Community Library & Hub Opening Soon – Get Involved!

The Council makes us an offer…

On May 7 2014, at our Public Meeting, Councillor Roxanne Mashari made us this promise:

So Preston Community Library; I believe there is an opportunity over the next twelve months, and by January 2015 we will know whether the previous library building will be needed for school places as we know there is a massive school place shortage across the borough, but this is unlikely as there has already been a local school expansion in the area.

Therefore this Labour administration the Labour party in Brent will offer the building at a peppercorn rent to any local community group who can provide a sustainable community Library and that is our pledge.

We will not open to competitive tender in order to give preference to local groups if they can demonstrate health and safety sustainability etc. and we will offer help and assistance through Brent CVS the voluntary sector and continued support and networking through the Brent libraries forum which has proved successful for the likes of the Friends of Kensal Rise.

 

Preston Library can re-open!

A wonderful opportunity for anyone to be part of this exciting development!
Help us achieve this in any way you can.

October Quiz Night

Come along and bring your friends for another fun night!

3 Years on…

Still here after three years! Come along and join us this Saturday 13th October between 3.00-5.00pm for our Annual Light of Learning Event.

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We’re back!

Preston Park School Annex, Carlton Avenue East, Wembley, HA9 8PL

September Pub Quiz

It’s back! Come along and bring your friends for another brain-teasing evening!
Looking forward to seeing you all again, and hopefully some new faces.

July Pub Quiz

Come on along on Monday evening another night of fun in store!

Pub Quiz 9th June

Come along and pit your wits, all good fun!

Public Meeting announcement 2014

The Friends of Preston Library will be holding a pre-election Public Meeting on Wednesday 7th May at 7:30 pm in St Erconwald’s RC Church, Carlton Avenue East, Wembley. We will be updating the community about the ongoing campaign to restore our local library. All local Councillors have been invited.

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World Book Night well done by Geraldine!

Giving Robert Muchamore’s ‘The Recruit’
Pupils from Uxendon Manor outside the blue Oyester Fish Shop, Preston Road;
Pupils from two Willesden schools in ASDA, Wembley Park;
Sister Jacky, two staff nurses and a student nurse in ‘Jack’s’ the Children’s Ward at Northwick Park Hospital;
The Head Boy and Head Girl at Preston Park Primary, Wembley;
Park Lane Primary receptionst (who were also celebrating St Georges Day and Shakespeare’s 450th birthday at the same time);
A delighted worshipper at Wembley Methodist Church.
FOPL also staged a successful ‘BookAway’ outside the Old Preston Library, and the indomitable Geraldine was also outside the Blue Oyster Fish Bar in Preston Road (sorry no decent pics).

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World Book Night 2014

Our very own Geraldine, has been nominated again as a ‘giver’ on World Book Night 2014.

April Pub Quiz

Another great fun evening. Bring along your team mates and pit you wits!

PRESTON LIBRARY CAMPAIGN VICTORY

Thanks to your support – and with your help –

Preston Library can reopen in 2015

How many of us who regularly used Preston Library or walked past it, knowing that we could drop in to borrow a book or DVD, read a paper, use a computer, study or read undisturbed, or enjoy all the cultural, social and essential activities that were hosted in the facility?

The loss of the library left a gaping hole in the heart of our community and deprived residents, young and old, and students of a vital service.

However, Brent Council has now promised to donate the Preston Library property to the local community to operate a volunteer-run library service.

The Friends of Preston Library, who have been campaigning against the closure of our library, and Preston Community Library, which has been offering book-lending and other services in the absence of a council-funded library, are delighted to be given the opportunity to restore and enhance the facilities offered by the Preston Library project.

This is great news for the community.

Sign up to our mailing list and follow us on Twitter and on Facebook to see how you can get involved with the reopening of Preston Library.

Community Hub has Ward Working funding from the Council

The Friends of Preston Library have been awarded funding from Brent Council’s Ward Working Fund to run events at the old Preston Library Building in Carlton Avenue East [currently a temporary school].

Book-related events will be run. Depending on the age group targeted, the events will offer: * readers and/or speaker or story-teller
* children’s activities
* discussion
* access to book stock

The draft programme of events will include events for children, such as readings, story-telling and activities, talks on topics of more general interest, events of interest to older members of the community, on topics such as family history or IT access or speakers on topics of specific interest to particular local groups.

