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Concerteenies Half-Term Concert

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Monday 25 October at 10.30 in the children’s library

Join us for a Concerteenies musical story with professional musicians Polly Ives (narrator) and Louise Thomson especially for 0-7 year olds.
They will perform a new musical version of the book ‘Mixed’ based on the original book written and illustrated by Arree Chung and published by Macmillan Publishing Group. The music is composed by Paul Rissmann as part of a new commissions project by Concerteenies thanks to an Arts Council England grant in 2021. You can buy the book and explore the full resources at home and at school here: https://www.concerteenies.com/resources

The reds, the yellows, and the blues all think they’re the best in this vibrant, thought-provoking picture book from Arree Chung, with a message of acceptance and unity.

In the beginning, there were three colours… Reds, Yellows and Blues. All special in their own ways, all living in harmony–until one day, a Red says Reds are the best! and starts a color kerfuffle. When the colors decide to separate, is there anything that can change their minds? A Yellow, a Blue, and a never-before-seen color might just save the day in this inspiring book about color, tolerance, and embracing differences.

We are offering this free of charge but we’ll be limiting numbers and advance booking is essential. Visit our booking page here.

C19 Books

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Helping children understand the C19 pandemic

If you find it hard to explain to your little ones about the current pandemic, we have some books available to borrow that are specifically designed to help you. You can easily get your hands on them either using our click&collect service (using this link) or by visiting us while we’re open for browsing.

Staying Safe Online

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Tuesday 18 October at 7.30 with Dr. Chris Brown

Are you worried about scams, phishing and viruses when you’re on-line? Join Chris in the library and learn how to recognise bogus emails, texts and phone calls, and what not to do when you get one. Pro-actively keep your computer secure and manage your passwords safely. Doors open 7.00pm, talk starts at 7.30. 

This is a free event and there is no need to book.

This event is part of the national Get Online Week organised by the Good Things Foundation

Always Friends, Always Together

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Friday 21 May 7.30pm: Free zoom talk with Sylvia Dunkley

‘Always Friends, Always Together’: The Story of the Links between Sheffield and Bapaume

Following the first day of the Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916 when so many men from the Sheffield Pals Battalion were lost, in 1920 Sheffield ‘adopted’ the nearby French town of Bapaume. The waxing and waning of the relationship between this small agricultural town and the city of Sheffield over the hundred years since then make an unusual story, one that continues to this day.

Join Sylvia in this free zoom talk using this link. Meeting room opens 7.15, talk starts at 7.30.

Bookstart Baby Bags

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Bookstart Baby Bags. Supported by Book Trust, and containing two board books, simple finger puppets and a parental guide, these packs are designed to help families get started on reading to their babies. If you have not received your bag from your health visitor, you can collect yours from us. (pick them up during click & collect)

Ancient Suburbs of Sheffield

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7.30pm Friday 26 Feb: A free evening zoom talk "Ancient Suburbs of Sheffield"

  • Did you know that Salmon were to be found in the 17c. river Don in one ancient suburb?
  • … or that one of the country’s largest cricket grounds in the 19th c. was to be found in another ancient suburb of Sheffield (later to be centre of heavy industry.)
  • … or that Fulwood in 1666 (Year of the great plague) contained spa waters where people were sent “to take the waters.”
  • … or that another suburb to the south contained the first reservoirs in Sheffield to provide drinking water instead of the ancient wells.

It would be too unwieldy to look at all of Sheffield’s ancient suburbs but in this talk we concentrate on some of the oldest dating back as far as the Domesday book (1086). A fascinating insight into some household names such as Attercliffe, Darnall, Heeley, Fulwood, Crookes and more.

Join David  as we step back in time to find out the origins of some of Sheffield’s ancient suburbs. Not to be missed.

You can join the meeting using this link. Meeting room opens at 7.15. Talk starts at 7.30