Please forgive me if you think this may be a little off-topic - but where
would we all be if in 1701 Andrew Cranston had not made the imaginative
leap, and allowed the people of Reigate to borrow the books in his parish
library?  We celebrated 150 years of public libraries last year - but
there's also been a relevant 300th anniversary this year.  To help
celebrate it,  the trustees are holding a study day.  Programme and booking
form below.  If you would like to book a place, please book and return the
form.
Hilary Ely
Trustee, the Cranston Library.
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LIBRARIES AND CHURCHES - PAST AND PRESENT
A study day to mark the Tercentenary of the Cranston Library, founded on
14th March 1701.

Date and time:  Saturday 15 September 2001, 10.00am - 5.00pm
Venue:  Reigate Grammar School,  Reigate Road,  Reigate, Surrey  RH2 0QS

Cost:  £18.00 per delegate,  to include a buffet lunch,  and morning and
afternoon refreshments.

The Grammar School is adjacent to St Mary Magdalene Church,  where the
Cranston Library is situated.  Visits to the Library will be organised
during the day.

The programme will include:

Michael  Perkin  (Newbury)  on  `Parochial  libraries  in  their settings',
illustrated  by  slides  made  during  his  revision  of  the  directory of
parochial libraries to be published in 2002.

David  Wykes  (Dr Williams's Library) on `Nonconformist ministers and their
libraries'.

David Williams (Church House, Westminster) on `The care of parish libraries
today'.

Mark  Purcell  (The  National Trust) on `Private libraries in Surrey in the
18th century'.

Jane  Francis  (Haddenham)  on  `Clergy libraries in Buckinghamshire in the
18th century (including the Kederminster Library).

Nigel Ramsay (London) on `Cathedral libraries around 1700'.

Martin Roth (Reigate) on `The Cranston Library 1701-2001: the survival of a
library'.

K.A.  Manley  (University of London) on `Cranston, Plume, and other library
benefactors'.

followed by an open discussion.

Further  information  from  Hilary  Ely,  Surrey  County  Council Community
Services,   Area  Office,  St David's, Wray Park Road, Reigate, Surrey. RH2
0EJ
Tel 020 8541 7060.  Fax 01737 226135. E-mail [log in to unmask]

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To  book a place on the study day,  please complete and return this form to
Surrey County Council Community Services,
 Area  Office,  St David's, Wray Park Road, Reigate, Surrey. RH2 0EJ.   Tel
020 8541 7060   Fax 01737 226135
BY WEDNESDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 2001.

LIBRARIES AND CHURCHES - PAST AND PRESENT
A study day to mark the Tercentenary of the Cranston Library, founded on
14th March 1701.

Date and time:  Saturday 15 September 2001, 10.00am - 5.00pm
Venue:  Reigate Grammar School,  Reigate Road,  Reigate, Surrey  RH2

I wish to book a place on this study day.
Name:

Address:


Tel. no.:

E-mail:

I enclose a cheque for £18.00 made out to THE CRANSTON LIBRARY    YES/NO*
(*please delete as required).
Please note that, if you respond by e-mail,  we ask that you confirm your
booking and send the fee by Friday 31 August.

Special dietary requirements?

You will receive confirmation of your booking,  and travel details, in
early September.