There's no reason why you can't stay fit & mindful if you have a visual impairment Sight Scotland does Gentle Yoga sessions at Porty Library = Feeling less Summery! 🌞🥰 for those with sight loss on Friday from 12-1.30pm so if you would like to join or know someone who would, Call 0800 024 8973 to register

This is your weekly reminder about our brilliant "Bring, Make & Do!" sessions, every Friday morning from 10.30 until Noon! So, If you fancy a knit and a natter, bring your own projects down and craft in comfort in the library with lovely like-minded creative folk! 🧶

#MorningPorty Things are windswept in the wake of #StormDarragh this morning and #Orvie is definitely interesting as usual We weren't too badly affected in Porty thankfully but our thoughts go out to everyyone who has ❤️ Anyhoo, We hope you all have a fine Monday! 🙂

Join the friendly volunteers from Macmillan Cancer Support Scotland for a chat, support and/or information this morning from 11.30am until 1.30pm They're here every week or they can be contacted at the details below 💚

We open up the next door on our advent calendar of #Storytime chaos this afternoon with some funny festive tales of Dinos, Pirates, Elves and BUMS! So if you've got #Christmas spirit and you like any of these things, join Ian at 4pm and get in on the storytelling fun!! ❤🎄

Channel your inner Walter Scott or Jackie Kay! To celebrate Edinburgh’s 900 years, we’re challenging you to write a poem to honour our amazing city Must be your own work and fit on our bookmark template Entry info online at edinburgh.gov.uk/900poetrycompe… Closing date 31 January 2025

#MorningPorty Beautiful sunrise for you today but what's that old adage? Red sky at night, rapper's delight Red sky at dawn, get off my lawn!! Something like that? 😉 Anyway, enjoy it while you can, we suspect a more grisly future awaits us later 😂 Also: #Orvie ❤️

As #Christmas looms ever closer, we're here at @Portobello Library for another #FridayCraft session at 2pm. All welcome, children aged under 8 must be accompanied by a parent/carer aged 12+, we'll also be using safety scissors so please keep wee fingers safe when attending.

The time has come for the very last #Storytime of 2024 and it's an absolute #Christmas banger! (Like out of a cracker, see? 😉) You're all welcome to join Ian at 4pm for for a final 5 stories of Christmas cheer, fun and frivolity and see the storytelling year out with him!! ❤🎄

It's almost #Christmas and we're still here at the Library offering up last-minute #Crafts for any Porty youngster who might be at a loose end while they wait for Santa to come down the chimbley! Join us at 2pm to make a simple tree decoration to make things extra snazzy! ❤🎄🎅

More things to stay occupied here at Portobello Library where we have our fabulously festive #ChristmasTreasureTrail! Come along before 31/12, find the clues and who knows... If your name gets plucked from the #MagicHat, you might be our 1st Treasure Trail winner of 2025!! 🏆❤

No #Storytime this week for obvious reasons, hopefully you all be tucked up at home with visions of sugarplums dancing in your heads or whatnot anyway! ❤🎄 The next scheduled Storytime will be on Tuesday 8th of January 2025 at 4pm so we look forward to seeing seeing you then 😄

We here at Portobello Library would like to wish all of our customers, service users and friends a very #merrychristmas! We hope Santa has been good to you and we look forward to seeing you again when we reopen on the 27th of December at our usual time of 10am!! ❤🎄

Just a wee reminder that we'll be closed today and tomorrow so we'll see you at the usual time of 10am on Friday 27th December. Merry Christmas to all!! 🎄🎅❤

We here at Porty Library = Feeling less Summery! 🌞🥰 would like to wish all of our customers, service users and friends a very #merrychristmas! We hope Santa has been good to you and we look forward to seeing you again when we reopen on Friday 27th of December at our usual time of 10am!! ❤️🎄🎅

Happy Hogmanay to all of our friends, family & customers! Join us as we raise a farewell glass to 2024 and look forward to an especially excellent 2025 (To be honest, it couldn't be much worse, eh?)😉🎇🥃

Remember that we'll be closed today and tomorrow but we'll be back hale and hearty on Friday the 3rd of January ready to face 2025 head on!! ❤

CUSTOMER NOTICE Due to essential maintenance, Edinburgh Libraries including Portobello Library will have no PC, WIFI or WIFI Printing today Photocopying will still be available We apologise for inconvenience this work may cause All services should resume from 10am tomorrow.