We don’t want to blow our own trumpet, but this volunteer said it all for us! 🎺 Come and join our library team this summer and help out with the Summer Reading Challenge! Find out more and how to apply here: libraries.essex.gov.uk/news/volunteer…

Drought, Eric Ravilious, 1933. It dates from his time at Great Bardfield in #Essex. The original artwork was sold at auction in 2019 and is now believed to be in a private collection.

Opens one month today!!! 👏 #Gladiators: #ADayAtTheRomanGames at #ColchesterCastle Find out more by visiting: colchester.cimuseums.org.uk/gladiators

There's still time to become part of our Human Library... The Human Library will be coming to Chelmsford on Saturday 1 July, as part of this years' Essex Book Festival. Find out more and become a 'book' or 'librarian' here: libraries.essex.gov.uk/news/think-you…

Great video from SWCS and Quintin Beer about their upcoming 140 Anniversary Concert! Get your tickets here > bit.ly/3qJDZeT

TALKS&THOUGHTS Coming up this week... Sun 18 June, Keith Brymer Jones Join Great Pottery Throw Down judge, Keith Brymer Jones, as he shares stories of life in front of and behind the potter’s wheel. Link for tickets⬇️⬇️ ow.ly/yi9p50OMSSi

Coming up in Saffron Walden Library, this exhibition includes an amazing embroidered centrepiece, based on the 1757 map of Saffron Walden

A big thank you to Gibson Library friends for the talk and preparing a display for us yesterday. Such an incredible archive, including of the history of #saffronwalden and of #radwinter, but also of Victorian travels globally. Saffron Walden TIC

Visit the FryArtGallery in #SaffronWalden throughout the summer season (but note closed Mondays).

Discover the wonders of the Gibson Library full of history, upstairs at the Saffron Walden Public Library. Run by enthusiasts who look forward to greeting you. A great research hub that is the perfect space for study and discovery. #SaffronWalden #Essex #Library #Libraries #SWCHS

The reading room has changed since 1983, as has the technology. The Gibson Library however is still full of all of the interesting books, maps and so much more that you can discover, above the Saffron Walden public library. #SaffronWalden #Essex #Libraries #Library #SWCHS

We have many subject boxes with information about a variety of topics about the Saffron Walden area and surrounding villages. The boxes contain village magazines, posters, articles, pamphlets, photographs and more. Discover what we have to offer. #Library #SWCHS #Essex, #swtic

Ever wonder what has changed in Saffron Walden over time, and what hasn’t? Visit us here the Gibson Library to discover more photos, maps, and texts about the history of Saffron Walden. . . #SaffronWalden #Essex #Libraries #Library #SWCHS #Essex #swtic

Happy Valentine’s Day. Come and see the valentines display and explore the delights of this special day, in the Saffron Walden Public Library. #SaffronWalden #Essex #Libraries #Library #SWCHS #Essex #swtic

Images from Dickinson’s ‘Comprehensive Pictures of the Great Exhibition of 1851.’ What is the very special link between Saffron Walden and the Great Exhibition? A taxidermied elephant from Saffron Walden Museum. #SaffronWalden #Essex #Libraries #Library #SWCHS #Essex #swtic

Images from one of the sumptuously illustrated books in the Gibson Library – ‘A Monograph of the Nectariniidae or Family of Sunbirds’ Written by Captain George Ernest Shelley, nephew of the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, it contains 121 hand-coloured lithographs of sunbirds. #Library

How much do you know about the fabled Queen Boudica and the British 'War of Independence'. If you want to know what evidence there is for the historical Boudica, we have a Zoom talk that might interest you. Open to all, free of charge, please email [email protected].

We have excellent volunteering opportunities for you at the Gibson Library. You can help with accessioning new books, indexing books, articles and photographs, copying and digitising old photographs and unusual books, or help with book repairs and stewarding events. #Library

Discover our Saffron Walden map collection. The examples show how much cartography has developed. Shown, Blaeu Essex from County Atlas of England and Wales, 1645; Chapman and Andre Map of Essex, 1777;  Ordnance Survey’s first map of Essex, 1805; large scale Ordnance Survey map.

Do you remember these shops in town? There are many familiar names on this map from 1994.  All are welcome to come and reminisce or discover what has changed over the years using our collections of historic maps, atlases, photos scrapbooks. All for free at the Gibson Library.