Category: Leisure, culture and heritage

1790 Leisure, culture and heritage posts found.

Shropshire Archives thanks volunteers

22/06/2018

Shropshire Council’s Shropshire Archives has added over 19,000 records relating to the county online following a mammoth effort by volunteers. Shropshire Archives…

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Have your say on Shropshire’s Great Outdoors 2018-28 strategy consultation

18/06/2018
An aerial image of The Mere in Ellesmere which has been awarded the Green Flag award.

Shropshire Council is seeking the views of residents on its new Great Outdoors strategy in a public consultation. Launched on 3 May…

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Enjoy an increasing range of e-books and e-audiobooks from Shropshire Libraries

15/06/2018
cloudLibrary - for e-books

The range of e-books and e-audiobooks offered by Shropshire Libraries has recently seen a huge increase due to a new arrangement with…

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Health Information Week 2-8 July 2018 in Shropshire’s libraries, featuring Macmillan

13/06/2018
Health Information Week 2018

Free, specialist information and support concerning cancer is coming to Shropshire’s libraries during Health Information Week in early July. Macmillan Cancer Support’s…

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Shropshire Libraries launch “Reading Well for mental health” with titles by Matt Haig, Sathnam Sanghera and Ruby Wax

07/06/2018
Shropshire Libraries logo

The ‘lifesaving’ 2018 “Reading Well for mental health” titles by The Reading Agency and Society of Chief Librarians were announced at a…

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Record attendances for Theatre Severn and the Old Market Hall

04/06/2018
Theatre Severn in Shrewsbury

A record number of people have visited the Shropshire Council owned and managed Theatre Severn and the Old Market Hall in Shrewsbury…

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Libraries in Shropshire are highlighting Dementia Action Week 21-27 May

11/05/2018
Mental health - dementia - infographic, quoting the rising figures

Libraries in Shropshire are highlighting Dementia Action Week 21-27 May 2018 with a series of events for local people living with memory…

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Sir Andrew Motion at Ludlow Assembly Rooms, in partnership with Shropshire Libraries and Poetry on Loan

01/05/2018
Sir Andrew Motion

Shropshire Libraries are delighted to invite you to an evening with Sir Andrew Motion on Friday 8 June 2018 at 7.30pm at…

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Titanic: Honour & Glory – relive the voyage at Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery this summer

01/05/2018

Discover and experience the story of the world’s most famous ocean liner this summer at Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery in the…

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Brick History exhibition breaks records at Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery

19/04/2018
An image of a father and his son looking at the Lego model of Rochester Castle with intrigue in the Brick History exhibition that was at Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery from 12 February to 15 April 2018.

The hugely popular Brick History exhibition has broken visitor figure records at Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery. 18,697 people visited between 12…

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