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Don’t forget to check our Events Diary for more information on events in all our villages and surrounding area.

Thursday, June 5th, 7.30pm: this is World Environment Day. Long Buckby farmer, Mark Jelley, will be giving a talk on ‘Local Solutions to Global Challenges. What role should our family farms play?’ Come along to what will be a very interesting evening. It’s free entry but please book your place; donations are invited – thank you. Refreshments will be available.

Our June film night is the last of the season until September. So come to Paddington in Peru on Tuesday, June 24th, 7.30 pm! “Paddington returns to Peru to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, who now resides at the Home for Retired Bears. With the Brown Family in tow, a thrilling adventure ensues when a mystery plunges them into an unexpected journey through the Amazon rainforest and up to the mountain peaks of Peru.” Tickets are £7 from the library or the Peephole in the High Street, Long Buckby. Refreshments including ice creams available.

On Thursday, 3rd July, 7.30pm, we will have a great evening of music by local group Sixties Reunion Trio who will be performing pop, country and western and rock & roll numbers from the 1950s to the 1980s. The evening is café style and refreshments will be available. The evening is free entry, but please book your place! Donations are invited – thank you.

Links with local schools: we will be having a book sale and children’s tombola at Long Buckby’s Infant School Friends Summer Fete on Sunday, 22nd June, 12-4.00pm. Come along and find your book bargains! The fete will be on Long Buckby Sportsfield (NN6 7PX).

And coming soon from July and during August: the Summer Reading Challenge. There will also be children’s summer holiday activities. More on our website soon!

Our public computers: you can use them with no charge. You just need a library card to log in. If you are not a library member, it’s easy and free to join. You can either do this online (https://buckbylibraryhub.org/join-long-buckby-library/) or just pop in to see us.

Art for all: in July, there will be paintings by local artist, Norman Chandler, in our refreshment area. Our Tuesday afternoon art club is currently full however if you are interested in joining an art club, please contact us in the event we might be able to start a new one.

Health and wellbeing sessions (June and July):

Chatty Café, every other Tuesday, 10.30-12.00 – turn up for a friendly welcome from our Chatty Café volunteers. The dates in June and July are 1st, 10th and 24th June; 5th and 22nd July.

Wellness sessions with Lou: alternating Tuesdays with Chatty Café, 11-12.00. Practical tips and a friendly chat about different health issues. Again, just come along on any of the following dates: 3rd and 17th June; 1st, 15th and 29th July.

Short and longer health walks: short (30-40 minute) health walks are on Tuesdays, 10-11am. The next sessions are on 3rd and 17th June; 15th and 29th July. Longer (90 minute) health walks are on the last Friday of the month, 10.30-12.00. Come and enhance your stamina and fitness in good company and fresh air!

Our social games afternoons: every Wednesday, 2-4pm. Just come along – you can join in the games or just read the paper, have a cuppa and a chat.

Neuro-diversity self-help: We have a WhatsApp group for sharing information and support and aim to hold a monthly meeting on a Thursday. Please contact Bridget Arregger (07724 205301) or Hannah Oddy (07802 624235) for more details.

Do check our website (https://buckbylibraryhub.org), phone 01327 842591 or email nfo@buckbylibraryhub.org. Or just pop in to see us if you are in Long Buckby (NN6 7QB).

For all our library services and activities for children and adults, please see the What’s On calendar on our website: https://buckbylibraryhub.org/calendar/.

Buckby Library & Hub, Station Road, Long Buckby, Northampton NN6 7QB - Email: info@buckbylibraryhub.org - Tel: 01327 842591

It’s free to join the library - all welcome!

LONG BUCKBY LIBRARY & HUB