Cambridgeshire Libraries 

November 2014
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 WW1 commemorative events

2014 marks 100 years since the start of the First World War. You can get involved with the WW1 centenary commemorations at your local library.

 

Join us on Saturday 8 November, the day before Remembrance Day, for a great family event at Wisbech. Enjoy fantastic displays from groups such as the Western Front Association, WW1 original artefacts, film show of local WW1 photographs and much more. You can also get help with researching members of your own family involved in the Great War. There's children's activities throughout the day.

  

On Armistice Day, 11 November, again at Wisbech Library, enjoy an entertaining evening of The Music and Songs of WW1 with David Prestidge. Find out about the music of the Great War including the popular music of the day, the songs sung by soldiers and war time composers.

  

Join Dr Mujahid Islam for an illustrated talk about the history of Indian soldiers who served in the British army during WW1 at Histon Library, Wednesday 12 November, 2pm - 3.30pm.  

Making the Most of Your Library - Library at Home Service

Have you discovered the Library at Home Service, a free service available for those unable to leave home? You may have a relative or friend who would enjoy visits from local volunteers, delivering a range of materials including spoken word, large print, DVDs and magazine donations.

This is also a great opportunity for people to become Library at Home Service volunteers, if you can spare as little as a couple of hours a month. Ask at your local library for further information.

Card Aid Christmas cards at Central Library

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Central Library is once again hosting the fantastic Card Aid charity Christmas card shop. Card Aid offers a huge range of real charity Christmas cards with lots of designs and charities to choose from.

The shop is open now, next to the first floor helpdesk.
 
 Whittlesey Library 

Whittlesey Library will close to the public from Friday 5 December to Friday 12 December (inclusive).  The library will undergo improvement work to accommodate services previously provided separately at the library, run by Cambridgeshire County Council, and at Fenland District Councils @ Your Service shop. The library will reopen on Saturday 13 December, with the all-in-one Whittlesey Community Hub opening on Monday 15 December at 2pm.

 

The library will also be closed on the morning of Monday 15 December, before the official launch and the opening of the Community Hub at 2pm.

Annual Cromwell Collection Lecture 

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This year's annual Cromwell Collection lecture will take place at Huntingdon Library and Archives on Wednesday 12 November at 7.30pm, when Dr Andrew Barclay will talk about Oliver Cromwell as MP for Cambridge. Cromwell was one of the town's MPs from 1640 onwards, throughout the Civil Wars.

 

It promises to be a fascinating insight into the devious ways of local government in the 17th century.

Papworth Poets

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Do you enjoy writing poetry? Come and join a new monthly Papworth Poets group at Papworth Library, to share and discuss your poems and exchange ideas about publication and competitions.

 

The group meets in the library the first Thursday of the month.  

Get online to make the most of superfast broadband

Superfast broadband is reaching thousands more homes and businesses across the county through the Connecting Cambridgeshire roll-out programme. Local councils are working with libraries and other organisations to help people use high-speed Internet access for shopping, socialising and essential services.

Ask at your local library or call 0345 054 5200 to find out more. 

52 Stories

52 Stories is a vision for a year round programme of reading and storytelling embedded across a cluster of schools in and around Cherry Hinton Library.  Story Readings are on Saturdays from 10.30am - 11.15am, and it's free! In the lead up to Christmas, as well as the normal sessions in Cherry Hinton Library, special events will take place including an event at Kettles Yard (6 December). Like on Facebook to find out more. 
Exploring photographs for National Explore Your Archive 
As part of the National Explore Your Archive campaign Cambridgeshire Archives will be holding a drop in session on Monday 10 November, 11am-1pm displaying some of the fantastic photographs you can find in the archives. A variety of images will be on display including studio portraits, aerial photographs and even criminal mug shots.

Come and find out about the range of images we are preserving in the archives and get tips on dating and caring for your own photographs. 

Cambridge Invents at Central Library

Do you know that the BBC Microcomputer was built by Acorn Computers in Cambridge and that there was a BBC Micro in 80% of schools in the UK during the 1980s? Cambridge Central Library is hosting a chirping invention point celebrating the BBC Micro as part of a city-wide project called Cambridge Invents. Visit Central Library and download the chirp.io app to interact with the invention point.

 

Cambridge Invents is an interactive digital art project developed by Collusion.

The flu vaccination 2014/15

Find out what causes flu, what flu is and how you can protect against the disease this winter with online information and leaflets at your local library.

Don't forget people who are at increased risk from flu can have their free flu vaccination every year.

Big Energy Saving

Do you or others in your area need advice on how to make savings on energy bills or to understand what financial assistance you're entitled to? Cambridge Citizens Advice is running workshops to local groups in Cambridgeshire who would like to find out how. If you are interested in finding out more please contact Cambridge CAB.  

 Forthcoming events and activities

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Click on your local library to discover what events and activities are coming up in the next few months.

 

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