The community hub is currently operating on Monday early afternoons offering a writers group, newspapers, a scrabble group and English conversation for those for whom English is a second language.

MONDAY: St Patrick’s Day-Mıck Delap prızewınnıng Irısh poet event. 11am to 1.30pm at 235 Preston Rd.

17 March 11am to 1.30pm at 235 Preston Rd.

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St Patrick’s Day

Come and join the fun!

March Pub Quiz

Come along for another fun-packed evening. Bring your team mates and pit your wits!

National Libraries Day

Another FOPL event, spread the word; come along and have a fun time.

Hub resumes 13th January

Tell anyone you know, who might be interested to come along.

January Pub Quiz

Another fun evening in store. Come along.

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Community Hub

Come along and meet your friends.

The Old Preston Library Community Hub

NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS
Monday afternoons 12.30 – 2.15 pm during term time.
Newspaper corner/Topic speaker and discussion/Book corner/English conversation group.
All welcome!
The Old Preston Library, Carlton Avenue East, HA9 8PL

November Pub Quiz

The last quiz of the year don’t miss it; another fun-packed evening in store. Francis is quiz mistress.

The Old Preston Library Community Hub

Come on along an support our latest venture!

October Quiz

Come along and join the fun!

Second Anniversary

SOS plan a relay to mark this milestone.

October Events at Preston Community Library

Save the date!

Thursday 3rd October:  National Poetry Day – WATER

1 – 3 pm at 235 Preston Road.

The theme for National Poetry day is Water and we ‘re looking for suggestions so any suggestions of poetry and nursery rhymes mentioning water or the sea.  So far we have Jack and Jill, Dr Foster went to Gloucester, the Owl and the Pussycat and I must go down to the sea again by Spike Milligan and the original! Email us here

Monday 14th October:  Anniversary of the opening of Preston Community Library – ANIMAL FARM

I hope as many of you as possible can pop in for the Anniversary of our community library.  Our banned book this year is Animal Farm – very appropriate for Brent!  We hope to read the entire book.  Marilyn has a shortened version so if any children want to read, they can read from that.

Volunteers to assist always welcome.

We are also looking for volunteers to help us catalogue our new pile of books in Urdu and the works of Shakespeare.

Email us here
We can be found at 235 Preston Road, Wembley.

September Quiz

Another fun-packed evening to look forward to. Put it in your diary so you don’t forget; see you there.

Pub Quiz June

More wickedness from our Master Quiz Mistress to tease your ‘grey matter’! Come along and pit your wits. Have another fun evening with your fellow campaigners. Have you got some friends who could add their ‘expert’ knowledge to your team?

May Pub Quiz

All welcome, come along and have a great night.

World Book Night

Our very own Geraldine has been chosen as a ‘Giver’ on ‘World Book Night‘. She has been gifted inscribed copies of ‘Girl With A Pearl Earring’ by Tracy Chevalier.
She has organized an event at ASDA in Wembley Park tomorrow Tuesday 23rd where the first 6 people to ask will be given a copy.

World Book Night

We will be giving away hundreds of books along with World Book Night. Come along.

Pub Quiz 8/4/2013

Another great night!

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And some more pics from the quiz

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Pub Quiz

Come along for a great night!

National Libraries Day 2013

Friends of Preston Library will be holding our Annual Libraries Day 2013 event in The Preston Library Building, on February 9th. Please come and join us.

24 Jan: Preston Community Library marks Holocaust Memorial Day 2013

In acknowledgement of Holocaust Memorial Day 2013.

Book signing at Preston Community Library

Local Author Daniel Ridley-Kitts MBE, signing his recently published ‘Military, Naval and Civil Airships since 1783′ by The History Press, at Preston Community Library this morning.

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Brent’s library campaigners spread festive cheers throughout the borough – News – Kilburn Times

Despite the recent cold weather and long nights the borough’s library campaigners were out in force to spread festive cheer this week.

Members of the Preston Library Campaign, took up residence in Preston Community Library, a temporary reading room in Preston Road, Wembley, for a Charles Dickens reading session.

Read more here.