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  • Naming issues aide, the free lunchtime 45 minute tours are excellent. Miss Annie - would you do a giveaway at Stroud Green & Harringay Library? It would be a good way of promoting the library as well as reading. Also, I'll be giving away copies …
    in Books Comment by HelenM February 2013
  • I think the library could only stay open if a member of staff was on site and there is no time off in lieu for library staff these days. There are even problems with them getting cover for their lunchtimes and, overall, staff numbers are down. We do…
  • The library closes at 7pm and although in the past it has run events starting at 7pm, the librarian currently has no budget to staff out-of-hours activities and not enough staff on in the daytime to offer cover for someone coming in late and staying…
  • A reminder that the St Aidan's Fair is tomorrow night - 6-8.30pm, featuring local craft sellers, backed up by the school offering mulled wine, cakes, toys, a Fairtrade stall, Father Christmas, carols and even massages courtesy of Integrated Body Dyn…
  • Annie - all the library events in Haringey are advertised in a monthly booklet that you can pick up in the libraries on the 1st of the month. This was also on the council website. I can give you an email address for Milk.ly if you would like? Don't …
    in Milk.ly Comment by HelenM December 2012
  • I think there might be spaces still. Email Lucy Thomas
  • A reminder that this talk is tomorrow. All welcome. Tea and biscuits all round.
  • It was a great talk. We won't repeat it - but Ruth might be interested in giving the talk at another venue if you want to get in touch. You can easily find her online. And she has written a book on the subject. She recommended a trip to the Langham …
  • Hi Arkady,I'm Friends of Stroud Green and Harringay Library rather than Stroud Green Residents Association (bit Monty Python I know). SGRA has a Yahoo Group you could check and holds meetings on, I think, the third or fourth Thursday of the month in…
  • If you give me your details I will pass them on to the organisers. 
  • Places need to be booked  by emailing rebecca.gediking@haringey.gov.uk or by calling 0208 489 8776.
  • A reminder that linguist Baz Aarts will be be giving a talk at Stroud Green Library tomorrow, 7-8.30pm, on 'The English language is, like, really going down the drain innit!' Everyone welcome.
  • Hi, I'm sure the librarian would be delighted to hear from you - Rebecca.Gediking@haringey.gov.uk Please tell your Brownies about the events - and there will be similar schedules at other local libraries. I help run the 'Friends' group at the …
  • Timely reminder that tomorrow is the peace walk and everyone is welcome. The date was set because it is the anniversary of the death of a teenager who was killed in the area.
  • Update on the event: As part of tomorrow's Neighbourhood event, based around Stroud Green Library - all welcome - people are invited to bring along bikes in need of repair and let Dr Bike work his magic. They can then take a peek at the library's s…
  • I think language is important - the language we speak and the language we write down in public forums. I also believe that the words I use reflect and reveal my views and thoughts on many issues. How do I come across and how would I like to come acr…
    in Midsomer Comment by HelenM April 2011
  • ADGS - yes walk to other libraries by all means. Go through the doors of every single one - they all have differing attractions. But for some people, walking 20 minutes or more isn't possible. One reason why people might support the library service …
  • Everyone is warmly invited to join the the Friends of Stroud Green Library at friendsofstroudgreenlibrary@yahoogroups.com and keep up to date with what is happening at the library and what is happening to libraries locally and nationally. There a…
  • Something else people may be interested in hearing about: The "Save Our Forests" petition is growing fast - we have now got 85,000 signatures! Please help get past 100,000 signatures by forwarding this e-mail and asking your friends to sign as…
  • Another option for anyone who is unhappy with our MP "Recall Lynne Featherstone MP" http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/recallfeatherstonemp/
  • Reminder from: friendsofstroudgreenlibrary Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/friendsofstroudgreenlibrary/cal Turn Back Time - John Hinshelwood and Glimpses of Green Lanes Thursday December 2, 2010 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm (The next reminder…
  • Haringey's Register of Local Listed Buildings of Merit was last reviewed in February 1999. The Council is currently in the process of carrying out a new review and are compiling a list of possible suitable buildings to be considered for adding to th…
  • Thursday 2 December 2010 Stroud Green Library 7-9pm The Development of Harringay Green Lanes This talk will explain how the shopping centre and residential streets developed in the late Victorian age. Come and find out where Finsbury Park…
  • Join the Friends of Stroud Green Library to get plenty of advance warning about events at the library and show your support for our vital library services at the same time. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/friendsofstroudgreenlibrary/
  • Good point. Someone said it was a boy but I haven't looked closely to check. Can you ask your neighbours to get in touch and they could come and have a look. This cat is young, very cute, very inquisitive. I'll send you my number.