Brian Robson - Lee Green Councillor » Manor House Library

Thanks to Floella

brian — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 14:10:34 +0000

As someone who’s old enough to remember Playschool, I was gutted to miss meeting Floella Benjamin when she dropped in to Lee Green yesterday in support of Pete’s campaign to become our next MP.

Floella met up with Pete, Pauline, Chris and other Lib Dem candidates and visit the Manor House Library and Manor House Gardens.

Bienvenidos: It’s Latin American Time at Manor House

brian — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:03:00 +0000

Manor House Library staff are to host a great opportunity to regularly meet other Spanish speakers and to celebrate Latin America.

Should Spanish be your second language, this is also a chance to socialise and hone your language skills. The group will watch a movie or have a chat about a short-story by a Latin American author. Copies of the short stories will be provided in advance.

These are free evenings and will be held fortnightly on Thursdays, between 5 and 7 pm. The first session will be on Thurday 15th April.

More info on 020 8852 0357

Fairtrade events at Manor House Library

brian — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 13:22:49 +0000

We’re in the middle of Fairtrade fortnight (22nd Feb- 7th March) and to celebrate there are a few Fairtrade events coming up at Manor House Library:

borrow a book, CD or DVD and get a free fairtrade teabag (while stocks last!)
on Monday coming (1st March), the Manor House is hosting a Fairtrade Tea Dance from 2pm until 4pm. Fairtrade tea and cakes are provided. Call 8852 0357 to book your place.
there’ll be a showing of the Black Gold Movie ( a film about coffee and trade) on Saturday 6th March at 2.30pm
‘The Luckiest Nut in the World’ is an event for kids and families on Sunday 7th March at 1pm

All sounds good – disappointed I can’t make it for the Fairtrade cake, but probably best that the public is spared my dancing…!

Manor House Library noticeboard installed

brian — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:22:54 +0000

I got back from NZ to find an email from Peter Richardson, Chair of the Friends and Users of Manor House Library. He wanted to share with me this photo of the unveiling of their new noticeboard at the Manor House, funded by last year’s locality fund.

It’s taken a while, but thanks in no small part to Peter’s persistence, the board’s now been installed and hopefully more people will become aware of the Friends’ work.

The photo shows Claire from the library with Peter, Pat and Mary from the user group, and my colleague Cllr Paul Bentley.

Black History Month at the Manor House

brian — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 15:40:18 +0000

There’s a series of events at the Manor House to mark Black History Month, including a themed month of Saturday Matinee film showings:

Saturday 3rd October – the Secret Life of Bees
Saturday 10th October – Malcolm X
Saturday 17th October – Akeelah and the Bee

All the above film showings start at 3.30pm in the AV Room (meeting room 1). They’re absolutely free – book a seat by calling the library on 8852 0357.

More details of other Black History Month events in Lewisham can be found on the Council website at www.lewisham.gov.uk/blackhistorymonth

Finally, on Saturday October 24th, the Library is hosting a historical lecture with eminent historian S.I.Martin who’ll be giving an illuminating protrait of the black history of Lee and Blackheath with a particular focus on the Manor House itself. That event’s at 3pm until 4, in the Baring Room. Again, please book a seat by calling the library on 8852 0357.

Saturday matinee at the Library – Casino Royale

brian — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:42:59 +0000

This week’s Manor House Library Film Club Saturday matinee is Casino Royale. 3.30pm in the AV Room (first floor)

It’s absolutely FREE to attend, but please do book your place by giving the Library a call on 8852 0357.

Manor House Library Film Club

brian — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:13:24 +0000

Manor House Library is launching a film club, with a Saturday Matinee for adults at 3.30pm in the AV Room on the first floor. The great news is it’s absolutely free – you just need to book a seat.

It starts this Saturday with Slumdog Millionaire. Full list for July below:

Saturday 11th July – Slumdog Millionaire (12)
Saturday 18th July – The Kite Runner (15)
Saturday 25th July – Life is Beautiful (PG)

I really hope this iniative succeeds – one of the most frustrating things about living in Lewisham is the borough’s lack of a cinema, and it’s good to see the staff at the library stepping in to fill the gap in Lee Green at least.

To book a place, call in at the library or call 8852 0357.

Open day at the library on Wednesday

brian — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:48:15 +0000

There’s an open day at Manor House Library on Wednesday to mark the launch of the report of the Commission on Libraries and Adult Learning.

As part of the celebrations there will be fun family learning activities for children under five between 3pm and 3.45pm.

Between 5.30pm and 7.30pm, Community Education Lewisham will be offering people the chance to try their hand at crafts such as decorating a bag, creating pom poms, making sugar flowers and writing music. There will also be the opportunity to relax with either an Indian head massage or reflexology.

It’s all happening at the library…

brian — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:05:14 +0000

The following people are making an appearance at the Manor House over the next few weeks:

On Saturday 6th June, Kevin Graal has stories and rhymes for all the family. This takes place at 10.30 and then again at 11.30. Children under 8 must be with an adult
On Tuesday 16th June, Axel Scheffleler, illustrator of The Gruffalo will be making an appearance and will have signed copies of his books for sale. That’s from 3.20pm until 4.30pm
On Tuesday 25th June, Claire Seeber, author of Bad Friends will be at a special reading group session from 2.15pm until 3.15pm.

More details on any of the above from the library on 8852 0357.

A couple of local events

brian — Tue, 12 May 2009 20:23:16 +0000

Just a quick heads up that it’s the Lee Manor Society’s AGM this Thursday, from 7.30pm in the Baring Room of the Manor House. Agenda here. After the AGM, Mark Pearce and David Shatwell from Buttress Fuller Alsop Williams, architects on the Manor House restoration, will give an illustrated talk entitled “The Refurbishment of the Manor House”.

Then on Saturday, it’s the annual Lee Manor Society plant mart from 2pm until 4pm at 2-6 Micheldever Road. Raffles – Cream Teas – Tombola – Bric-à-Brac – Children’s Games – Cakes, Jams and Preserves are promised.

Also Saturday from 2-4pm is the St Margaret Lee CofE School’s Victorian May Fayre at the school on Lee Church Street. Entry is 50p and there is a punch and judy, coconut shy, raffle and other attractions.