Last night saw the return of two of our wonderful library friends, Melynda Jarratt and Mrs Zoe Boone. Having come all the way from Canada it was lovely to see them both again, as this is their third visit the the library – but first visit to our new space at The Mitchell. As always [...]
I had the pleasure of attending the above named event. ‘War Brides’ were not a subject which I new a great deal about having only read one or two articles and seen some programmes on TV. Bev our speaker certainly knew her subject and delivered her talk with such enthusiasm and warmth. She told us [...]
The Clydebank Women’s History Group have now finished their second term of researching women’s history in Clydebank. The group have been meeting since October 2010 at Dalmuir Community Centre and have enjoyed getting together with tutor Ronnie Scott, chatting, reminiscing and planning their research. They visited the Mitchell Library archive where they found some material [...]
Last week Morag and I travelled to Wigtown to run an oral histories workshop at the annual community festival. We drew into Wigtown square around 7 o’clock, in time to see a game of Bowls taking place in the green, and, just a few metres away, local children spilling out of the library – a lovely introduction to rural town life…
