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Friday library snapshot …
As a continuation of Wednesday’s post about the Brazilwood trees; I did find the book referred in A passion for trees ; a legacy of John Evelyn by Maggie Campbell-Culver; Sylva ; a discourse of...
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Friday’s Library Snapshot
These images come from Edmund Dulac’s picture-book for the French Red Cross. They are among 19 colour plates by Edmund Dulac and there a photograph of the artist bt E.O. Hoppe. The book is a...
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Friday’s library snapshot …
Armed with a magnifying glass and new found knowledge along the shelves I found another item with a monogram; this time a tiny ‘h’ (seen in the first image bottom right) the signature of William...
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Friday’s Snapshot from the Library at Special Collections
This week we marked the completion of another task in Special Collections; not too much of a celebration more a sigh of relief. Not that this was a an arduous task, far from it it was quite pleasant;...
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Wednesday in memory of brave Mother …
As you know a I have small collection of Cordels and this week my daughter bought a couple more to add to the collection. One, I will treasure, it is the true story of Claudia De Silva Ferreira a...
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Friday snapshot …
At a social media meeting,this week at work we discussed the copyright issues involved when posting images on blogs and twitter from our archives, museum and library. I was blissfully unaware that in...
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A good read …
I enjoy reading and trust a book, to answer a question in my complicated life. It may be merely a recipe book, spiritual guidance, a novel, for technical help, or just something to make me laugh....
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Be a tree ….
Today I am going to my local arts centre where we have a monthly book club. Each month we meet, drink tea and eat cake while we look at books. Books that we each bring in and to share for no...
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A promise …
After a concerted effort over the last 10 days decluttering and culling my many bookcases I have made myself a promise. Since beginning my BA with the Open University in the 1990s; with which to study...
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Lost in my library …
While I have been unwell and then recovering from ‘flu’ not COVID apparently, and between poorly episodes I have been contemplating and reading or at least looking at books. I was not and remain...
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