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Upper Norwood Joint Library is 111 years old!

 see the photos of our 110th Anniversary two-day celebrations in 2010 

 What’s On at Your Library

Special May and June events

Celebrating 200 years of London’s greatest author Calix Eden presents
‘Charles Dickens and the Metropolis’

Sat 12th May 2.30pm

 

 Independent Events

2Rs Reading Group for adults

2Rs Writing Group for adults

Lambeth Gipsy Hill Ward Councillor’s Regular Surgeries

 Library Links in the Community

Musical Stories  

Power of 100

  Second Hand Book Sale

Library Books, DVDs, CDs, Story Tapes and Videos for sale in the Lending Library

All items are individually priced and all audio/visual items are sold as seen.

Children’s Books For Sale

Children’s fiction and picture books are 30p each or 4 for £1. Starting a project at school? Need pictures or information? Come and buy a fact book here! They are only 50p each or 5 for £2. You can find them on the back wall of the Junior Library with pink labels on their spine.

 Photographic Exhibition prints for sale

Professional photographic images capturing Crystal Palace by Sean Michael Bulson LRPS and Craig Richardson of Glasshouse19 are exhibited on our front staircase. All print sales help to support the library. You can visit the Glasshouse19 gallery website here. A limited edition of 17″X 5″ framed panoramic prints are also available to view at the enquiry desk on the ground floor. (Please ask for Christine if she’s available.)

Postcards for sale

A wide variety of postcards depicting the Crystal Palace in Upper Norwood and at its original location in Hyde park; other photographic views of local history interest and reproductions of old local history postcards; local artists postcards of Crystal Palace views. Postcards and posters of ‘The fresh Air Suburb’ advertising image from the 1900s. All displayed and available for sale at the enquiry desk on the ground floor.

Greeting cards and Notelets for sale

Norwood notelets and greeting cards from drawings and paintings of the local area by local artist Mike Conrad FCSD FRSA are displayed and exclusively on sale here. All sales contribute to library funds. Click here to view Mike’s gallery of paintings and a small article about his work from the Crystal Palace Community Association website. All displayed and available for sale at the enquiry desk on the ground floor. 

Audrey Hammond Painting for sale

On display, a signed, limited edition print of local artist Audrey Hammond’s 1985 painting of Upper Norwood Library before the 2004 refurbishment. This painting is featured in the book ‘Crystal Palace Norwood Heights – a pictorial record’ by Audrey Hammond, Brian Dann and Mike Conrad. The proceeds from these prints are very kindly donated to the library by Audrey to help boost the library’s much needed income. Click here to see an article about Audrey that was published in the Palace Magazine in Dec 2007. Prints available for sale at the enquiry desk on the ground floor.