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"Anyone who thinks this world is without magic, hasn't been to a library." / Amy Dominy
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24 Nov
Karl Bushby - 10,000 Day Journey Home
Admission by ticket only.
Free for members (visit https://t.co/4PnvC3mBxG for details) or email [email protected] with your name and mobile for a chance to reserve guest tickets (max 2) on a first-come first-served basis.
Revisit one of the Berlin Philharmonic's most cherished traditions: the Europakonzert! The 2017 edition was held in the old port of Paphos on the island of Cyprus! Watch the orchestra perform Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8 under maestro Mariss Jansons.https://t.co/BdeNZf1rxq
H is for Headscarf Revolutionaries
A lovely tribute to Lilian Bilocca, Yvonne Blenkinsop, Mary Denness and Christine Jensen and their historic campaign for safety in the fishing industry. Created by @HessleRdNetwork, where it is also on show.
More info https://t.co/dRX7K8gnfp
News of an armistice was received across the globe on 11 November 1918. At 5am aboard HMS Sapphire a young telegraphist from Hull, William Ostler, received a message from Marshal Ferdinand Foch that hostilities would cease that same day at 11am.
This Remembrance Day, we take a moment to remember those who served, those who sacrificed, and the families who continue to carry their legacy. 🌹
Their courage and dedication will never be forgotten.
#LestWeForget
We will remember them 🌺 Today, we remember and honour the service and sacrifice of those who have served and continue to serve in the Armed Forces.
#RemembranceDay#Remembrance#LestWeForget
Whether you call today Remembrance Day, Poppy Day, Veteran's Day or Armistice Day,
never forget the "eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month"
pic of @Hull_Museums from 2017.
Which Geordie Artist Is Being Celebrated At Two Pubs In Hull?
Our sober analysis correspondent Angus Young went to the pub (for research purposes) and began contemplating the walls.
https://t.co/oIU49lNaia
@hull_libraries@angus_young61@HullCAMRA
🧵The Hasholme Logboat is Britain's largest surviving Iron Age vessel, carved from a single massive oak around 300 BC. Discovered in 1984 near Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, East Yorkshire, it was found waterlogged in an ancient inlet of the Humber estuary, the River Foulness. Measuring
@hullkrofficial@HKRFoundation L is for Larkin
This stunning piece references many of Philip Larkin's best-known poems. Created by the Newland Park Crafters, it is on show in what is arguably its natural home, the Brynmor Jones Library at the @UniOfHull.
More info https://t.co/Ya24AOJ4FE
[BIRTHDAY] Happy birthday to the late great Ennio Morricone! Watch him conduct one of his most iconic pieces, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Main Theme, alongside the Bavarian Radio Choir and the Münchner Rundfunkorchester. https://t.co/5uAjaw2fxr
The Larkin trail marker on Sharp St, Hull, off Newland Ave where Larkin shopped, mentions MCMXIV with its ‘dark-clothed children at play’. Opposite the marker is a 1917 Roll of Honour naming the sons of Sharp St serving (and some dying) in the Great War. Full of poppies now.
✨ Exciting Changes Are Happening! ✨
We're giving our Children's Library a makeover!
While the space is temporarily closed for decorating, all children's stock has been moved to the Lending Library and all scheduled activities are continuing as normal.