Thwarted!

Here's how Fate can play hob with the best laid plans of library events...

Justine at Wardle Library arranged for some firemen to come to the library to give a talk about fire safety and a tour of a fire engine. She was warned beforehand that it's a working engine so there's always the danger of an emergency call-out but it should be OK...

• The engine was late coming to the library: they were on their way well in good time when they got a call-out to an emergency (it zoomed past Zillah, one of our Community Librarians, as she was driving in from the Wheatsheaf Library).


• Next time they came they got as far as the top of Birch Road, within sight of the library, when they got another call-out and had to turn round and rush off.


• The third time they managed to park the engine in the car park and unload the goodies and fire safety information before they had to rush off to yet another emergency.

Obviously one of those days!

The children who came to the event got some fire brigade goodies, a pile of stories from Zillah, and a wave from the departing firemen. All of which is pretty neat, but not as much fun as getting to have a close look at a fire engine, so Justine's going to try and reschedule the event some time when there's not so many bonfires and fireworks and stuff.

Thanks to everyone who turned up and participated in the event. And thanks to the firemen for trying their best, we appreciate they're a busy emergency service and we're grateful for their help with events.

(Besides, it gives Justine the opportunity to chat up some firemen! )