News

We’ve got some great events coming up in the next few weeks – we hope you’ll be able to join us.

On Friday November 1st, at 5.00pm, in the Beach Hut Gallery we’re having a private viewing of the work of five hugely talented artists; we hope most of them will be able to join us at the viewing.

Our MP Tim Farron is a regular visitor

There will be nibbles and drinks and the library/bookshop will also be open. Please come along – and bring friends! If you’re not able to come, remember the gallery and library are open every Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 11.00 to 4.00pm

Our next Library ‘MIC’ talk is on Wednesday November 13th. Peter Holmes will be talking about ‘Industrial Narrow-Gauge Railways of Furness’. Please let us know if you can come as spsace is limited. The December MIC talk will be a selection of readings of raiwayworkers’ poetry

That’s on Wednesday December 11th at 2.00pm. Pre-booking is essential on 07795 008691 or info@stationlibrary.org.uk

Our Christmas Fair, jointly with the Beach Hut Gallery, will be on Saturday Saturday December 14th from 11.00 to 16.00h.

The ‘Friends of the Beach Hut Gallery’ is going well with several people now signed up.  Ideas for a cafe facility (with improved toilet) are proving really popular but we still have several hoops to jump through.

We continue to get generous donations of books – most recently from Friends of the National Railway Museum, as well as Manchester Locomotive Society, Tanfield Railway and East Lancashire Railway. We are looking for good quality art and ‘local interest’ books for the gallery if you haveanything you’d like to donate.

We have recently extended our book space in the library – very much thanks to Jon, an employee volunteer from Network Rail who have gave up his day to help us.We hope to see Jon and his colleagues back in the next few weeks – we’ve lots more for them to get stuck into!

with best wishes,

Paul (Library/Gallery Manager)

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Kents Bank Station Library is a not-for-profit community-based library specialising in railway and wider transport books, pamphlets and other published material. It is managed by a small team of trustees with a number of patrons including Minister for Rail Lord Hendy, MP Tim Farron and writers Christian Wolmar and Andrew Martin.

Kents Bank Station library: https://stationlibrary.org.uk
Kentsford Road, Grange-over-Sands LA11 7BB

07795 008691 Email: info@stationlirary.org.uk