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RAAC at Blackall Library: Mobile library in operation from tomorrow

TEMPORARY CLOSURE – MOBILE LIBRARY IN OPERATION

Following the temporary closure of Blackhall Library due to the discovery of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC), we can now confirm that there will be a mobile library vehicle situated in the car park of Davidson Mains Church.

The service will be available from tomorrow – Monday 25 September – to provide customers with the opportunity to collect reservations, return loans and borrow a limited selection of books, apply for bus passes, collect hearing aid batteries, free period products and buy food waste bags.

The mobile library will be available on the following dates:

Monday 25 September from 2.30 to 7pm
Tuesday 26 September from 10.30am to 3pm
Wednesday 27 September from 2.30 to 7pm
Thursday 28 September from 10.30am to 3pm
Friday 29 September from 10.30am to 3pm

Please see www.edinburgh.gov.uk/raacupdates for more information.

Busy week at Blackhall Library

WEDNESDAY IS DINOSAUR DAY!

We have an extra special week coming up at Blackhall Library with our Dinosaur Day on all day Wednesday and our Open Garden Day on Saturday!

For Dino day you can book in for specific activities or just come along, there will be fun Dinosaur themed activities for children running all day!

Our Open Garden Day is being supported by our wonderful Friends of Blackhall Library group – there will be plants, books, light refreshments and other goodies for sale along with activities for children and prizes to be won!

Blackhall Library Open Garden Day

SATURDAY 29th JULY 10am – 1pm

Blackhall Library are having an Open Garden Day on Saturday 29 July from 10am to 1pm.

Pop along and join them for a day in the garden filled with fun activities for children, a book sale, knit and crochet, and there’ll be tea, coffee and cakes for sale too!

Blackhall Library is looking for donations of sports equipment

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What’s On at Blackhall Library this week

Here’s what’s on in Blackhall Library for the week beginning 26th of June!

Please note registration for this year’s Summer Reading Challenge has now begun and will run until the 31st of August!

Summer Reading Challenge at Blackhall Library

For booking please go to our Eventbrite page for Friday craft tickets.

Tickets are available 1 hour after the current week’s event has ended –

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/664633926967

For tickets for Thursday activities, please contact the library via blackhall.library@edinburgh.gov.uk, call 0131 529 5595 or reserve a space at the library.

Bookbug Week at Blackhall Library

In celebration of Bookbug Week BLACKHALL LIBRARY will be running three additional Bookbug sessions next week! These will be followed by snacks and Bookbug materials give away.

As the Bookbug theme for this year will be Bookbug’s Big Shoogle! we warmly encourage kids and adults to dress up in your tutu’s or whatever you like to dance in!