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Kent Archives@kent_archives
17 Nov 2021
Swanscombe Library is gone but not forgotten! The Town Mayor of Swanscombe & Greenhithe, Lesley Howes and local historian Christoph Bull, unveiled the original Swanscombe Library sign for display in its former home, the Old Fire Station Café on Church Road. #KentLibraries100
Original Swanscombe Library sign

ALT Original Swanscombe Library sign

Swanscombe Urban District Council banner

ALT Swanscombe Urban District Council banner

Swanscombe Library sign unveiled

ALT Swanscombe Library sign unveiled
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Kent Archives@kent_archives
15 Nov 2021
Nancy Cooke is respected as a pioneer of the British County Library movement. In 1970, the year before her death, she was given an honorary Fellowship by the Library Association. Her legacy is our cherished resources @kentlibraries #KentLibraries100 @CILIPinfo @hiddenherstory
100 years of Kent Libraries logo

ALT 100 years of Kent Libraries logo
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Kent Libraries@kentlibraries
12 Nov 2021
Set in the beautiful village of #Charing, just outside of #Ashford, Charing Library is a wonderfully spacious and welcoming place to visit. We have an enviable selection of books, study space, bookable Wifi and PCs. All free to use! bit.ly/KCCCharingLibrary #KentLibraries100
Charing Library exterior and interior

ALT Charing Library exterior and interior
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Kent Archives@kent_archives
4 Nov 2021
Our mobile libraries have been visiting the village of #Halstead, #Kent, since the 1920s! Halstead is a 'blue route' stop on our mobile library service calendar: local.kent.gov.uk/kb5/kent/d… #KentLibraries100 @KentHighways @CILIPinfo @CILIP_LSG @HalsteadHort @SDC_newsdesk
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Kent Archives@kent_archives
3 Nov 2021
Joseph C Kennedy suggests that, in the Nancy Cooke era, library vans did not really operate as mobile libraries for general customer browsing and lending of books straight from the vehicle. However, this is not the impression given by 1920s publicity material. #KentLibraries100
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Kent Archives@kent_archives
1 Nov 2021
In November 1921, Nancy Cooke, our first Kent County Librarian, began to build a library service for #Kent village centres: ‘...it was something of an ordeal to arrive in #Maidstone, be shown two bare rooms and be told to start...’ kent.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/sp… #KentLibraries100
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Kent Libraries@kentlibraries
6 Oct 2021
Share your photos and memories of @kentlibraries over the years with #KentLibraries100 for #LibrariesWeek and to celebrate 100 years since the foundation of the Kent County Library Service! Do you recognise any faces in these old photos of #Cheriton Library? #Folkestone #Kent
An old photo of the interior of Cheriton Library

ALT An old photo of the interior of Cheriton Library

An old photo of the interior of Cheriton Library

ALT An old photo of the interior of Cheriton Library

An old photo of the interior of Cheriton Library. Customers read newspapers at a table while other;s browse the adventure section

ALT An old photo of the interior of Cheriton Library. Customers read newspapers at a table while other;s browse the adventure section

An old photo of the interior of Cheriton Library. Librarians at the front desk.

ALT An old photo of the interior of Cheriton Library. Librarians at the front desk.
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Kent Libraries@kentlibraries
5 Oct 2021
What better way is there to celebrate #LibrariesWeek than to look back at some old photos! From space to witches, here are some showing the changing faces of the children's library at #Folkestone Library. Share your memories of libraries in Kent with #KentLibraries100
A giant papier mache whale in the children's section at Folkestone Library

ALT A giant papier mache whale in the children's section at Folkestone Library

Two ladies look at books in the children's section

ALT Two ladies look at books in the children's section

Two librarians dressed as witches read to a group of children

ALT Two librarians dressed as witches read to a group of children

Folkestone Library's children's section, decorated in an outer space theme

ALT Folkestone Library's children's section, decorated in an outer space theme
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Kent Libraries@kentlibraries
5 Oct 2021
An impressive meccano model of the Eiffel Tower made by staff at #Folkestone Library in 1989 to mark the 100th anniversary of the tower’s completion #KentLibraries100
Chris Hall@chrishall62
5 Oct 2021
Replying to @chrishall62 @kentlibraries
Bigger copy of the photo
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Chris Hall@chrishall62
5 Oct 2021
Replying to @kentlibraries
I remember when the mobile library first came to the village where I lived (Mersham) circa 1970. Then going to the Ashford Library a few years later (to the Children's Room) and being excited when I was old enough to have tickets for the adult library at 13 (?) #KentLibraries100
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Kent Libraries@kentlibraries
5 Oct 2021
It's #LibrariesWeek AND it's been 100 years since the foundation of the Kent County Library Service! We would love to hear your favourite memories of using libraries in Kent using the hashtag #KentLibraries100 Here's Daren in 1988 having just started at #Whitstable Library!
A black and white newspaper photo of our stock development librarian Daren from 1988 starting in Whitstable library as the children’s librarian.

ALT A black and white newspaper photo of our stock development librarian Daren from 1988 starting in Whitstable library as the children’s librarian.

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