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Elm Park
Library has received more than 3,000 new books this year. Here are a few of the fabulous new titles…
 Events:
Wednesday 16 December, 2pm – 3.30pm. Young
at Heart Christmas Quiz, come along and test your knowledge
with our fun quiz. Email for more details.
Find out more about Elm Park Library.
The Harlequins put on a great show as usual at Gidea Park
Library. The
theme this year was Food and Drink and we had a full house of Poetry and Prose
enthusiasts who came along to enjoy the evening’s entertainment.
With amusing recitations and dramatic acting, everyone had a
thoroughly good time watching the show.
We had a Food and Drink quiz, with the quiz master wearing a Turkey on
his head (don’t ask) and the evening ending with a volley of limericks that
gave everyone a chuckle.
Many thanks again to
the Harlequins for putting so much time and effort into their performance and
supporting the library service for another year.
Regular Groups:
Every weekday, term time only
Reading Buddies, 3.30pm - 4.30pm
Every Tuesday
2.15pm - 2.45pm Read and Rhyme, term time only
4pm - 5pm, Chatterbooks, term time only
5pm - 6pm, Computer Classes
Every Wednesday
10am - 11am, Computer Classes
2.15pm - 2.45pm, Baby Bounce with songs and rhymes.
3.45pm - 4.45pm, term time only. Kids' Knits for children aged 8 to 12 years. £2 per visit, wool and needles provided. Pre-booking by email essential.
Every Thursday
10,30am - 12noon, Stitches adult craft group
5pm - 6pm, Computer Classes
Find out more about Gidea Park Library.
 Events:
Tuesday 8 December,
11am – 12noon. Young at Heart Club Christmas singalong with Ken and Tora. £1
including refreshments. Email
for more details.
Regular Groups:
Citizens
Advice Havering holds a drop-in advice service every Monday,10am to 2pm.
Every Thursday, 10am to 12noon. In Stitches sewing group.
Find out more about Harold Hill Library.
Events:
Wednesday 9 December,
11am - 12noon. Young at Heart Christmas Quiz with mince pies and refreshments. Email
for more details.
Find out more about Harold Wood Library.
Events:
Regular Groups:
Citizens
Advice Havering runs a drop-in advice service every Monday,
Tuesday and Thursday from 10am to 2pm.
RSPB Havering, second Friday of each month, 7.30pm - 9.45pm
Find out more about Hornchurch Library.
Author Christopher William Hill visited Rainham library to speak to classes from La Salette Catholic Primary School and Brady Primary School. He spoke to the children about why he became an author and
his inspirations. Bizarrely, a babybel cheese, a kinder egg and a human
heart also featured.
Reading Challenge:
In January author, John Connolly, will be the subject of a Reading Challenge at Rainham Library. Find out more by email.
Regular Groups:
Each month Rainham Library has an Author Focus.
Every Monday from 11 January
10.30am, Wiggle and Giggle
Every Tuesday
2pm - 4pm, Knit and Natter
Every Thursday
10.30am, Baby Bounce
11am, Computer Classes - free four week course, booking essential by email
Last Monday of each month
6.30pm - 8pm, Reading Group
First Tuesday of each month
10am, Listening Group
2pm - 4pm, Young at Heart Group
Find out more about Rainham Library.
Before switching on Romford’s Christmas lights The Gruffalo paid a visit to
Romford Library.
Events:
Saturday 5 December,
10.30am – 2.30pm. Real
Lego Christmas. Free
event with Pastor Dave Chuck of the Salvation Army and members of the Boys
Brigade. Craft and Lego model building. Email for details.
Regular Groups:
Every Monday, 3.30pm to 5pm during term time. Reading Buddies group.
Find out more about Romford Library
Squiggles are getting into the Christmas spirit! They have created these
lovely snowmen which are displayed in the junior library.
Regular Groups:
Havering
Citizens Advice Bureau runs a drop-in advice service on
alternate Tuesdays, 10am - 2pm.
Squiggles takes place every Friday,10am (term time only) and
consists of stories, rhymes and craft. All children, aged two to five years, are welcome.
Find out more about South Hornchurch Library.
New floor
Upminster Library opened again on Thursday
3 December after being closed to have new flooring laid.
We went to press before we could get a picture of the
finished product so this is just some of the stock the staff had to move. Pay
them a visit they will love to see you, and there is plenty going on in the
lead up to Christmas.
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Events:
Monday 7 December, 6.30pm – 8pm. Expecting a baby? Meet industry experts all
together in one room at this Pregnancy Information Event. Free entry and goody bag. Find out more.
Thursday 10 December, 10.30am - 12.30pm,
Techy Teas in partnership with Havering CAB. A free drop-in event where you can learn
how to use your mobile phone, laptop or tablet device to its full potential. Bring along your own device and our team will show you
how to use them. You will also require an active Havering Library card. Email
for more details.
