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The Morrab Library, Morrab Gardens, Penzance, Cornwall TR18 4DA

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As our selection of Hilda Quick notecards and post

As our selection of Hilda Quick notecards and postcards were released for sale earlier this month, we wanted to highlight one of her books in our collection that you can borrow.

‘Miss Quick writes from the beginner’s angle, with full realization of the beginner’s difficulties and probable errors, but she is not, in fact, quite such a tyro as she makes out. She has had many years' experience of bird-watching’ - Marsh and Shore. Bird Watching on the Cornish Coast. Hilda M. Quick.

#artist #woodengraving #nature #books #collections

Continuing our series of school photos, here is on

Continuing our series of school photos, here is one of a school picnic to Nanjizal.

#photofriday #schooldays #exploreyourarchive #photoarchive #oldschoolphotos

With the new term starting, it’s a perfect time

With the new term starting, it’s a perfect time to get a student membership.

For £20 a year, you can have access to our collections, a calm space to study (first come, first serve on desk space) and access to our kitchen for those much needed coffee breaks in between research sessions.

Join today by following this link: https://tinyurl.com/bdzz7vvs

#Library #study #supportus #research #charity #membership

Here’s a photo from our archive of the Harvest F

Here’s a photo from our archive of the Harvest Festival Salvation Army Hall, taken circa 1890.

#photoarchive #oldphotos #1890sphotos

We're sorry to say we won't be able to offer a lib

We're sorry to say we won't be able to offer a library tour this Friday afternoon (19th September).

Normal service will resume at 2.00pm next Friday 26th September.

#LibraryTour #tour #explore #penzance #cornwall

A very gloriumptious (something glorious and wonde

A very gloriumptious (something glorious and wonderful) Roald Dahl Day to you all!

On this day in 1916 Roald Dahl was born. His children's novels have been influential in the storytelling world for readers of all ages for many decades.

A common trait of his tales was his ability to create completely made up words, a few example can be found in the images of this post.

We have a selection of books for readers to borrow in the Children’s literature room and have also updated the children’s section with a little writing activity inspired by Roald’s Revolting Rhymes.

Find them here: https://tinyurl.com/mvn6n733

#roalddahlday #gloriumptious #books #childrensbooks #roalddahl

Remember that we run our weekly tour on a Friday f

Remember that we run our weekly tour on a Friday from 2pm. Will we see you tomorrow?

Come and find out more about the Library’s history and the people linked to our wonderful building and collection. No need to book.

#library #tour #explore #penzance #cornwall #librarytour

With ‘back to school’ in mind - have you ever

With ‘back to school’ in mind - have you ever wanted to refresh your Cornish?

We have a great collection of Cornish dictionaries (from quite a few decades) to get stuck into.

This one, for example, published in 1978 by The Cornish Language Board, has notes written in adding the word for academic, near the section that explores words for school.

#collections #cornishlanguage #learning #wordoftheday #highlightyourcollection

One of our Library volunteers, Michael Malone-Lee,

One of our Library volunteers, Michael Malone-Lee, recently happened upon an unusual, witty, anonymously published poem in an innocuous volume in the Theology Room, dating from 1811.

Enchanted and intrigued, Michael delved deeper to uncover its author, the Revd. C. Valentine Le Grice (1773-1858), and explores the background to his entertaining piece, The Petition of an Old Uninhabited House in Penzance to its Master in Town.

Read Michael’s blog over on our website https://morrablibrary.org.uk/blog/

#blog #library #explore #collections #archive

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