Petticoat Government – the story of the York Home for Nurses

Dringhouses Library

October 21st @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

 £5

Join author Rosemary Cook for an introduction to her book ‘Petticoat Government’, which tells the remarkable story of York’s unique nursing history.

Rosemary Cook, former Director of the Queen’s Nursing Institute, talks about her new book ‘Petticoat Government’, based on original local research. The York Home for Nurses was run by Anglican religious sisters, funded by local people, and governed by a council of famous York names. Dealing with epidemics and floods as well as medicine and surgery, the Home eventually became the Purey Cust Nursing Home.

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What’s on in York: Writing Matters – a creative writing workshop led by Pauline Kirk

Dringhouses Library

October 14th @ 3:15 pm – 4:30 pm

 £3

Join author Pauline Kirk for a fun, accessible writing workshop. The workshop will give you lots of ideas to work on afterwards, as well useful tips during the session.

Join a friendly group, open to new and established writers whether writing in poetry or prose. Pauline is a well known local author, poet and novelist. Her workshop will give you lots of ideas to work on afterwards, as well useful tips during the session.

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What’s on in York: Peacetime Dringhouses

Oct _20Tea - Yortime

Dringhouses Library :

Tue 13 Nov :

6.00pm – 8.00pm :

£5

Join the Friends of Dringhouses Library for a celebration of the end of the Great War in York, and the Dringhouses area in particular.

Sample wartime treats, see how you’d look in wartime dress, and get stuck into some fascinating local history.

Book through any Explore York Library or by Telephone (01904) 552674

What’s on in York: Haunted Dringhouses!

Oct _30Haunted

Dringhouses Library :

Tue 30 Oct :

6.00pm – 7.30pm :

£2

Dringhouses Library after dark is a different place: ghosts fly through the rafters, witches make potions in the children’s section, skeletons read the crime books, and monsters lurk by the computers.

Enter if you dare!

This haunted library will be suitable for children aged 4-10 years, no scares too big, just spooky fun and Halloween crafts as you explore the library at night.

To book tickets please click here.