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Flackwell Heath Community Library Friends of Flackwell Heath Library (FFHL) AGM All of our “Friends” are invited to the AGM of FFHL which will be held in the library on Sunday 28th June 2015, followed by a BBQ. This will include a review of 2014/15 and election of the committee for 2015/16. If you would like to become a “Friend”, you can join at the library. It costs just £5 per year and you get discounts on library events. Library service extended beyond Buckinghamshire Did you know that you can now use your library card in a dozen local authorities within the south-east, which are part of the South East Library Management System (SELMS)? This includes: Windsor & Maidenhead; Slough; West Berkshire; Hertfordshire; Milton Keynes; Brighton; Kent, as well as the London boroughs of Camden, Richmond, Hammersmith & Fulham. If the book you require is not available in any Bucks library then you can reserve it in SELMS. Books can be taken out or returned in any SELMS library. FREE Online Historical Newspaper Archives There are a wide range of historical newspaper articles available online for free, after entering your library card number. Search more than 200 years of history in the Times Digital Archive going back to 1785. Use the Financial Times Historical Archive to find any article and advertisement ever published in the FT since 1885 or see history in pictures with the Illustrated London News Historical Archive 1842 – 2003. You can access 19th Century British Newspapers for a wider range of national and local newspaper archives, while a different perspective of life in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries is offered by the John Johnson Archive of Printed Ephemera. Go to http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/libraries/reference-and-enquiries/ then go to the heading “History & Family Research” and select the required resource. Our regular activities Coffee & Craft Group - Every Friday between 10.00 and 12.00. To find out more contact Alison Moyes (mobile [phone]) or Julia Baldwin (mobile [phone]). Bounce & Rhyme for under 5s - Every Thursday during term time from 10.30 to 11.00 am. No need to book, just turn up. Sewing Bee - Held on the 4th Wednesday of every month, between 7.00 and 9.00 pm. To find out more please call Alison on 0780 3044 298. Family History help sessions - 50 minute sessions twice a month on Tuesdays and Thursdays run by Local History Group. Please call into the library to see updated details of all these activities, Flackwell Heath & Loudwater Local History Group events and any new events that may be arranged from time to time. Flackwell Heath Community Library, Chapel Road, Flackwell Heath, HP10 9AA Tel: [phone] email:[email protected] www.buckscc.gov.uk/libraries 36 To advertise in Hiya Bucks text or call 07947 349134