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=== Appearance === | === Appearance === | ||
[[File:Blackridge community centre museum and library.jpg]] | [[File:Blackridge community centre museum and library.jpg]] | ||
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| + | === Blackridge Library === | ||
| + | Blackridge Library offers a range of library and information services to people of all ages living in, working in or having an interest in West Lothian. A selection of fiction, non-fiction and children's books are available in a variety of formats, including large print and talking books. A limited reference collection is also available. There is also one PC available for free public use to access the Internet, email or MS Office packages. | ||
=== Blackridge Community Museum & The Collection === | === Blackridge Community Museum & The Collection === | ||
| − | A community museum housed in the stable block of an old coaching inn. Open during library times, the museum relates the story of Blackridge’s coaching and travelling past. An exhibition on the history of the village with objects donated by local people is regularly shown, interspersed with displays from West Lothian Council’s touring exhibition program. | + | [[File:Blackridge Community Museum.jpg]]<br> |
| − | + | '''Description:''' A community museum housed in the stable block of an old coaching inn. Open during library times, the museum relates the story of Blackridge’s coaching and travelling past. An exhibition on the history of the village with objects donated by local people is regularly shown, interspersed with displays from West Lothian Council’s touring exhibition program. The Blackridge collection is a small collection of photographs and industrial, social and domestic objects illustrating life in Blackridge. It also features a small archive of material relating to the life of Sir Peter Matthews, a native of Blackridge, who became chief constable of Surrey. | |
| − | The Blackridge collection is a small collection of photographs and industrial, social and domestic objects illustrating life in Blackridge. It also features a small archive of material relating to the life of Sir Peter Matthews, a native of Blackridge, who became chief constable of Surrey. | ||
=== Websites === | === Websites === | ||
http://www.blackridge.org.uk/ | http://www.blackridge.org.uk/ | ||
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Blackridge Library
Blackridge Library offers a range of library and information services to people of all ages living in, working in or having an interest in West Lothian. A selection of fiction, non-fiction and children's books are available in a variety of formats, including large print and talking books. A limited reference collection is also available. There is also one PC available for free public use to access the Internet, email or MS Office packages.
Blackridge Community Museum & The Collection
Description: A community museum housed in the stable block of an old coaching inn. Open during library times, the museum relates the story of Blackridge’s coaching and travelling past. An exhibition on the history of the village with objects donated by local people is regularly shown, interspersed with displays from West Lothian Council’s touring exhibition program. The Blackridge collection is a small collection of photographs and industrial, social and domestic objects illustrating life in Blackridge. It also features a small archive of material relating to the life of Sir Peter Matthews, a native of Blackridge, who became chief constable of Surrey.
