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Heroes, Villains, Monsters, Upper Norwood Library, Jul 24
A superhero with heroic anatomy? Creepy villainous henchmen? Mutant monsters? Mythical creatures? Learn how to create your own heroes, villains and monsters on paper with a professional local artist. What special powers will your hero have? What vehicle would your … Continue reading
Woodwork skills and social enterprise, Upper Norwood Library
A free course, for 14- to 17-year-olds, at Upper Norwood Library, beginning on Monday, July 23. Fancy seeing if you have a talent for making things out of wood? Want experience of setting up and running a social enterprise? We … Continue reading
Have a proper Beano at Upper Norwood Library this summer
At Upper Norwood Library, there is a wide range of often Beano-themed activities being staged over the summer, beginning from July 14 and running until September 15, as part of the Summer Reading Challenge. All activities are free for all … Continue reading
Upper Norwood Library ‘hub’ applies for a booze licence
Cut-backs in council budgets have already seen Lambeth close two and turn one of its precious public libraries into a “bookish gym” (© Inside Croydon). Now, in an effort to “sweat its assets”, a library hitherto jointly run by Lambeth … Continue reading
Beulah Hill’s ‘Electric House’ and history of recorded sound
The Norwood Society’s next local history meeting next Thursday is “Colonel Gouraud: The man who brought recorded sound to England”. The speaker will be Howard Hope, a lifetime specialist in the history of recorded sound, and he will talk about … Continue reading
Norwood Society rounds off the year with social event
The Norwood Society’s final meeting of 2016, being held as usual at Upper Norwood Library, takes place on Thursday, December 15 from 7.30pm, and will be a social event. The Society, which stages talks and lectures about the social history … Continue reading
Library trust to put books on wheels and seek £100 donations
Our bookish gyms correspondent GENE BRODIE hears that the Upper Norwood Library Trust’s plans for the brave new future of a volunteer-run public library might not be as definite as you might expect, with their takeover of the building due … Continue reading
Lambeth confirms Upper Norwood Library closure in April
Bookish gyms correspondent GENE BRODIE reports on an announcement which has been described as “a betrayal” of Labour voters Whoever is in the Brains Trust running the Labour Party in south London really needs to authorise some modest expenditure on … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 London elections, 2018 council elections, Croydon Council, Lambeth Council, Libraries, Timothy Godfrey, Tony Newman, Upper Norwood Library Trust
Tagged Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Labour, Steve Reed OBE, Timothy Godfrey, Tony Newman, Upper Norwood Joint Library, Upper Norwood Library, Upper Norwood Library Trust
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Librarians prove to be game for a laugh on Gaming Day
Despite not being able to provide any tables for hexagonal chess, which was invented by Wladislaw Glinski, a long-time resident of nearby Streatham, nor for Risk, which is believed to be the favourite game, if played with public money, of … Continue reading
Norwood Society looks at history of The Salvation Army
The next meeting of the Norwood Society will be about William Booth, the Methodist preacher who founded The Salvation Army and who spoke to audiences of thousands at the Crystal Palace. It is 150 years since Booth’s foundation of the … Continue reading
Posted in Church and religions, Education, History, Norwood Society
Tagged Norwood Society, Salvation Army, Upper Norwood Library
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Upper Norwood Library investigates who got the loot
Despite all the on-going uncertainties over their library’s funding, the people behind Upper Norwood Library continue to work hard to provide a busy programme of activities for the community, at least on the days when the diminishing amounts of cash … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Community associations, Crime, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Community Association, Libraries, Tony Newman, Upper Norwood Library Trust
Tagged Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Labour, Steve Reed OBE, Upper Norwood Joint Library, Upper Norwood Library
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History talks that explore Norwood’s Dickensian past
The Norwood Society has announced its programme of talks and events for the rest of 2015, beginning this week, on March 19, with a talk about Charles Dickens’s Norwood connections, to be given by Paul Graham of the Dickens Fellowship. … Continue reading
Library trust is ‘shellshocked’ at Lambeth’s 60% funding cut
The future of Upper Norwood Library has been thrown into doubt once again, this time after a Labour-run local authority announced its intention to reduce funding by 60 per cent in 2016. Upper Norwood’s library is unique due to its … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Community Association, Education, Lambeth Council, Libraries, Matthew Bennett, Steve Reed MP, Transition Town, Upper Norwood Library Trust
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Labour, Member of parliament, Steve Reed OBE, Upper Norwood Library
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Meeting to safeguard Upper Norwood Library, Oct 13
With local authorities, including Lambeth and Croydon councils, having to make further cuts in public spending – by as much as 25 per cent – here ROBERT GIBSON calls for more public help to keep Upper Norwood Library operating We … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Lambeth Council, Libraries, Steve Reed MP, Upper Norwood Library Trust
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Labour, Library, London Borough of Croydon, Steve Reed OBE, Upper Norwood Library
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Upper Norwood book club sets off down the Red Dust Road
The Upper Norwood Library has chosen Red Dust Road by Jackie Kay for its Book Club tomorrow, September 27. The library’s book club meets for an hour from 2.30pm one Saturday a month to dissect and debate a book over … Continue reading
Norwood Society to look at local stories of the Great War
The next meeting of the Norwood Society, being staged next Thursday, September 18, will look at “Researching Upper Norwood’s glorious dead of the Great War”. Jerry Green will talk about the local people who died in the war, their backgrounds … Continue reading
Upper Norwood Library offers some a-maze-ing activities
Lots of activities coming up for the school summer holidays at the Upper Norwood Library, and in the maze in Crystal Palace Park, all beginning this week with the Summer Reading Challenge. Library users aged between five and 10 are … Continue reading
Library gets in Festival spirit with quiz, walks and poetry
The Upper Norwood Library and the Norwood Society have put together a package of cultural and historical events for people of all ages as part of the Crystal Palace Overground Festival, which starts this week. The events continue throughout the … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, Education, History, Libraries, Norwood Society, Upper Norwood Library Trust
Tagged Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Overground Festival, Libraries, Upper Norwood Library
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Upper Norwood Library announces events for half-term week
The Upper Norwood Library, now being run by a hard-working group of local people, has a number of events coming up later this month (including during half-term week), some of which require advance booking. Tue May 27, 10.30am – 12pm: … Continue reading
The great debates come to Norwood, all on the same night
Norwood’s clearly the place to be if you enjoy erudite discussions on local history, because next week there will be three history talks on offer, from three different groups, but all staged on the same evening. Before Christmas, Inside Croydon … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Community associations, Croydon Natural History and Scientific Society, Education, Friends of West Norwood Cemetery, History
Tagged Croydon, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, History, London, Norwood Society, South Norwood, Upper Norwood Library, West Norwood Cemetery
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