Play room

I was talking to some of the children in the Wheatsheaf Library and told them that we were starting to make plans for the library that will be part of the new Rochdale town centre development.

A little later one of them came back to me with their three-year old brother, Hamad, in tow. He'd drawn a picture of the play room for the new library:

It's lovely to see the happy smiling faces!

Ian Bland Performance Poet

If you have enjoyed the poetry and performance of Craig Bradley here's a date for your diary.

Ian Bland will be at The Wheatsheaf Library on Thursday 3rd August 2009 11.00 a.m.-12 noon. Come along and join us, no need to book a place. Ian will read his poems and then we all get a chance to write in a poetry workshop. We are thinking of children aged between 5-11 as the best audience for this event.

He has visited lots of schools in Rochdale but this is his first time in a Rochdale Library. I'm looking forward to giving him a huge welcome.