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   — 17th February 2021

   A Restoration Ash Wednesday

   Most of us probably harbour an impression that with the accession of Charles II the age of the Puritan was over for good or ill. Theatres re-opened, Christmas was brought...

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   — 8th February 2021

   Another One Bites The Dust

   Next in our Conservation series, we will be exploring the damage caused to books and collections by dust. Dust may be something you would expect to find in old libraries,...

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3. 

   — 26th January 2021

   Speedway Superstars

   The last year has seen us rely on digitised resources more than ever before, and we continue to work on increasing the content of our online catalogue to meet the...

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4. 

   — 21st January 2021

   Good As Mould !

   Following on from previous blog posts, we have decided to introduce a more detailed series on the conservation work carried out in historic libraries. This series will focus on the...

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5. 

   — 7th December 2020

   A Tale of Two Statues

   In our Library newsletters recently we’ve been taking a look at items from the series of 101 Treasures in our collections, and today’s blog post, taking the minute book of...

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6. 

   — 12th October 2020

   Chetham’s Library receives lifeline Culture Recovery Fund grant

   Chetham’s Library has been awarded £66,400, as part of the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund (CRF) to help face the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic and to ensure they have...

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7. 

   — 1st October 2020

   Blindingly good news

   Some of you will remember the recent blog post covering conservation and how we care for the books and library space. In this post we will be discussing our recent...

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8. 

   — 5th August 2020

   Authors and Readers in Humphrey Chetham’s Parish Libraries

   Since my last blog post on the Gorton Chest Library back in February 2019, I have made considerable progress in analysing the books in its collection, and I’m pleased to...

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9. 

   — 30th June 2020

   Caring for our Books

   Conservation practices at Chetham’s Library It is no secret that Chetham’s library has a significantly important scholarly collection. There are over 120,000 printed items, over half of these were published...

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10. 

    — 2nd June 2020

    A Small World?

    In mid-March 2020 we were planning to exhibit some of Chetham’s Library’s early atlases, to provide an insight into how knowledge of the world was expanding in the late 16th...

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