Gain confidence with numbers. The Big Number Natter on Wed 22 May 10am to 2pm, Tollcross Community Centre. Meet the Multiply team, Maths on Toast taster sessions at 11am and 1pm and find out about free courses. edinburgh.gov.uk/multiplycourses

Our latest exhibition invites you to open the pages on a 19th century photo album which records the lives of the Stirling Home Drummond Moray family. The album is the first in a set which offer a window into an affluent Victorian lifestyle. See more at capitalcollections.org.uk/view-item?i=53…

What's your story?
We’ve an extra beginners’ #FamilyHistory session this month! Come along to
Kirkliston Library on Wed 22 May at 6pm to find out how to use the library's free online resources.
Book your place by contacting #Kirkliston Library at [email protected]

The Edinburgh 900 Community Fund is now open for applications! Community groups can apply for up to £5,000 worth of funding until 27 May.
Find out more about Edinburgh 900 and how to apply for funding at edinburgh.gov.uk/900

Book now for the Maps for Family and Local History workshop 10am 24 May 2024 - in person in our Maps Reading Room, 33 Salisbury Place, Edinburgh.
Discover how maps can provide a window into the past and view a selection maps from our collection. nls.uk/whats-on/maps-…

#thelmamessages Our reminiscence project on shops & retail has gathered many donations of #photos from the public including this 1935 image of Leith Provident workers on Lochend Road #edinburgh when best kitchen coal (and Bovril) was on sale! #memories #heritage #worklife

Thanks to Stuart Laidlaw for this fab picture of the women of the St Nicholas Church Women's Institute in the 1950s.
Can you help us record the history of #Edinburgh by sharing your picture memories on our community archive?
edinburghcollected.org/picture_memori…
#Sighthill #ThrowbackThursday

What's your story?
We’ve an extra beginners’ #FamilyHistory session this month! Come along to
Kirkliston Library on Wed 22 May at 6pm to find out how to use the library's free online resources.
Book your place by contacting #Kirkliston Library at [email protected]

#Bookbug Week is here! Come and say 'Hello!' and join in the fun at a library near you!
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Have you read ‘Poor Things’?
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Ever thought about doing your family tree? Come along to our beginners' #FamilyHistory session at Central Library on Thurs 30 May at 2pm and find out how to get started using the library's free resources. Book your place via [email protected]

A new exhibition on Capital Collections brings together the images from the first volume of a set of 19th century family photo albums in our Central Library collections. All images are dated around the 1850s during the early years of photography.
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Was brilliant to be part of North Edinburgh Community Festival yesterday with Granton & Muirhouse libraries Edinburgh Libraries - event went like a rocket - voice and handouts all gone by the end! Thank you organisers, hope you having well earned rest today!

Bookbug Week 2024 is here! Come and say 'Hello!' and join in the fun at a library near you!
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Read all about Edinburgh's coastline heritage and the #EdinburghShoreline project inspiring people to explore their coast and take responsibility for its future health on Our Town Stories. This new digital trail is thanks to Edinburgh Shoreline
ourtownstories.co.uk/story/4602-edi…

Have you seen the brilliant Walter Crane and the art of Aesop display on the staircase Central Library? It runs until the end of May but if you can’t make it, you can also browse the wonderful pages from Crane’s classic picture book, Baby’s Own Aesop at capitalcollections.org.uk/view-item?i=50…

Want to trace your family tree, but not sure where to start?
Come along to our beginners’ #FamilyHistory session Central Library to find out about the free library resources that can help.
Next session is Thurs 30 May at 2pm. Book by emailing [email protected]

We’d like to hear from residents about services that are important to them. It only takes a few minutes to fill in our survey at edinburgh.gov.uk/budget

We’re delighted to announce a new story on Our Town Stories all about the past, present and future of Edinburgh’s coastline, thanks to Edinburgh Shoreline
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Our #ThrowbackThursday takes us back to 1960s National Coal Board Computer Centre at #Sighthill .
See the full collection of fantastic pictures showing the official opening of the Centre and its state of the art technology at -
edinburghcollected.org/scrapbooks/nat…
Thanks to The Living Memory Association