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One of our Assistant Librarians, Harriet, borrowed

One of our Assistant Librarians, Harriet, borrowed this book & took it down to Battery Rocks to read more about these fascinating, mesmerising and slightly scary sea creatures.

Where have you been reading your Morrab Library books this summer? We'd love to see photos of our library books out in the wild - share a photo of your current read on your summer travels and tag us if you like!

#summerreading #librarybooksinthewild
#librarybooks

Here's another postcard from our #photoarchive for

Here's another postcard from our #photoarchive for you this #PhotoFriday.

This one is postmarked Camborne Nov 30, 1906 and is addressed to Miss B Turner. The transcript of the message reads:

"Dear Miss Turner, Will you oblidge (sic) me by making my blouse by Thursday next as I am thinking of going away and what I have the colours won't match what I want to wear with it, by so doing you will oblidge (sic).- A Hill"

While the photo is captioned "Fresh Pilchards" the woman pictured is Lizzie Boyne, who was a resident of Mousehole, selling mackerel. Our photo archive records show that this information was given to Richard Angove in the 1950s by an elderly Mousehole resident who was then 90 years old. He remembered that Lizzie and her donkey were well-known in the district at the time.

You can search for other photos and postcards on our Photo Archive website (link in bio).
ses #postcards #postcardhistory #mousehole #historicmousehole #ExploreYourArchive

Just suppose ...that the thing you love most about

Just suppose ...that the thing you love most about Penwith was about to disappear. What would you do?

We have a lovely creative writing workshop coming up on Tuesday 23rd August for 8 - 14 year olds, lead by children's author Bridget Crowley

In this workshop for 8-14 year olds, Bridget will use artefacts and books in the Morrab Library to spark off ideas for creative writing that will light up a brighter future for Penwith. We'll also spend some time outside in Morrab Gardens, taking inspiration from the rare plants in the gardens. There will be writing games, chanting, plenty of ideas for the budding writer (and cake too!)

The pieces created at the workshop will then be included in our Penwith Futures Book.

Find out more on our website - link in bio!

#penwithfuturesbook #sustainablepz #penwith #creativewriting #libraryevents #writingworkshops #greenerfutures #kidscreativewriting

"In fact, may you be dull — If that is what a sk

"In fact, may you be dull —
If that is what a skilled,
Vigilant, flexible,
Unemphasised, enthralled
Catching of happiness is called."

from 'Born Yesterday' by Philip Larkin. Poet and librarian Philip Larkin was born yesterday, 100 years ago! Pop in to our Poetry Room to borrow collections of his poetry or perhaps this sunny covered copy of the 'Collected Writing of Philip Larkin' by Clive James.

#otd #onthisday #philiplarkin #poetbirthday #bornyesterday

Our main website is up and running again - hurrah!

Our main website is up and running again - hurrah! But on the downside our #photoarchive website is not working. Please bear with us while we fix it and apologies for any inconvenience caused!

The lovely author @sarajmacdonald popped in to see

The lovely author @sarajmacdonald popped in to see us with a signed copy of her book ‘The Long Road from Kandahar’ which she has kindly donated to our fiction collection. You will be able to borrow this moving tale of friendship across continents from the library very soon

#newfiction #TheLongRoadfromKandahar

As it is holiday season, we thought we would share

As it is holiday season, we thought we would share postcards from our #photoarchive with you every #photofriday in August. This enormous tree is the Major Oak Tree in Sherwood Forest which grew near Edwinstowe, the village where reputedly Robin Hood married Maid Marion. The tree was hollow inside with enough room for a small group of people to stand comfortably within it.

#exploreyourarchive #postcardphotography #majoroak #oaktree

Lots of little froglets and toadlers enjoyed an un

Lots of little froglets and toadlers enjoyed an unfrogettable 'Super Summer Storytime' with Jak this morning.

There were lily pads to sit on, cupcakes to decorate with eyes and sticky green icing, and we all had fun making play-doh frogs, inspired by the story 'Two Frogs'.

There was chocolate cake for the grown-ups (and librarians) too!

We have another storytime planned for 18th August and we'll share the details here soon.

#superstorytime #storytime #libraries #lovelibraries #childrensbooks #picturebooks

Join us tomorrow (Thurs 4th) for another tabletop

Join us tomorrow (Thurs 4th) for another tabletop book sale in the carpark outside Morrab Library from 11-1.

Choose your next summer read from a selection of second-hand fiction & non-fiction books. We can take cash or card payments.

We hope to see you there!

#booksale #secondhandbooks #librarybooksale #summerreading

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