Branch Library Spotlight: Wardle Library

Every so often we will feature one of our libraries or services in this blog to give you a bit more detail about what we're doing for our local communities. This time we've asked Wardle Library to tell us a bit about themselves.

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Wardle Library is situated in the heart of the Wardle community.

The library encourages all ages to use the excellent facilities on offer:

• The very young particularly enjoy creating works of art at the craft table where monthly competitions are judged by the Wardle Art Group and winning entries are rewarded with certificates.

Extra special prizes are awarded at Easter and Christmas.

• We provide area for quiet study, reference books and free broadband internet access available to all.


• Those not confident in using computers, can be provided with informal training to assist with homework, studies, research, general enquiries etc.


• Every second Tuesday we host a storytime, craft and music session provided by Sure Start.


• During school holidays various events take place from optical illusion shows to Easter egg hunts, from beastly bug fun sessions to police safety talks.

Come to visit us and receive a warm friendly welcome! Please feel free to give comments to help continually improve our library service.

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! )

Firemen at Wardle Library

Firemen from Rochdale Fire Service are coming to Wardle Library to give a fire safety talk and a tour of a fire engine.

Tuesday 30th October
2.30pm – 3.30pm

Places are limited so please telephone the library on 01706 377476 to book a place.