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  • October 2014

  • Wed 22

    Lecture Seminar: 1914-1918 ‘THE WAR TO END ALL WARS’ – A hundred years of fall-out

    22/10/2014 @ 14:00 - 15:30
    Morrab Library

    Two Lecture Seminars at the Morrab Library led by Robin Lenman and George Rowe. Wednesdays at 2pm 15th October: How did it happen? 22nd October: A hundred years of fall-out Cost - £3 per session, £5 for the two Numbers will be limited - please book in advance via the Library (01736 364474) A short […]

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  • November 2014

  • Wed 12

    Ann Alexander Talk – ‘Penned: Writing from Prison’

    12/11/2014 @ 14:15 - 15:30
    Morrab Library

    Winter Lecture Series. No booking required - seats allocated on a first come first served basis. *Please note that all speakers at our winter lectures have been approached directly by the Hon. Librarian, without reference to any other organisation.

  • Wed 12

    Ann Alexander Talk – ‘Penned: Writing from Prison’

    12/11/2014 @ 14:15 - 15:30
    Morrab Library

    Winter Lecture Series. No booking required - seats allocated on a first come first served basis. *Please note that all speakers at our winter lectures have been approached directly by the Hon. Librarian, without reference to any other organisation.

  • February 2015

  • Wed 11

    Amanda Richardson Talk: ‘Aspects of an Artist’s Life’

    11/02/2015 @ 14:15 - 15:30
    Morrab Library

    Winter Lecture Series. No booking required - seats allocated on a first come first served basis. *Please note that all speakers at our winter lectures have been approached directly by the Hon. Librarian, without reference to any other organisation.

  • Wed 11

    Amanda Richardson Talk: ‘Aspects of an Artist’s Life’

    11/02/2015 @ 14:15 - 15:30
    Morrab Library

    Winter Lecture Series. No booking required - seats allocated on a first come first served basis. *Please note that all speakers at our winter lectures have been approached directly by the Hon. Librarian, without reference to any other organisation.

  • October 2015

  • Wed 14

    WINTER LECTURE SERIES: Linda Cracknell – ‘Reading the Short Story: how to get more out of less’

    14/10/2015 @ 14:00 - 15:30
    Morrab Library

    Free admission - donations gratefully received. Refreshments will be available after the lecture.

  • November 2015

  • Wed 11

    WINTER LECTURE SERIES: Stuart Emmett ‘The Tudor Tin Mine’

    11/11/2015 @ 14:00 - 15:30
    Morrab Library

    Free admission - donations gratefully received. Refreshments will be available after the lecture.

  • Wed 11

    WINTER LECTURE SERIES: Stuart Emmett ‘The Tudor Tin Mine’

    11/11/2015 @ 14:00 - 15:30
    Morrab Library

    Free admission - donations gratefully received. Refreshments will be available after the lecture.

  • January 2016

  • Wed 13

    WINTER LECTURE SERIES: John Potter Film

    13/01/2016 @ 14:00 - 15:30
    Morrab Library

    Free admission - donations gratefully received. Refreshments will be available after the lecture.

  • February 2016

  • Wed 10

    WINTER LECTURE SERIES: Professor Brown – Lindisfarne, Kells, Bodmin. The Great Gospels of Medieval Britain

    10/02/2016 @ 14:00 - 15:30
    Morrab Library

    Free admission - donations gratefully received. Refreshments will be available after the lecture.

  • March 2016

  • Wed 9

    Update – WINTER LECTURE SERIES: Professor John Dancy, The Normandy Campaign and the Legion D’Honneur

    09/03/2016 @ 14:00 - 15:30
    Morrab Library

    WINTER LECTURE SERIES UPDATE - The scheduled talk from Dan Garside on Africa & Books has been cancelled. Alternatively, Professor John Dancy will be giving a talk on The Normandy Campaign and the Legion D'Honneur. Free admission - donations gratefully received. Refreshments will be available after the lecture.

  • October 2016

  • Wed 12

    Shanti Baba: Richard Burton

    12/10/2016 @ 14:00
    Morrab Library

    Part of our free winter lecture series.

    Free
  • November 2016

  • Wed 9

    John Potter: Newlyn Pilchard Industry

    09/11/2016 @ 14:00
    Morrab Library

    Part of our free winter lecture series. Open to all.

    Free
  • January 2017

  • Wed 11

    Mike Sagar-Fenton: Penzance

    11/01/2017 @ 14:00
    Morrab Library

    Part of our free winter lecture series. Open to all.

    Free
  • February 2017

  • Wed 8

    Mike Sagar-Fenton: Penzance

    08/02/2017 @ 14:00
    Morrab Library

    Part of our free winter lecture series. Open to all.    

    Free
  • March 2017

  • Wed 8

    Martin Brockman: Torrey Canyon

    08/03/2017 @ 14:00
    Morrab Library

    Part of our free winter lecture series. Open to all.    