Saturday 12 December, 11am - 12noon.
Christmas Craft. Ages over three years, Charges £3 for library members, £3.40 non-members. Booking essential by email.
Wednesday 16 December, 6pm. Make your own winter rescue kit, using
natural ingredients, including a hand sanitiser, lip balm and aroma stick. Charges £25 for library members, £27 non-members. Book
your place.
Thursday 17 December, 10.30am. Christmas
story time and craft for children three years and above. Booking essential by email.
Thursday 24 December, 10am - 12noon. Christmas Coffee Morning with
Upminster Library staff.
Regular Groups:
Every Wednesday, 6.30pm to 7.30pm
Every Thursday, 2pm to 4pm. Ancestry Session.
Find out more about Upminster Library.
Events:
Friday 4 December, 4.30pm. Santa's Grotto as part of Collier Row's Mistletoe Madness.
Regular Groups:
Every Friday
10.30am - 12noon and 1.30pm - 3.30pm Knit and Natter
Second Monday of each month
6.30pm - 8pm, Reading Group
First Thursday of each month
11am - 12.30pm Reading Group
Find out more about Collier Row Library.
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 The new library in Harold Hill is really taking shape, with the steel frame of the new building now completed. Read the full story.
 We are absolutely
delighted with the results of this year's Summer Reading Challenge. Once
again there was a tremendous uptake from the children
in Havering and we had the highest completion rate in London.
We hope that the teachers in local
schools were able to see the benefits from so many children continuing their
reading during the summer holidays.
The children couldn’t have done this
without the help and support from our wonderful volunteers and staff, their
mums, dads and carers and the schools.
How great it is that we are all working
together to help foster the love of reading and improve our children’s literacy
levels. Well done everyone.
This fantastic book is now available to borrow from Havering libraries.
Read all about Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends Percy, James,
Edward and Toby. Then download the App and see them pop out of the book and
appear on your smart phone or iPad.
Drive the trains around the different tracks and even fly Harold the
Helicopter around the room. Then capture the moment in a photo to show your
friends. See for yourself and borrow today.
The
Library Service is part of the Havering
Dementia Action Alliance which was developed with council partners to help
organisations and the community support those affected by Dementia.
Libraries
regularly host free ‘Dementia Friends’ sessions, delivered by the Alzheimer’s
Society, which give an insight into dementia and tips on how to create a
more dementia friendly community.
This
year 30 library staff, along with members of the public, have become Dementia
Friends.
All our
libraries have ‘Reading Well Books on Prescription’ collections. These have
been recommended and endorsed by health professionals and include: information
books about dementia for people with dementia or their carers; picture books that can be shared with people
with dementia and at least one of the books is a picture book that can be
shared with a child about a family member and dementia. All are available to borrow from our
libraries.
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 Every library in Havering has computers available for free use by the public, as well as free WiFi access. Just call in to your nearest library to find out more.
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 Remote catalogue search
Now you can find a title, reserve, borrow or renew it, straight from your mobile.
Barcode scan
Why buy when you can borrow? The app allows you to scan the barcode on any title, anywhere, then search the catalogue to see if you can borrow it.
Library information
From events to opening hours to directions, regularly updated service information gives you all the knowledge you need.
Download the Android version or the Apple version.
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Our Library Treasures
App has been updated with lots more games for your children to play.
To get the new version you might have to delete the old version first
….. and then get playing.
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Like us on Facebook
Facebook is an ideal way to keep in touch with family and friends, and now it can be used to keep informed about what’s happening with Havering Libraries. So next time you are on Facebook check out our page and ‘like’ us.
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 If you are interested in Havering's history, want to start tracing your family history, find an old newspaper report, or information about your house or street in the past visit our Local Studies and Family History Centre, which is on the first floor of Central Library in Romford.
Three collections donated
The Local
Studies and Family History Centre have been lucky enough to have recently been
donated several collections of wonderful local material. Work has started already to digitise and catalogue these
collections.
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This
picture of the village shop at Havering-atte-Bower is from the Freda Rhodes
Collection, which includes a unique set of glass plate photographs. |
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We
also received a fantastic album of more than 300 postcards collected by the late Eric St Anthony Todd. These include a number of rarer views of the
town, such as this view of The Lamb in Romford Market place dating from around 1906. |
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Another
interesting collection of more than 100 images of Havering came to us via the
family of Kenneth D. Ruthve. Shown here is The
Old Post Office, Corbets Tey Road, Upminster in 1906. |
Award for library excellence
The
Council has retained its Customer Service Excellence Award by SGS, the world's
leading inspection body, for its library service. It first received the
certification in 2013.
Head of Culture and Leisure, Simon Parkinson, said: “This
is a great achievement by our library service staff who have continued to meet
the high standards required by the assessors despite the changes and challenges
they have faced.”
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