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Celebrate Local History Week with Oadby Library
Posted on 30/05/09
Community Services
Historian Martin Sharp will be leading an informative and nostaligic walk around old Oadby as part of Local History Week.
The event will take place on Tuesday, June 9th between 7pm and 9pm.
Participants who bring along their own digital cameras will be
shown how to put their pictures onto the Leicestershire Villages website at a special session held at Oadby Library on Thursday, June 11th from 6.30pm-7.30pm.
Both events are being held as part of Local history Week which runs from June 8th -12th. Places are limited so please book early as they are popular.
To book your place contact Oadby Library,10 The Parade, or call 0116 305 8763.
In addition the library is hosting a Leicester Jewish Voices display for the week.
This fascinating display tells the story of being Jewish in Leicester during the 1940s and 1950s and everyone is welcome to visit it.
For more information contact Anne Sharpe, Customer Services Librarian at Oadby Library, on 0116 305 8763.
www.leics.gov.uk/oadby_library
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