July at 1pm, 3pm, 5pm at Bingham Park, near Shepherd Wheel (on the right as you walk up from Rustlings Road). Performances are free but voluntary donations are gratefully received and will go towards the restoration of Shepherd Wheel. Performanaces last 1 hour apx

There will also be Living History Tours and children's activities all making up a great free family day out!

Fifteen brave families keen to find out the spooky goings-on behind closed doors joined us for a 'A Night at the Museum' this weekend as part of the Sheffield Children's Festival 2010.

As part if the evening's entertainment families enjoyed the company of'Bad Bill' with his late night tours full of gruesome tales and and unsavoury characters from Sheffield's bygone years.

Children took the Museum into their own hands to become a Museum Curator for the night, learning more about 'Sheffield at Work' through the ages.

Youngsters learn more about life as a Buffer Girl.

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There was always time for a break from the spooky stuff and time to relax and have fun in the Melting Shop Children's Play Area where kids can be melted, forged and shaped learning the processes of steel making as they go!

Everyone gathered in their pyjamas for the Bad Bill's finale - the tale of 'The Ghost in the Machine' followed by a midnight run of the River Don Engine - the most powerful remaining steam engine in Europe.

Then it was time for bed and some well earned sleep ... if you were brave enough!

More pictures coming soon!

Families can enjoy free admission to Kelham Island Museum on Sunday 20 June.

Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust is opening its doors free of charge as part of the citywide festivities taking place during Sheffield Children's Festival 2010.

Make it a special Father's Day treat or simply a family get together but don't miss the Melting Shop Children's Play Area and the mighty River Don Engine running at 12pm, 2pm and 4pm. A Family Brunch menu will be available in the Furnace Cafe.

The Museum will also be hosting 'A Night at the Museum' Family Sleepover on Saturday 19 June in conjunction with the Sheffield Children's Festival where brave families will spend a night behind our closed Museum doors ... if they dare!

There was water,water everywhere at Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet this Sunday as famlies enjoyed the first Abbeydale Family Sunday of the 2010 season with activities showcasing Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust use of renewable energy sources through the years.

'Mr Tyzack', Living History owner of Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet took tours around the Hamlet highlighting the part waterwheels played in the Hamlet's industrial heritage as a rural scythe and steelworks and one of the largest water powered industrial complexes on the River Sheaf.

The Education through Angling team teamed up with Sheffield City Council's City Ecology Service to give youngsters the chance to learn more about the creatures crawling around nearby rivers, taking them under the microscope before releasing them safely back into their natural habitat.

Kids could also make a creepy crawly of their own with arts and crafts activities taking place throughout the event.

Also attending and demonstrating renewable energy sources was Solar Active and Bumford Solar whose Solar Panels help to heat the boiler at Kelham Island Museum which in turn runs the mighty River Don Engine.

The Friends of Botanical Gardens Plant Sale demonstrated planting as part of their first Plant Sale at Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet and at the Heeley City Farm stand kids could have a go at badge-making in advance of the upcoming Heeley Festival next weekend.

Don't miss the next Abbeydale Family Sunday - Traditional Crafts and Skills - taking place on Sunday 4 July and packed with local craftspeople demonstrating their trades.