Corbett Community

A Volunteer-led Community Library Arts & Heritage Centre serving the community of Catford & Hither Green since 1907. 103 Torridon Rd, SE6 1RQ. 0208 378 5358

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It’s a shame but until those in charge of this once useful platform start behaving with respect and civility we shall not post here.

Civility of sorts is still to be found - as are we - on BlueSky, Instagram and Facebook.

[Corbett Community @CorbettLibrary]

118 years ago today, St Andrew’s Day, 30 Nov 1907, our library opens to serve the people of #Catford #SE6 #HitherGreen #SE13 #Lewisham

1907 also saw the serving of the first school meals and the start of London’s first metered taxi service.

Come in for more knowledge, fun, etc

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You lucky people. Yes, it’s the Corbett Christmas:

Mon 24-Sat 29 Nov: Christmas Tree Festival at St Andrew’s Church

Sat 29 Nov: Corbett Christmas Fair at our place + St Andrew’s Church Hall

Sun 30 Nov: Abbotshall Healthy Lifestyle Centre

#Catford #SE6 #HitherGreen #SE13

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Join us for an evening of seasonal entertainment on Sunday 14 December, including music, magic and more!

Tickets cost £15 per person and include a mince pie and a glass of mulled wine!

Scan the QR code on the image or follow this link to book: https://t.co/ejNLQYgAdh

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You lucky people. Yes, it’s the Corbett Christmas:

Mon 24-Sat 29 Nov: Christmas Tree Festival at St Andrew’s Church

Sat 29 Nov: Corbett Christmas Fair at our place + St Andrew’s Church Hall

Sun 30 Nov: Abbotshall Healthy Lifestyle Centre

#Catford #SE6 #HitherGreen #SE13

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Some of the local Dinosaurs came to our Halloween event. Think they were lost (in time).

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The Clue in the Haunted Library - hmm… will Barbie find clues at our Halloween Event?

Crafts, activities, tasty treats + witches’ brew on Fri 31 Oct, from 5pm to 8pm - Drop in at any time.

All ages welcome. Entry for £ donation to library.

#Catford #SE6 #HitherGreen #SE13

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It’s the 10th #CatfordArtsTrail this weekend - Saturday 11 + Sunday 12 October, 11am - 5pm.

We’re venue 18 and there’s a cluster of other venues nearby to check out.

#Catford #SE6 #Lewisham

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The Spookiest Night at our place: Fri 31 Oct, 5-8pm.

Crafts, activities, tasty treats & witches' brew. Drop in on your way round trick-or-treating, show us your awesomely scary costumes, and see how the library transforms after dark!

All ages welcome, make a donation to enter.

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Aharr me hearties!

It’s story time again!

Join legendary pirate Jacky and her lucky parrot this Saturday 4 October at 11.15am for an hour of pirate-themed storytelling and craft!

Landlubbers of all ages welcome!

[Banned Books Week UK @BannedWeekUK]

Ahead of #BannedBooksWeekUK this Sunday, @IndexCensorship has put together a list of books which have been banned. Including @MargaretAtwood's The Handmaid's Tale - one of the most banned books in the #US and, most recently, in Alberta, Canada: https://t.co/okep9wEqCQ

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Say hello to our newest customers - the doors are big enough, we're sure they'll fit in (if they're tidy)! Now we're busy wondering what police horses read...

[Banned Books Week UK @BannedWeekUK]

Ahead of #BannedBooksWeekUK, Index has put together a list of our top 10 books which have been banned. Including Dogs of Europe by Alhierd Baharevich, one of the most significant novels of modern Belarusian literature, banned in #Belarus in 2022:
https://t.co/okep9wEYso

[Standard News @standardnews]

Hundreds of books dumped on south London streets after library closure https://t.co/euP1gU5wio

[WildCatWilderness @WCWCatford]

This Thursday 24/7 we have 2 free events on as part of our #summerholiday programme #Denbuilding, balancing and #treeclimbing in the am & #NatureArt in the pm. Book now for some Wild Adventures - a summer of outdoor #Catford.
We have 8 events in total https://t.co/jkQBGHbIhO

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Thanks to everyone who came to Saturday’s CorbFest at our place, at St Andrew’s Church Hall, and Torridon Convenience Store.

The Weekender continues at Abbotshall Healthy Living Centre

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CorbFest? What’s CorbFest?

Come along to find out.

Here’s your quick guide to what’s on, where, and when.

[LEAN @LEANarts]

Helios comes to Downham! LEAN has been delighted to work with @LewishamCouncil and @nationaltrust to offer free workshops for south of the boro primary schools. Today Drumbeat , Good Shepherd and Downderry enjoyed spoken word activities led by artist @_yapoet @LewishamLibs 🌞

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Reading books expands the mind - in ways reading from screens doesn’t.

‘Books are the ideal technology to expand the brain’ - Lucy Mangan in the i newspaper