New illustrations for Stirchley Library!

May 14, 2018

Suzie Mason has created these wonderful posters for Stirchley Library!

I’m a local childrens artist and I picked up one of the FOSL leaflets the other day. I love the colours that whoever designed them chose! It’s a really beautiful, standout scheme.

I decided to make some personal work using that scheme just for fun, and used the library events calendar’s existing posters as inspiration, I hope you don’t mind. I actually thought they turned out quite fun, so I thought I’d send them over in case you’d like to use them.

Aren’t they wonderful! Thanks Suzie!

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We have a self service machine!

April 26, 2018

Many of you will know that the library has recently been closed to undergo asbestos removal, the first step in vital repairs which will see improvements to the library building – resulting in a new boiler!

A more visible change, is the new self service machine, which we fundraised for last year.

Friends of Stirchley Library (library users), worked directly with our fantastic library staff and Liz Parkes, Birmingham City Council, in order to make this happen.

Another positive move for Stirchley Library!

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This week!

April 17, 2018

From Stirchley Library on Facebook:

This week it’s all happening at Stirchley Library!

Tuesday we will have StoryTot’s where the theme will be horses. Join us from 9:45 – 10:15.

Thursday is a busy one, we have 3 activities happening across the day. Jigsaw Club from 10:30 – 12:30, a new stories and craft session for 2 – 5 year olds from 10:30 – 11:30 and a Family History taster session from 2:00 – 3:00!

Finally on Saturday we have our ever popular Scratch coding club from 2:30 – 3:30.

Please do come along, if you would like any information

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