What’s on in Dringhouses: Remembering wartime in Dringhouses

Dringhouses Library :

Tue 15 Nov :

7.00pm – 8.30pm :

£6 (£5 with Yorkcard)

Nov 15Wartime DringhousesJoin the Friends of Dringhouses Library for an evening all about Dringhouses during the wars.

From Zeppelin raids to rationing, local men lost and those who returned, Dringhouses has been involved in both World Wars.

Read extracts from the school log book during the war years, hear from the local history group, look at original material from the Explore Archives, listen to some wartime classics, and join us for some (definitely not-rationed!) wartime recipe food.

Tickets can be booked

In person: call in at Dringhouses Library
By phone: 01904 552674
Email: dringhouses@exploreyork.org.uk

What’s on: Christmas in Narnia

Date: Thu 10 Dec
Time: 4.00pm – 5.30pm
VeNarnianue: Explore Haxby Library
Cost: £3

Through the magical wardrobe for a winter event based on Narnia.

Come through the wardrobe for a winter event with crafts and games in the magical world of Narnia.

Ages 5 – 12, booking essential , please contact Haxby on 01904 552660 or email haxby@exploreyork.org.uk for more information.

Libraries in York have a successful year

As we reported last week, Acomb Library attracted record numbers of users last year.

However a report from the mutual company now responsible for running the City, suggest a more varied picture in some areas.

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The reports says,

“In both visits and issues libraries are performing differently. Overall both are showing a decline – but that masks a more complex picture.

Some of our smaller libraries are doing well.

When we look at visits we can see that Acomb is up 14% and Huntington up 20%.

Others are not performing as well, for instance Fulford down 28% and Strensall down 22%.

Look at book issues and Fulford are 17% up and Haxby is 14% up. Down are Acomb 19% and Poppleton at 27%.”

Toy Library a big success

“The Toy Library was launched in May and has been a resounding success. York, Clifton and Acomb have the most borrowed toys, but most libraries are now issuing them. Since the launch we have issued 267 toys.

We make a small charge of 50p per toy so have collected £133.50 which goes back into the collection and we are looking for additional ways to fund adding new toys to the collection”.
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Happenings in library land for the younger generation

Start your baby’s family tree

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Tue 9 June : York Explore
Thur 11 June : Tang Hall Library

Pop along to one of our Baby Days to find out how to start your baby’s family tree.

Booking not necessary. For more information contact allison.freeman@exploreyork.org.uk

Map attack with Lego

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York Explore Library

Sat 13 June 10.00am – 4.00pm
Sun 14 June 11.00am – 3.00pm
Sat 20 June 10.00am – 4.00pm
Sun 21 June 11.00 – 3.00pm

Come along and get creative with Lego to make buildings, scenes and sculptures inspired by maps and photographs which tell stories of our city’s past.

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Tue 16 June 3.30pm – 4.30pm
Strensall Library

The Green Watch are bringing their engine to Strensall Library so you can see what they do and have a good look at their big red fire engine.

No booking needed, all ages welcome, please contact Sarah at Strensall Library on 01904 552677 for more information.

Coffee, chat and community

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Mon 22 June and every third Monday after.
Dringhouses Library

Join us at the All Seasons Cafe for delicious cakes, drinks, chat and fun. Book chat, games, and the chance to meet other people from the local community. Come alone or bring a friend.

Totally informal, everyone welcome. We don’t set a charge, but suggest a donation of around £2.

For more information contact Lucy on 01904 552674, or email dringhouses@exploreyork.org.uk

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Coffee and chat at Dringhouses Library on 22nd June plus events at other venues

Start your baby’s family tree

Tue 9 June : York Explore
Thur 11 June : Tang Hall Library

 

Pop along to one of our Baby Days to find out how to start your baby’s family tree.

Booking not necessary. For more information contactallison.freeman@exploreyork.org.uk

Map attack with Lego

York Explore Library

Sat 13 June 10.00am – 4.00pm
Sun 14 June 11.00am – 3.00pm
Sat 20 June 10.00am – 4.00pm
Sun 21 June 11.00 – 3.00pm

Come along and get creative with Lego to make buildings, scenes and sculptures inspired by maps and photographs which tell stories of our city’s past.

Booking not essential, for more information please contactAllison.freeman@exploreyork.org.uk  

Green watch and their fire engine!

Tue 16 June 3.30pm – 4.30pm
Strensall Library

The Green Watch are bringing their engine to Strensall Library so you can see what they do and have a good look at their big red fire engine.

No booking needed, all ages welcome, please contact Sarah at Strensall Library on 01904 552677 for more information.

Coffee, chat and community

Mon 22 June and every third Monday after.
Dringhouses Library

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Join us at the All Seasons Cafe for delicious cakes, drinks, chat and fun. Book chat, games, and the chance to meet other people from the local community. Come alone or bring a friend.

Totally informal, everyone welcome. We don’t set a charge, but suggest a donation of around £2.

For more information contact Lucy on 01904 552674, or email dringhouses@exploreyork.org.uk

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Help celebrate Dringhouses’ 150 Festival

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Residents are invited to help celebrate a special birthday!

Dringhouses Library on Tadcaster Road is over 150 years old. First a Victorian school, the building became a library during World War Two in 1942.

Throughout July, the library will be commemorating the building’s role in the life of the people of Dringhouses for the last century and a half. Although it was built in 1852, the school and its teachers were legally required in 1863 to keep a daily log of pupils and teaching and so 150 years of records began then.

Some 80 years later in 1942, Colonel George Wilkinson left the building to the council, with the instructions: ‘The premises to be used as a public library or for such other public purpose for the benefit of the citizens of York, in particular the inhabitants of Dringhouses.’

The building, its history and current use will be celebrated as a place of community and learning through theatre, music, lectures, author talks and more.

 The festival begins on Thursday 10 July with a play specially-commissioned by the library from Ellen Stevens, a recent theatre graduate of the University of York. In it, local actors and pupils from the current Dringhouses Primary School play the parts of their nineteenth-century counterparts in a piece of community theatre not to be missed!

 Other festival events include a chamber music concert by group Bellissime of popular Victorian music, a local history group talk about the library, a talk by Big City Read author Tom Harper and lots more. The Dringhouses 150 Celebration Party on 9 August from 2-3:30pm draws events to a close, before the next 150 years begin!

This festival supports York Explore Libraries and Archives’ vision of enabling people to live fuller, more connected and engaged lives by celebrating the history, future and community of Dringhouses Library.

Fiona Williams, Chief Executive of Explore York Libraries and Archives, said: “Dringhouses Library is one of our most popular libraries and it is exciting to be celebrating how the building has been at the heart of its community for so long. Here’s to the next 150 years!”

For more information and to book places on the events please visit www.yortime.org.uk or call Dringhouses Library on 01904 552674 or visitwww.exploreyork.org.uk for the festival timetable.