The fourth Community Partnered Library of Virginia Water is now open.

The Mayor of Runnymede cutting the ribbon and declaring the community library open

The three volunteers on duty for this day.

Gill Adourian pours a welcomed cup of tea, one of many that were served

Story time with Diana Seaman.

Two young girls enjoying the activies.

Essie Fox and Tessa Harvard Taylor having a friendly chat.

We are OPEN, on Saturday 12 January the Mayor of Runnymede cut the ribbon held by two local authors, Essie Fox and Tessa Harvard Taylor.  We had the local press there to record the event so look out for photos in the Villager and News & Herald. 

we volunteers are fully trained and gathering together a good working team.  Kym Bishop, a volunteer who is a graphic designer, worked on the winning entries from a competition for children from Magna Carta School and St Jude's School to design our logo.  The day was a resounding success with lots of folk signing up to become members; these included the baby sons of two of our Steering Group, Guy and Julie Charrison. The new babies behaved so well, despite all the chatter and laughter going on around them. 

Getting to this point hasn't been the easiest of journeys, for nearly a year we have had stalemate with legal wrangles and council decisions.  Our Steering Group have worked hard making sure everything is correct legally. The Team leaders, led by Tricia Owen, can take the main credit for ensuring we volunteers are fully trained and gathering together a good working team.  Kym Bishop, a volunteer who is a graphic designer, worked on the winning entries from a competition for children from Magna Carta School and St Jude's School to design our logo.   

We have had social gatherings and some of us have had the privilege of being taken behind the scenes of The Surrey History Centre and The Performing Arts Library, both open to the public if you fancy a visit.  

We now look forward to running a welcoming library which will both encourage reading and learning and become even more of a social place for our community.

WICKED



The curtain drop showing the map of The Land of Oz.

 



 



My daughter Katrina and I at the Victoria Apollo.



The Dragon above the stage.

 

The Orchestra Pit



As a Christmas treat for my youngest we went to London to see Wicked, a show she's wished to see for some time.  For those of you who don't know the story it's about the two witches who are in The Wizard of Oz.  It tells of how they came to know each other and came to compete against each other, the story dovetailing into the orginal tale. 

Although it wasn't my choice I did enjoy, it had beautiful costumes and amazing singers and dancers.  In other words a typical London polished performance.

The Christmas Reindeer still in Covent Garden



The London Eye with The Houses of Parliament in the background.



How proud I am to be English and how lucky am I to live near to this great city of ours and be able to enjoy all the delights it has to offer. Not only did we see a show but enjoyed a meal in The Crypt of St Martin's in the Field, coffee stops and teas at various cafes the last one at Trafalgar Square where we sat in a window seat, in the evening, and watch the fountains as their lights changed colour giving us a pretty scene.  We used the buses, which are better for sightseeing.  Pity the weather wasn't warmer as our walk through Admiralty Arch would have taken us further down The Mall.