I attended the Spring meeting of the Western Cemetery Association (WCA) on Friday which proved most worthwhile. A site visit will take place shortly at the Cemetery with Association members and the City Council Leisure & Communities Department, to look at further ways the Association can help with gardening improvements at the Cemetery. You can read more about the Association's activities by clicking on the headline above.
The Friday WCA meeting took place at Blackness Library ... which brings me to ... Blackness Library, and an update on the 100th anniversary celebrations. Back in February, I mentioned (http://frasermacpherson.blogspot.com/2008/02/blackness-librarys-100th-birthday.html) that the library is 100 years old this year. The anniversary date is 22nd October.
I have recently been advised by the City Council that a Centenary Planning Group has been formed and has started planning the Centenary event. A number of things have already happened:
* Research is being undertaken at the City Archives and Local History Department for material for use in an exhibition. Photographs and newspapers from October 1908 will be sourced.
* The Carnegie Trust and the Carnegie Museum in Dunfermline have been contacted for information.
* A leaflet is being produced inviting the public to come forward with any memorabilia and reminiscences.
* A programme of events for the week of the Centenary is being compiled and will include author visits, competitions and quizzes, activities for schoolchildren and adults, storytelling and tours of the library.
* Local groups have been invited to publicise their activities through displays in the library.
* Information is being prepared about the centenary celebration to be added to the library's webpage.
* A reception in the library will be organised to celebrate the centenary on October 22nd.
Good to see all this happening - the photo (above right) shows the opening of the library back in 1908.