Friends of Roade Library

Hosted by FORL (Friends Of Roade Library) A community library, serving Roade and surrounding villages. Find us on Facebook at Friends of Roade Library

[Adam Johannes @DrRoundglasses]

2010-20 will be remembered as a lost decade of devastation. These have been the locust years for the 'local state' most relied upon by the poor, women and BAME communities.

[OUP Libraries @OUPLibraries]

Unsilencing the #library: "Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind” - Virginia Woolf. https://t.co/AcXiWjFsom

[Friends of Roade Library @FORLib]

@fiendfull Boot billed shirty pus? :)

[Public Libraries News @publiclibnews]

"... Stop papering over the cracks and get real. Get your colleagues together, work out the money libraries need and give it to them." https://t.co/ZAPWMDTTS4

[Friends of Roade Library @FORLib]

@dawnafinch An old encyclopedia you have no further use for will stun all but the thickest skilled, I believe...

[Roade Village Info @RoadeVillage]

Crawling traffic leaving Roade towards Northampton.
Very slow traffic and traffic heavier than normal on A45 both ways at M1 J15 (Northampton). Reason unknown

[Friends of Roade Library @FORLib]

@fiendfull If they'd said ready for Keas I'd be really impressed

[Penguin Books UK @PenguinUKBooks]

‘Not all those who wander are lost.’

J.R.R Tolkien, born #onthisday in 1892.

#ThursdayThoughts

[Friends of Roade Library @FORLib]

@fiendfull That was fun :)

[Friends of Roade Library @FORLib]

@UoYLibrary Daft and fun, nice one Siobhan :)

[Friends of Roade Library @FORLib]

@fiendfull Proud of you :)

[chris riddell @chrisriddell50]

Drawing on the wall at Hove Library. https://t.co/tmbMWRYkVh

[Friends of Roade Library @FORLib]

@fiendfull Just be glad it's not medb - not only is it hard to pronounce, the most mythically famous one was a right bitch!

[Quite Interesting @qikipedia]

Test audiences for George Clooney's historical drama 'Good Night, and Good Luck' complained that the actor playing Senator McCarthy was too over the top. They did not realise that section of the film was real archive footage and they were watching the actual Senator McCarthy.

[Friends of Roade Library @FORLib]

@publiclibnews @ALibraryAtNight Also done with members of the public two years ago moving Towcester library into new building

[Public Libraries News @publiclibnews]

Michael Rosen reminds the minister that ensuring every child is given a library card is a mindbogglingly simple and effective thing to do and that he should jolly well get on and do it. https://t.co/1R4SKdyibI Too right @MichaelRosenYes

[Friends of Roade Library @FORLib]

@fiendfull Better than fairy shaped bat-lights, I suspect...

[Friends of Roade Library @FORLib]

@fiendfull Recursion may or may not be good for you...

[World Book Day UK 📚 @WorldBookDayUK]

With Halloween creeping up around the corner, here are our favourite spooky tales for all ages that are perfect for the dark winter nights.
Caution: these books may contain monsters... 👻📚🎃https://t.co/O2wTzva67t

[Friends of Roade Library @FORLib]

Rhymetimes at #roadelibrary - please note we're no longer asking you to pre-book. From this week we're switching to a 'first-come/first served' system