There's No Business like Snow Business

We chose some wonderfully wintry picture books to read last Saturday morning, all featuring snow. We haven't had any snow of our own yet, but we live in hope! We chose One Snowy Night; a classic cosy tale about Percy the Park-keeper, Snowflakes, Snow, It's Snow Day, You Make Me Smile, Betty and the Yeti and Bear's Winter Home. Keep an eye on our upcoming events for our next extra-special story-time, you can find the details here.

The Country Market Comes to The Hayridge
 

We're delighted to welcome members of the Tiverton and District Country Market to the foyer, where their delicious produce will be on sale from Monday 19th to Saturday 31st January.  There will also be a schedule of demonstrations and activities to inspire you to try crochet, rug-making and card-making.  Do try some of the wonderful jams, chutneys and marmalades, and enjoy the local produce. Don't forget that the Farmers' Market runs every Wednesday in the Bull Ring until 1pm and every second Saturday of the month, from 9.30 - 12.30. 

The organisers are always delighted to assemble gift hampers on request. If you let them know your budget and your preferences, they can tailor the selection for you. 

Free Learning Opportunities 

If you are looking to  add some qualifications to your CV to boost your job prospects, look no further than the range of free NVQs that are available through a special deal offered by the Prison Officers Association. The POA courses were originally put together to help prison staff retrain when leaving the service, but now they're available to anyone in Devon. We have a display of the courses available, with contact information, in the corner of the library by the Teens area. And if you have any queries about the programme, the local co-ordinator, Ivan Judd, will be here on Wednesday 21st January at around 11 a.m. and would be delighted to answer any questions you might have.

BOB 75 is Approaching!

The wonderful community of Cullompton really pulled out all the stops to help create a fascinating display for our WW1 Commemoration. Now we are asking for help again as we start to gather photos, artefacts and reminiscences for a display about the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain and the Blitz. If you have anything you would be happy to share please pop in and have a word with us. We'd be very grateful if you'd help spread the word too!
 

Don't Forget it's Nearly Time for the Monthly Community Cinema...

The next film showing (which is completely free) will be the every popular Frozen, on Saturday 31st January, at 11am. All ages are welcome, but children under 8 need to be accompanied. Feel free to come in Frozen-inspired outfits if you wish, and sing along!

To help celebrate January's theme of cold and snow, and to tie-in with Frozen, Bev will be running another of her famous Cookie Workshops in the Café. Children can come and ice some of her homemade biscuits for just a pound, and eat them straight away or take them home to savour. All ages welcome, children to be supervised. You can find all the details here. 

 Your Wish is our Command

Our regular teens asked for a Cinema event of their own, and we granted their wish. They chose White House Down, which was shown on Saturday.

So if you have any bright ideas for events or activities of your own, let us know and we might be able to make it happen. 

We've already had one request, for a regular film club; we're thinking of a monthly showing of a film tied to exploring different aspects of film-making. If you think you might be interested in taking part on a regular basis please let us know (you can use the contact box at the top of this page) and if we get more than four respondents, we'll get it off the ground.

 

And Finally...

We're just putting the finishing touches to our February events list, details of which will be available next week. So bookmark our blog to get the low-down on speed book dating, our "books we love" wall, Valentine chocolates, and more!

 

 

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