Peel Street : organ grinder
One of the many delightful 'social images' in the Tasker Collection, this exampe showing a young 'organ grinder' and his perfroming monkey, the sort of street entertainment that was widespread in the Victorian and Edwardian eras. His wife (probably) stands by his side would have assisted the displays. What a trudge and hard way to make a living it must have been in order to tour the streets and walk from market to town to market town. No sense of animal welfare then perhaps, but very much a lost part of old Barnsley.
Peel Street
File Number: EGT940
Tasker Trust