York Explore Library
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Thu 11 Oct :
2.00pm – 4.00pm :Free
This is not a bereavement group, but a chance to speak freely about any aspects of death or dying whether good or not quite so good.
We hope, between us, to answer questions and help the discussion around what we would like at the end – before the end. Thinking about the inevitable in advance ensures good preparation for us and our families, and better choices to suit our individual needs.
York Explore Library :
Thu 11 Oct :
6.30pm – 7.45pm :
£7.50
York Explore is delighted to be welcoming acclaimed novelist Salley Vickers to talk about her latest novel, The Librarian.
Sally’s first novel, Miss Garnet’s Angel was a word of mouth success and is a favourite with readers’ groups. It is wonderful that this event is taking place during National Libraries Week as Salley’s new book celebrates the power of libraries and librarians to change lives.
Sylvia Blackwell, a young woman in her twenties, moves to East Mole, a quaint market town in middle England, to start a new job as a children’s librarian. But the apparently pleasant town is not all it seems. Sylvia falls in love with an older man – but it’s her connection to his precocious young daughter and her neighbours’ son which will change her life and put them, the library and her job under threat.
How does the library alter the young children’s lives and how do the children fare as a result of the books Sylvia introduces them to?
Author’s Biography:
Salley Vickers is the author of many acclaimed novels including the best-selling Miss Garnet’s Angel, Mr Golightly’s Holiday, The Other Side of You and The Cleaner of Chartres (Viking 2012) and two short story collections, the latest The Boy Who Could See Death (Viking 2015). She has worked as a cleaner, a dancer, a teacher of children with special needs, a university lecturer and a psychoanalyst. She now writes and lectures full time.
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Children’s ball games facility threatened
Not often that we agree with the Daily Mail and government Ministers but they’ve got this right.
Communities need open spaces, outdoor sports facilities, green parks and amenity areas.
The York Council has a lamentable recent record in the Westfield area at least.
….and that in the ward with the largest proportion of obese children in the City and the lowest life expectancy.
13 Dec and 14 Dec 18
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Nave
£15 – £30
York Minster’s popular Christmas Carol Concerts take place on Thursday 13 and Friday 14 December and offer the perfect start to the festive season.
Book tickets in the Nave for both concerts HERE (£30,£25, allocated) or by selecting BOOK above.
For Nave Aisle seats (£15, unallocated) click HERE
The concerts feature the York Minster Choir performing a mixture of classical and popular Christmas music, with the chance for the audience to join in with Christmas carols.
The concerts take place in the Minster’s awe-inspiring Nave and include special seasonal readings by celebrity guests.
Tickets are priced at £30, £25 and £15 and are available online, by telephoning 01904 557256 or in person from York Minster’s welcome desks.
Land near Acomb Library which could be improved.
York planning Councillors decided yesterday to permit the development of the Acomb Bowling Club
The applicants claimed that there were no longer enough people interested in bowling in York to sustain the green.
Ironically the Planning sub committee then went on the insist that the developers pay the York RI bowling club £20,000 to expand their greens. Why such an expansion should be necessary when many bowling clubs already have spare membership places remains a mystery.
The RI site is a mile away from Front Street and lies in the Holgate ward,. The opportunity to invest the £20,000 from the S106 contribution in green space in the Westfield ward has been lost.
Planning Councillors should have insisted that the payment be retained and earmarked for the improvement of the old allotments site (behind the Library car park) which would at least have secured the future of some green space in the Front Street area.
Council officials have also claimed that no discussions about the expansion of the library (onto the Council owned land nearby) have taken place “since it was acquired in 2008”. Ten years ago officials in the council’s estates department were instructed to acquire the bowling green and the allotments site at the same time. They failed to do so and the bowling club limped on for a few more years.
The Bowling Club trustees have yet tor reveal what will happen to the substantial receipt they will receive from the sale of the green.
Westfield residents will now get the worst of all worlds. A sports facility is being lost. Another green space is being built on, an opportunity to provide a small “pocket” park has gone and the need for an expanded library – incorporating a “one stop shop” – seems further away than ever.
Another bad day for west York
Join us for a weekend of FREE activities celebrating community, culture & creativity!
Lots of arts and craft type activities for both children and adults to get take part in.
Mine Craft, Chess, Science Experiments, Slime Making, Baby Sing and Sign, Crafts, Dancing, Music and much more!
For more information please visit our website.
The Minster School :
Sat 6 Oct :
10.00am – 12.00pm :
Free
As part of The Minster School open morning we are offering two free stay and play sessions for children aged between two and four in our Early Years setting.
Session 1 is from 10.00am – 10.45am
Session 2 is from 11.00am – 11.45am
Session should be pre-bookded either by phoning the school office on (01904) 557230 or by email to school@yorkminster.org.
Acomb Explore Library :
Fri 5 Oct :
10.00am – 2.00pm :
Free
Pop in to Acomb Explore Library to see a selection of the city’s original First World War archives.
Don’t miss this rare chance to see ‘Chocolate Letters’ sent from York soldiers to the Lord Mayor and Sherriff after Christmas 1914, photographs of air raid damage and more in your locality.
For more information please call the library on (01904) 552651 or acomb@exploreyork.org.uk.
Acomb Explore Library :
Fri 5 Oct :
10.00am – 2.00pm :
Free
To mark the 100 year anniversary of the end of WW1 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in York and volunteer Family History Researchers have agreed to help anyone in York to find a WW1 ancestor.
Take this opportunity to drop in and meet one of our Family History Researchers and join us and the city in lifting the shadow of the First World War.
For more information please call the library on (01904) 552651 or acomb@exploreyork.org.uk.
There is a whole programme of events to celebrate WW1 Commemorations in York please download to see what is happening around York
