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SSAFA – The Armed Forces Charity
A talk by Mike Hodson The work of the Soldiers’ Sailors’ and Airman’s Families Association was the subject of Mike Hodson's talk in the Library on March 13th. As a former soldier, Mike felt it was important for us to understand the way of life of military personnel...
Changing Faces of Landscape and Country Life Through Paintings
A talk by Terry Sackett Terry Sackett gave the February Evening Talk in the Library, taking us on a journey through the changing faces of landscape and country life as seen through paintings. Quite extraordinarily, there was almost no interest in landscape painting...
Brain Peaks
A talk by Angela Patmore Angela Patmore is a former international Fulbright Scholar with a first class honours degree in English and an MA from the College of William and Mary in Virginia. As a UEA environmental sciences research fellow she analysed the clinical...
Caves of the Cheddar Catchment
A talk by Peter Glanvill The Rushing Water and the Frozen Deep Peter Glanvill, who has been caving for over 50 years, visited the Library on 11th October to tell us about the cave systems beneath the Mendip Hills. We were treated to countless illustrations as he...
Quantock U3a Local History Group
Visit Nether Stowey on 17th April 2023 A group of 14 people from the recently formed Quantock U3a Local History Group visited the village on the afternoon of 17th April for a "walk through time". The group assembled at The Thomas Poole Library, where Roger Stacey gave...
Somerset Historic Environment Record
Somerset Historic Environment Record (HER) Our application At a Management Committee meeting in March 2022, it was noted that The Thomas Poole Library would have the requirements needed to be added to the Local Heritage List. A nomination form was completed and sent...
The Science of Climate Change
The Thomas Poole Library Wednesday, January 11th 2023, 7.30 pm The Science of Climate Change – talk by Terry Abbiss The talk was well attended in spite of the atrocious weather. We were pleased to be welcomed with a warming cup of tea on arrival. Terry has had a...
The Birth of Photography
The Birth of Photography A talk given by Terence Sackett at the Thomas Poole Library Terence Sackett gave a lavishly illustrated talk in the Thomas Poole Library about the birth of photography with its trials and triumphs: from the first human being ever to be...
Summer Reading Challenge
Get curious about reading with the Summer Reading Challenge! For this year’s Challenge, The Reading Agency has partnered with the Science Museum Group to create ‘Gadgeteers’, inspiring children to use their curiosity and creativity to discover the science behind every...
National Lottery Award
The Thomas Poole Library Nether Stowey Lottery success Good News! We have been successful in obtaining £10,000 funding from National Lottery Awards for All to part-fund Sian Stafford’s third year in post as our Events & PR Manager. Her post is part-funded by HPC...