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  • 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.

  • Fri 16

    FREE LIBRARY TOUR

    16/10/2015 @ 14:00 - 15:00
    Morrab Library
  • Fri 30

    FREE LIBRARY TOUR

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

  • Fri 6

    CANCELLED: FREE LIBRARY TOUR

    06/11/2015 @ 14:00 - 15:00
    Morrab Library

    Apologies but today's Library tour has been cancelled.

  • Tue 10

    Volunteers Meeting

    10/11/2015 @ 10:30 - 11:30
    Morrab Library

    Morrab Library volunteers are invited to join Mary Ellery for coffee and biscuits as a small thank you.

  • Tue 10

    Volunteers Meeting

    10/11/2015 @ 10:30 - 11:30
    Morrab Library

    Morrab Library volunteers are invited to join Mary Ellery for coffee and biscuits as a small thank you.

  • 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.

  • Fri 13

    FREE LIBRARY TOUR

    13/11/2015 @ 14:00 - 15:00
    Morrab Library
  • Sat 14

    Craft Fair

    14/11/2015 @ 10:00 - 14:00
    Morrab Library
  • Fri 27

    FREE LIBRARY TOUR

    27/11/2015 @ 14:00 - 15:00
    Morrab Library
  • December 2015

  • Sat 12

    Christmas Party

    12/12/2015 @ 10:00 - 13:00
    Morrab Library

    Members are invited to celebrate the festive season at the Morrab with a glass of something warming and some tasty festive fare

  • Wed 23

    Christmas Closing

    23/12/2015
    Morrab Library

    The Library will close for the Christmas period today at 4pm and re-open on Tuesday 5th January 2016 at 10am. Wishing you all a very merry Christmas and a happy new year!

  • Fri 25

    LIBRARY CLOSED

    25/12/2015
    Morrab Library

    Library closed for the festive period, re-opening Tuesday 5th January

  • January 2016

  • Tue 5

    LIBRARY RE-OPENS

    05/01/2016
    Morrab Library

    Happy new year! The Library will be open again as usual from 10am today.

  • Fri 8

    FREE LIBRARY TOUR

    08/01/2016 @ 14:00 - 15:00
    Morrab Library

    Join Linda for a free tour of the library

    Free
  • 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

  • Mon 7

    AGM

    07/03/2016 @ 14:00 - 15:00
    The Queens Hotel The Promenade, Penzance

    2pm at The Queens Hotel, Penzance

  • 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.

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Have you seen our lovely tote bags out in the wild Have you seen our lovely tote bags out in the wild? The beautiful image of the library on our bags was designed by our very own library assistant, Harriet-Jade Harrow. @harrietjadeharrow 

Bags cost £10 each, and proceeds go to the care and maintenance of our library and its important and special collections. 

#gift #cornwall #library #totebag #librarybag #originaldesign
Local bookshop Barton Books is a great supporter o Local bookshop Barton Books is a great supporter of Morrab Library. If you've visited the shop up on Causewayhead you may have noticed its latest window display, featuring the books of Derek and Jennie Tangye and two images from the library's Photographic Archive - one of their daffodil field facing the Atlantic Ocean, and Derek with his pet donkeys.

As well as more images, the library holds personal archives and books about the Tangyes and their life in Cornwall. Get in touch to find out more.

#Tangye #SupportLocal #IndieBookshops #LovePZ #LibraryCollaboration
With Spring starting to brighten our days, our Pho With Spring starting to brighten our days, our Photo Friday theme for April is the gardens of Cornwall!

Here’s a view of Victoria Gardens in Falmouth. 

Note the black swan on the lake in the foreground.

Photo Archive Identifier: PARK 20HG 011

#Library #exploreyourarchive #photoarchive #falmouth #Cornwall #garden #CornishGardens #Spring
Have you been to see @cornwall_museum and their ne Have you been to see @cornwall_museum and their newest exhibition, Cornish Myths and Legends yet? We are excited to see lots of our Hilda Quick collection on display.

We are so lucky to hold a large archive of the remarkable Cornish artist, illustrator, wood-engraver and ornithologist’s work at the Library. 

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

It’s a truly enchanting exhibit so do go visit!

#Library #Cornwall #gift #postcard #HildaQuick #artist
A reminder that there will be no Library tour this A reminder that there will be no Library tour this Friday (3rd April) as we are closed for the Easter break.

#Library #Cornwall #LibraryTour
The Library will be closed on Friday and Saturday The Library will be closed on Friday and Saturday (3rd and 4th April), and will reopen as usual on Tuesday 7th April. 

There will be no tour of the Library on Friday 3rd.

We wish you all a very happy Easter break.

Here we have a picture of an egg and spoon race from our Alfred Edmund Julian Collection.

Photo Archive Identifier: AEJ.163

#Library #exploreyourarchive #photoarchive #Easter
Don’t forget that tomorrow the clocks leap forward Don’t forget that tomorrow the clocks leap forward! We also have our Internet and phones back online! Thank you for your patience.

Here’s Richard Angove at the test bench at Cable & Wireless doing regular maintenance work on a synchroniser. Drive relays are shown behind two clock controls at the top left of the photograph. The bottom of the clock can be seen between them.

Photo Archive Identifier:COMM 8.012

#Library #exploreyourarchive #photoarchive #Spring #Springforward
The fourth in our Women's History month highlights The fourth in our Women's History month highlights for Photo Friday is of sculptor, Barbara Hepworth, pictured here in her studio in 1964. The image was captured by Serena Wadham, whose photographic archive we hold.

Drop in to the library to borrow books about Barbara Hepworth's work from our Cornish collection in the Jenner room.

Photo Archive Identifier: SWA.249

#Library #exploreyourarchive #photoarchive #Sculpture #BarbaraHepworth #Serena Wadham #womenshistorymonth
Artist and library member John Trigg has donated h Artist and library member John Trigg has donated his collection of drawing books spanning over 40 years, creating a special archive of his beautiful and inspiring art. 

Not only is he still adding to the collection, but he has given us permission to sell a selection of his works to raise valuable funds for the library. You can choose a high quality print from one of twelve beautiful images.

Take a look at the prints on link in bio.

#Library #artist #localartist #cornwallartist #JohnTrigg #ExploreYourArchive
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