Category Archives: Events

Today!

Author Event

Tuesday 12 January, 7pm, online

Our latest monthly FoCL "First Tuesday" author talk!

Join Roy Vickery of South London Botanical Institute to discuss his
book, Vickery's Folk Flora: An A-Z of the Folklore and Uses of British
and Irish Plants.

Roy’s book is a dictionary of British (native, naturalised and
cultivated) plants and the folklore associated with them. Unlike many
plant-lore publications Vickery's Folk Flora tells us what people
currently do and believe, rather than what Victorians did and
believed. The result is a vivid demonstration that plant folklore in
the British Isles is not only surviving but flourishing; adapting and
evolving as time goes by, even in urban areas.
Organised by the Friends of Carnegie Library.

To register, email: CarnegieLibrary@Lambeth.gov.uk

Annual General Meetings, Thursday 14th March 7pm

Campaigns, Events, News

The Friends of Carnegie Library and Carnegie Library Association CIO

invite you to their Annual General Meetings on

Thursday 14th March 7pm (Gathering from 6.30pm)

St Saviour's Church Hall on the corner of Herne Hill Road and Finsen Road SE24 9LY

Find out what's happening, and then enjoy

The Friends' Musick chamber choir performing a short programme of songs to commemorate the centenary of the death of Andrew Carnegie (1835 - 1919), comprising Scottish songs, popular drawing-room part songs and a famous song from the American Civil War.

There will then be an open discussion where you can have your say!

All are Welcome

 

"A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people.  It is a never-failing spring in the desert."                            Andrew Carnegie

Public Meeting, 2pm, Saturday 8th September

Campaigns, Events

Friends of Carnegie Library will be holding a public meeting on Saturday September 8th from 2pm to 4pm with speakers and an open discussion on carrying the campaign forward.

We have deliberately chosen a venue slightly outside our usual area to bring out the need for the supporters of each library to work to make the campaign a success. It is in central Brixton:
St Matthews' Estate TRA Hall, 10 St Matthews Road, Brixton SW2 1NH

We need as many people as possible to come along and show that the public are still demanding a proper library service.

Batwalk – Saturday 8th September, Ruskin Park

Children, Events, News

Join Dr Iain Boulton and his bat detectors for a guided nighttime bat walk around Ruskin Park on Saturday 8th September:

7pm Meet at the steps of Carnegie Library for a fun pre-walk event, with food, activities and prizes for fancy dress

7.30pm Assemble at Ruskin Park (Ferndene Road entrance) to begin the walk

Poster

The bat walk is free and open to everybody. Jointly organised by the Friends of Carnegie Library and the Friends of Ruskin Park.

Donations welcome

Upcoming events

Campaigns, Events, News

Three important upcoming events for library supporters:

  • People's Audit public meeting on the dubious and wasteful finances of Lambeth Council: Waterloo Action Centre, 14 Baylis Rd, SE1. From 11am-14pm Saturday 24th March.
  • Defend The 10 demo at the Carnegie Library, 4pm Tuesday 3rd April, to mark 2 years since the closure and occupation, and 1 month to the 2018 council elections.
  • Lambeth Democracy public meeting, 2pm, Saturday 7th April at Effra Space, Effra Parade. Speakers from Justice for Grenfell, Haringey housing activists, etc. The meeting will also be a campaign launch for a unified slate of pro-library candidates for the elections.