David Gill

Manager of Libraries and Heritage

[David Gill @ThatDavidGill]

Halt Leeds City Council from Shutting Down Abbey Museum https://t.co/FY89RUV9yG via @UKChange

[David Gill @ThatDavidGill]

@melindahaunton My belated return to #JacobinDay in defence of Hemp Agrimony (here with bonus peacock butterflies). The link to hemp is from its hempen-shaped leaves, which led it to be known as “Holy Rope” after the rope with which Christ was bound.

[David Gill @ThatDavidGill]

Looking forward to Susan Cooper’s midwinter classic #TheDarkIsRising starting in real time with Midwinter Eve today on @bbcworldservice and @BBCSounds.

[BBC World Service @bbcworldservice]

The Dark is Rising is our special, mid-winter audio drama - a gripping journey through a frozen landscape... and an unending, epic battle against the forces of the Dark.

Start your audio journey and begin seeking the Signs here 🎧 https://t.co/ZHgSiURjRm

#TheDarkIsRising

[David Gill @ThatDavidGill]

@Naz_Faulkner I’m so glad to hear you’re both pleased with the new-look library and its range of books - though the pet choice may prove a challenge!

[David Gill @ThatDavidGill]

At Darlaston Library re-opening today, and great to see the new-look children’s library being such a hit - especially the new touch-screen computer specially for under-fives.

[Walsall Council @WalsallCouncil]

Children enjoyed the new and improved children's area in Darlaston library this morning. The toddler computer proved especially popular! The library is open Tuesday - Saturday so why not pop along with your little ones and take a look? #Walsall #Darlaston @WalsallLibrary

[Walsall Council @WalsallCouncil]

A whistle stop tour of the much improved Darlaston Library! New shelves, carpet, and comfy new furniture as well as improved IT facilities and a lovely children's area ready to be enjoyed by the public @WalsallLibrary

[Walsall Libraries @WalsallLibrary]

Our new-look children’s library at #Darlaston Library, which is being re-opened by the Mayor of Walsall tomorrow at 11:00am. All welcome.

[David Gill @ThatDavidGill]

@DavidUnderdown9 @melindahaunton @Wine52HQ Unexpected to have a Romanian wine name quoting the very English W.S. Gilbert in the “The Gondoliers” set in Venice:
“Life’s pudding full of plums. Care’s a canker that benumbs.”
🤔

https://t.co/28P72p89JY

[Walsall Libraries @WalsallLibrary]

As #BlackHistoryMonth draws to a close, you can still find a range of books, Audiobooks, eBooks & eAudiobooks by black authors and celebrating #BlackHistory in Walsall Libraries. Check out our #BHM booklists at https://t.co/cD8icbcsAu

[Walsall Libraries @WalsallLibrary]

It’s national Get Online Week in Walsall Libraries - so check out your what’s going on for you at your local library! #GetOnline #GetOnlineWeek @walsallforall

[David Gill @ThatDavidGill]

@melindahaunton Cyclamen planted for attractive ground-cover around the base of trees at High Beeches woodland garden in Sussex. #JacobinDay

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@melindahaunton Woad in my old herb garden. As a biennial it comes into its own as its yellow flowers transform into black, pendent seeds, making it curiously more decorative as it dies. Here I’m afraid it’s visible only as the haze before the bridge. #JacobinDay

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@melindahaunton Lungwort for #JacobinDay - always feels, with primroses, like the first sign of spring approaching, with a fresh canvas for a new gardening year. Great for shady places, and a valuable early nectar source for bees coming out of hibernation too.

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@melindahaunton Fantastic yew hedging and topiary bordering the gardens at Hutton-in-the-Forest on the edge of the Lake District in Cumbria. #JacobinDay

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@melindahaunton Ruined northern tower at 14thC Bolton Castle in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, providing an ideal micro-climate for lichens and mosses to thrive. #JacobinDay

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@melindahaunton Box within a box: view from the Great Chamber over the tranquil knot garden of box (and bonus lavender) at Strangers’ Hall, Norwich. #JacobinDay @herbsocietyuk

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@melindahaunton More marine than bovine for #JacobinDay, a different breed of, er, Cowes - in this case the home of yachting on the Isle of Wight.

[David Gill @ThatDavidGill]

@melindahaunton Three metallic cows for #JacobinDay, in gold, silver & bronze. First seen at the 2017 #RHSChatsworth flower show, they are now retired to Matlock Bath in Derbyshire, to graze and greet the cable cars as they ascend to the Heights of Abraham.

[David Gill @ThatDavidGill]

@melindahaunton Rather late in the evening for #JacobinDay, my own Cubby Broccoli.

[David Gill @ThatDavidGill]

@satisfactory20 @melindahaunton Not forgetting the most famous musical inhabitant of “Number 70, Simmery Axe”, John Wellington Wells. #JacobinDay https://t.co/JQDal9KMGh