Excelsior Entertainments's video: 011 Tom Selleck - The Barnsley Connection

In this video filmed across the spring and summer of 2023 local social historian and charity fundraiser Dave Cherry who is best known for his "Stairfoot Rarndabart" song charts the historical family links of the american actor Tom Selleck and his roots to Barnsley and more specifically Worsbrough Bridge. With the help of John Irwin and local author Jane Ainsworth and featuring insight from Andrew Harrod the Editor of the Barnsley Chronicle and Paulette Edwards from BBC Radio Sheffield, local poet Ian McMillan plus Wayne Sleight and mining expert Lin Taylor. 00:00 Worsbrough Village In Springtime - Ian McMillan 01:08 Intro - St Mary's Church at Worsbrough Village 02:30 Worsbrough Park Colliery 03:44 How Was This Discovered ? - Andrew Harrod 05:16 BBC Radio Sheffield - Paulette Edwards 06:24 How The Pits Stacked Up - Lin Taylor 10:22 Researching The Past - Jane Ainsworth 16:29 Outro - Barnsley Lass sung by Pippa Slater Produced, filmed and edited by John Irwin.