The toilets in the town square in the past have been refurbished and on several occasions graffiti has been steam removed.
But after constant vandalism, Barnsley Council was reluctant to spend more money on them.
Penistone Town Council and local community associations who have described them as being like the "Black Hole of Calcutta" have decided to spend money on upgrading and re-painting the toilets and adjoining bus shelter.
The announcement was made at a Forum meeting last week when officer, Nigel Bath, said that the clean-up work would not pre-empt any other suggestions for a future of the toilets and the bus shelter.
If a new bus/rail interchange goes ahead, the stone bus shelter may be replaced by a modern see-into shelter.
The town council has suggested that the shelter should be turned into an information centre.
The picture above shows St. John the Baptist's church, and Yates' Fish and chip shop right on the corner. Between Yates' and the tea shop under the awning is Peter Holmes' butchers. (The tea shop changes hands about twice a year, I don't even know who the current owner is!) Holmes is in direct competition with Roberts' the butchers opposite him on the other side on the High Street. But my mum and I always go to Peter Holmes. I wouldn't buy sausages from anybody else. (Although I will soon have to, living in Durham as I do!) P. Holmes' son would like me to mention this site. Yorkshiremilk.co.uk So remember, buy your meat from Peter Holmes and your milk from Yorkshire milk.
Apparently when they were re-building it, after part of it collapsed, a little over a century ago, a stone fell off the top and landed on someone killing him. I don't think it is supposed to be haunted or anything, but they just carved his initials in the stone and put it back. There are some spectacular photos of trains hanging off the edge, but as I remember he was the only person to be killed in a train related event on the viaduct, although there have been one or two suicides and a failed bungee jumping attempt!
They needed to be stronger for the amount of work they were expected to do, hauling waggons, ploughing, in fact most jobs now taken over by machinery of one kind or another. Shires nowadays are much slimmer and bred mainly for show.
This magnificent beast won first prize at Penistone show in 1911 and is pictured outside the old Cornmill at Thurlstone. [That's about one mile from Penistone town centre]