Haunted libraries…
It might sound like a leg-pull, but you do realise that the library that you visit is haunted, don’t you? No? Then read on… Let’s start with the oldest library in the borough, North Kensington. Built...
View ArticleThe Library at Portobello Road Market
We were very kindly given a pitch on Portobello Road Market on Friday 30 November to promote the library. Me and a colleague, Amanda Southern valiantly volunteered to staff the stall for the day! We...
View ArticleNew Year’s Message
Fireworks 2012 has been a great year for our libraries across the three boroughs. Hammersmith and Fulham library website Kensington and Chelsea library website Westminister library website As well as...
View ArticleEmpty Spaces part 2: the writing on the floor
Dave Walker, our Local Studies Librarian has been documenting the changes at Kensington Central Library. You can catch up with his first piece, Empty Spaces. Dave is the author of our extremely popular...
View ArticleInconvenient People – a talk by Sarah Wise
Sarah Wise Author, Sarah Wise came to Kensington Central Library on Thursday 18 April to speak about her book, Inconvenient People. This looks at 75 years of psychiatry in 19th Century England...
View ArticleLocal History Week at North Kensington Library
North Kensington Library North Kensington Library is having a Local History Week later this month from Monday 23 to Saturday 28 September. So if you’re interested in knowing more about the local area...
View ArticleSloane Street 1919: the Peace Parade
We’ve struck gold this week: a guest blog by our Local Studies Librarian, Dave Walker, with some personal- and local- reflections of WWI. Like many of the people who work in libraries, archives and...
View ArticleCelebrating 150 years of Portobello and Golborne Market
Andy Norton, North Kensington library, writes: The Library Market Stall Last Friday we spent an afternoon at Portobello Road Market, celebrating 150 years of local markets and promoting our own...
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