Category: Wenvoe Community Library
Sharing New Experiences
SHARING NEW EXPERIENCES Sylvia Harvey The Rose Playhouse, Bankside The Rose Theatre, built in 1587, was the first Elizabethan Theatre on Bankside and was where Shakespeare learned his craft. I went there to a production of Twelfth Night, as a musical and set on a cruise liner. You are pre-warned there is no heating and no toilets. On […]
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Limerick competition. Congratulations to Ian Moody who won a bottle of Prosecco for winning this year’s Limerick competition. A pig with plenty of zeal With friends was caught trying to steal While questioned at length He mustered his strength And refused to admit or to squeal. Trips We have two trips planned so […]
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‘Meet The Author’ Evening In The Wenvoe Arms. ‘Motorway Madness’ Our thanks to Ian Pate and The Friends of Wenvoe Library for organising another excellent ‘Meet the Author’ evening in the Wenvoe Arms. The topic ‘Motorway Madness’ might not have initially sparked your interest, but through photographs, expert knowledge and an array of personal anecdotes, Ian ensured that we had […]
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Limerick Day Win a bottle of Prosecco and help celebrate Edward Lear’s birthday by writing a short, humorous, nonsense poem. Within a Limerick, there are five lines; the first two lines rhyme with the fifth line, with the third and fourth lines rhyming together. Please drop off your entries in the library. The winning entry will be decided on Saturday […]
» Read moreFor The Love Of Libraries’
‘FOR THE LOVE OF LIBRARIES’ THE BRITISH LIBRARY, SUNDAY 10 MARCH Faced with the threat of closure, it was the ‘Love of Libraries’ that underpinned the decision by members of our community to create the Wenvoe Community Library. Now, three years later, this group of volunteers are looking forward to the opening of the new library early in 2020 in […]
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Upcoming Events
Meet the Author: Ian Pate talks about ‘Motorway Madness’. See page 12 for details. National Limerick Day: May 12th. Win a bottle of Prosecco and help celebrate Edward Lear’s birthday by writing a short, humorous, nonsense poem. Within a Limerick, there are five lines; the first two lines rhyme with the fifth line, and the third and fourth lines […]
» Read moreRon Jones’ story ‘The Auschwitz Goalkeeper’.
Those of us who gathered to hear the harrowing accounts of Ron Jones’ experience during World War II, would agree, that it was a privilege. This gentle man and natural story teller had seen and suffered things that no person should ever experience when he was taken Prisoner of War in January 1942 and kept in Auschwitz for two years. […]
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WENVOE COMMUNITY LIBRARY Tel: 02920 594176 – during opening hours or wenvoelibrary@outlook.com Like and follow us on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/WenvoeCommunityLibrary Meet the Author – Ron Jones This was the Library’s first Meet the Author talk. Ron Jones who will be 102 in April, spoke about his war-time experiences as a POW with us. Full report on page 12 Look out […]
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