We regret to announce that for the foreseeable future the Library will no longer be open on Saturdays. We will keep the situation under review and if there are further changes, we will let people know. We are sorry for any inconveniene this may cause to any of our readers.

Readers will be interested to learn that we have arranged a new set of zoom lectures for this Autumn. All lectures are on a Monday and will began at 1 pm and be over by 2 pm. Logon details can be obtained from the Library near the time. The lectures will be as follows  …

  We remind readers that there will be an in person lecture at the Library on Monday, June 2 at 6.30 pm. This is our Annual Lecture. The lecturer will be our trustee Norman Hopkins (Strood) and he will be speaking on John ‘Rob Roy’ MacGregor 1825-1892. MacGregor was a renowned traveller and philanthropist. He…

We hope to have another series of lectures on Zoom this Spring. The first of these will be on Monday February 10 when Roger Fay will speak on “The Great Yorkshire Revival of the 1790s”. Zoom details from the Library. (We also hope to have further lectures on March 10 on Octavius Winslow and April…