relatives or unearth photographs and film that have never been seen before! Along the way you'll hopefully make many new friends at home and abroad.
Our project will be running two evenings a week in Clydebank and Dalmuir libraries. The Dalmuir sessions are every Tuesday from 4:30pm to 5:30pm, and the Clydebank sessions are every Thursdat from 4:30pm to 5:30pm. Our resident expert will be on hand and you can find out how to use social network sites easily and safely.
Contact: Library Headquarters for Elizabeth Carmichael at 01389 608041 or Anne Louise Anglim 01389 608049.
Booked! West Dunbartonshire Festival of Words May 2009
Quizzes
The winner of the Challenging Literature Quiz is Grant Ward and the winner of the Easier Literature Quiz is Carole Dove. Congratulations to both of them; they will each receive £30 in book tokens. We would like to thank all who entered and better luck next year!
Booked Poetry Competition
Young People's Festival Events
From The Herald Diary 1st June 2009
A Straight Talker - STORYTELLER Donald Nelson was working with a primary five class at Clydebank library when, at the end of the session, the teacher was struggling to get them in a neat line.
Donald joked with one of the boys that kids can learn how to use a complicated computer or mobile phone in a few minutes, but after five years at school still can't stand in a straight line.
"Ah am in a straight line - it's aw them that's no'," the lad replied.
Donald fears he has met a future politician.
Their Past Your Future Scotland
As part of a national initiative called Their Past Your Future Scotland, West Dunbartonshire Council is organising “Singers, Sirens and Silent Heroes”. Their Past Your Future Scotland Phase 2, is led in Scotland by Museums Galleries Scotland and funded by The Big Lottery. It brings young people and older generations together in our libraries and museums to capture oral histories that focus on the Second World War and all subsequent conflicts. West Dunbartonshire Council has been awarded funding towards its project ‘Singer, Sirens and Silent Heroes’ and is one of only 13 across Scotland to receive TPYF Scotland funding.
Archive Photograph of the Month, July 2009
The Archive Photograph of the Month for July 2009 is of Renton Main Street South End circa 1900.