    Free
  • September 2017

  • Wed 13

    Tim Brown: Those Magnificent Ladies

    13/09/2017 @ 14:00 - 15:00
    Morrab Library

    An illustrated talk on early female aviators.

    Free
  • October 2017

  • Wed 11

    Jane Sand: Thomas Traherne & the Vision of Childhood

    11/10/2017 @ 14:00 - 15:00
    Morrab Library
    Free
  • November 2017

  • Wed 8

    John Trigg: African carvings

    08/11/2017 @ 14:00 - 15:00
    Morrab Library

    Artist John Trigg on African masks & figures.

    Free
  • January 2018

  • Wed 10

    John Potter: Beekeeping in the St Just area

    10/01/2018 @ 14:00 - 15:00
    Morrab Library

    Life of the honeybee, food sources, inside the hive, the honey harvest.

    Free
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Our Photo Archive intern Sam is back with his next Our Photo Archive intern Sam is back with his next blog about our collections. “Penzance Then and Now” explores the town’s history using images from the photo archive and some contemporary images taken for comparison. In this blog, Sam shows us a range of photos that show the history of Market Jew Street and Chapel Street. Link in bio.

#Penzance #ExploreYourArchive #HistoricPhotos #PhotoArchive ##LovePenzance
As well as holding the original map, we have a hig As well as holding the original map, we have a high quality reproduction of the 1841 map of the Borough of Penzance for sale at the library. 

The map shows how the modern borough boundary was drawn with a compass, as a semi circle, with no connection at all to existing ancient field boundaries.

You can purchase a copy for just £20 from the front desk.

#Library #maps #penzance #cornwall #PenzanceMap
For our Photo Friday Holidays theme today, a popul For our Photo Friday Holidays theme today, a popular spot for tourists and Penzance locals - the Jubilee Pool!

A quick dip and then an ice-cream sounds like the perfect thing to enjoy on your holiday checklist.

Here we have a postcard with a view of the pool, postmarked 15 Aug 1954.

#Library #exploreyourarchive #photoarchive #Penzance #Cornwall #Swimming #holiday #JubileePool #LovePenzance #PhotoArchive
Stuff of legends - Piskies, giants, mermaids, wiza Stuff of legends - Piskies, giants, mermaids, wizards and more! Have you been to see the mythical exhibit at @cornwall_museum yet? Some of our Hilda Quick collection is on display and the whole gallery looks incredible!

Drop into the library to see some of the designs we chose for our cards, including the ‘Happy Housewife’ series, or check the link in our bio.

#Library #Cornwall #exhibition #postcard #HildaQuick #artist
Will you be joining us on Friday for our free tour Will you be joining us on Friday for our free tour? Find out about the beautiful building we call home, the Library's history in Penzance and more!

Just drop in to the library to join this free guided tour - Friday 12th June.

#Library #librarytour #Loveyourlibrary #LovePenzance
With #Golowan starting this month - one of our fav With #Golowan starting this month - one of our favourite festive times in Penzance- we thought we would explore our collections for some information on its origins. William #Borlase, in his 1754 book, ‘Antiquities, Historical and Monumental, of the County of Cornwall’, describes some of the festivities back then:

“In Cornwall, the Festival Fires, call’d Bonfires, are kindled on the Eve of St. John the Baptist, and St. Peter’s Day, and Midsummer is thence, in the Cornish tongue, call’d Goluan, which signifies both Light, and Rejoicing. At these Fires the Cornish attend with lighted torches, tarr’d and pitch’d at the end, and make perambulations round their Fires, and go from village to village carrying  their torches before them.” 

 @go_all_in_2026
#NationalYearOfReading2026 #WilliamBorlase #Penzance
Volunteer’s Week is drawing to a close, and while Volunteer’s Week is drawing to a close, and while our 72 volunteers may be a little camera-shy, we cannot sing their praises from the rooftops highly enough!

Without them, putting it bluntly, there would be no Morrab Library. They bring the hard work, commitment, and joy to our special place.

An enormous thank you to each and every one of you!

#VolunteersWeek #Volunteering #Thankyou #SupportYourLibrary #GivingBack
With the start of Summer, our Photo Fridays theme With the start of Summer, our Photo Fridays theme for June is Holidays!

Here's the Watergate Bay Hotel near Newquay. 

Opening in 1900, the hotel was originally built in anticipation of a new railway that never happened. After serving as an RAF officers' mess in WWII, it was purchased by the Ashworth family in 1967. 

Has anyone ever stayed here?

Photo Archive Identifier: AEJ.140

#Library #exploreyourarchive #photoarchive #Newquay #Cornwall #hotel #holiday #WatergateBay #Summer #Seaside
On the 18th March, we welcomed Tom Greeves as he d On the 18th March, we welcomed Tom Greeves as he delivered a fascinating talk about Dartmoor poet and playwright, Mark Beeson.

You can find the talk recording on our link in bio.

#Library #lecture #librarytalk
#books #dartmoor #MarkBeeson
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