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Libraries in Ealing PM Gallery & House Walpole Park, Mattock Lane, Ealing W5 5EQ The house and gallery are closed to the public for restoration until spring 2018. However, Pitzhanger will continue to hold a range of heritage and arts activities, workshops and classes at the new Rickyard venue in Walpole Park, and in spaces across the borough. For information contact: 020 8567 1227 or visit www.pitzhanger.org.uk There are 13 public libraries in the borough where you can borrow items from books to DVDs and CDs. Free internet access is available in all libraries to members and nonmembers. Libraries are free to use. Events are also free unless otherwise specified. For information contact your local library or email [email protected] or visit www.ealing.gov.uk/libraries Acton Library High Street, Acton W3 6NA. Tel: [phone] Ealing Central Library 103 Ealing Broadway Centre, The Broadway, London, W5 5JY. Tel: [phone] Greenford Library Libraries events Author Talk: SJI Holliday 6 September at West Ealing Library, 5pm SJI Holliday is a local crime writer who has just published her second novel, Willow Walk. She also runs a popular crime fiction blog. Suitable for adults. FREE, no booking required. For further information see www.sjholiday.com Ancestry taster session 13 September at Ealing Central Library, 2pm Discover your family history with local historian Dr Jonathan Oates. FREE but advanced booking is required. Local history talk: A Victorian Archaeologist in Ealing 20 September at Ealing Central Library, 6.15pm John Allan Brown. Brown lived in Kent Gardens for much of his life and was the founder of Ealing library service, the author of two books about local archaeology and history, as well as been a keen collector and a local magistrate. £3 library members, £5 non-members. Contact the local history centre on 020 3700 1055 or email [email protected] Author Talk: George Szlachetko 22 September at Ealing Central Library, 5pm Ealing resident George Szlachetko will hold a talk and Q&A session about his first new book Wira of Warsaw – the true story of a 14-year old resistance fighter against the Nazi occupiers – which has just been optioned by Silver Salt Films. Suitable for adults. FREE, no booking required. LEGO Education Workshops Let your child get creative, boost their literacy & numeracy, and develop their understanding of computing and design technology in the ever popular LEGO workshops, part of the LEGO Education programme. Book you r space for the three sessions being held throughout September. Suitable for children aged eight-12 years old. 58 around ealing Autumn 2016 Oldfield Lane South, Greenford, Middlesex UB6 9LG. Tel: [phone] Advance booking required through the library. £7.50 library members, £12 non-library members per workshop (one workshop = three sessions) For further information visit www.ccslibraries.com/legoeducationealing or email [email protected] Hanwell Library – 15, 22 & 29 September, 3.45pm Northolt Library – 16, 23 & 30 September, 4pm Hanwell Library Cherington Road, Hanwell, London W7 3HL. Tel: [phone] Jubilee Gardens Library Jubilee Gardens Health Centre, Jubilee Gardens, Southall, UB1 2TJ. Tel: [phone] Northfields Library Macmillan coffee morning 30 September at Ealing Central Library, Hanwell Library, Northolt Library and West Ealing Library, 10am–12 noon The libraries will be hosting a coffee morning for Macmillan Cancer Support. Join us for coffee, tea, biscuits and a chat. Admission: 50p for refreshments, all funds going to the Macmillan Cancer Support charity. Northfield Avenue, Ealing, London W5 4UA. Tel: [phone] Northolt walks 6, 13 & 20 September; 4, 11, 18 & 25 October; 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 November at Northolt Library, 4pm Want to improve your health? Come and join a Northolt walk. Supervised by NHS staff, these new weekly walks are a great way of discovering the hills, canals and parks of Northolt, becoming healthy and making new friends. Suitable for people of all ages. FREE Perivale Library Other Fostering and adoption information sessions 5 September (11am-1pm), 3 October (7.30-9.30pm); 7 November (11am-1pm) at Ealing Town Hall, New Broadway, Ealing, W5 2BY Your chance to meet some of our foster carers and adopters. A great opportunity to ask questions and find out how fostering and adoption work. Contact freephone 0800 731 6550 or email [email protected] Northolt Leisure Centre Library Northolt Leisure Centre, Eastcote Lane North, Northolt UB5 4AB. Tel: [phone] Northolt Library Church Road, Northolt, Middlesex, UB5 5AS. Tel: [phone] Horsenden Lane South, Greenford, Middlesex UB6 7NT. Tel: [phone] Pitshanger Library 143/145 Pitshanger Lane, Ealing, London W5 1RH. Tel: [phone] Southall Library Osterley Park Road, Southall, Middlesex UB2 4BL. Tel: [phone] West Ealing Library Melbourne Avenue, Ealing, London W13 9BT. Tel: [phone] Home Library Service Tel: [phone] Wood End Library Whitton Avenue West, Greenford, Middlesex UB6 0EE. Tel: [phone]