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Hurd Library

@HurdLibrary

Georgian Library. Founded by Richard Hurd, Bishop of Worcester 1781-1808. A survivor from the Age of Enlightenment. @HartleburyCPT have saved it for you.

 Hartlebury, Worcestershire, UK
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Joined November 2011
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Yes - we CAN do computers! - When we show books in the Hurd Library we usually tell visitors we can cover... tmblr.co/Z_Wrxw2fqmiuV
Yes - we CAN do computers!

Yes - we CAN do computers!

When we show books in the Hurd Library we usually tell visitors we can cover almost every subject - apart from football, motor cars and computers. That was until Penny Greenwood, working on her...

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Dreaming of a white Christmas? - It doesn’t look like snow this year -but nearly 102 years ago they had... tmblr.co/Z_Wrxw2evJK1e
Dreaming of a white Christmas?

Dreaming of a white Christmas?

It doesn’t look like snow this year -but nearly 102 years ago they had some at Hartlebury. What is now our reception area was a convalescent hospital for soldiers wounded in the First World War....

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Cheer boys it’s Hartlebury! - Just in time for the centenary of the Armistice Doug Smith’s book on the VAD... tmblr.co/Z_Wrxw2dtIC63
Any one for Sueca? - When Penny Greenwood was looking at this book to see if it needed repairs she was... tmblr.co/Z_Wrxw2dSgeoU
Any one for Sueca?

Any one for Sueca?

When Penny Greenwood was looking at this book to see if it needed repairs she was struck by one of the illustrations. The caption described it as a Chilean Indian playing sueca - which looked so...

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The spring offensive - Philip Larkin was not a fan of gardening. The approach of spring, so graphically... tmblr.co/Z_Wrxw2Z30MJz
The spring offensive

The spring offensive

Philip Larkin was not a fan of gardening. The approach of spring, so graphically described in one of his letters, filled him with dismay. It has come late this year but has been one of the best...

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The Hurd Library - back in business! - The last  tour of the Hurd Library was on 5th December 2016. Since... tmblr.co/Z_Wrxw2WOQmPm

The Hurd Library - back in business!

The last  tour of the Hurd Library was on 5th December 2016. Since then the work to get Hartlebury Castle ready for visitors has kept it closed, with the books under sheets of polythene. So it’s...

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Restored to glory! - At long last the work on the Hurd Library is complete. We put the polythene shrouds... tmblr.co/Z_Wrxw2WBucG_

Restored to glory!

At long last the work on the Hurd Library is complete. We put the polythene shrouds over the books and paintings on 4 July 2017 and we took them off on 9 March this year. And we have a new carpet -...

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Hard hats at Hartlebury - The Hurd Library is still under wraps but work is now in progress on the lift... tmblr.co/Z_Wrxw2RSefb7

Hard hats at Hartlebury

The Hurd Library is still under wraps but work is now in progress on the lift which will make life easier for our visitors. This was once a bathroom! Here are Penny and me in our costumes: Chris...

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The Hartlebury Michelangelo - Work has begun on the refurbishment at Hartlebury Castle, including the... tmblr.co/Z_Wrxw2O2pN_s

The Hartlebury Michelangelo

Work has begun on the refurbishment at Hartlebury Castle, including the decoration of the great hall and painting over the germolene-pink on its ceiling. Our artist used a cherry-picker, a more...

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Emmanuel College in springtime - thehurdlibrary: I’ve been in Cambridge for over a month and the gardens... tmblr.co/Z_Wrxw2KaS_yb
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Emmanuel College in springtime - thehurdlibrary: I’ve been in Cambridge for over a month and the gardens... tmblr.co/Z_Wrxw2KaShlX
Emmanuel College in springtime - thehurdlibrary: I’ve been in Cambridge for over a month and the gardens... tmblr.co/Z_Wrxw2KaSYgW
Emmanuel College in springtime - thehurdlibrary: I’ve been in Cambridge for over a month and the gardens... tmblr.co/Z_Wrxw2KaSTyF
Emmanuel College in springtime - thehurdlibrary: I’ve been in Cambridge for over a month and the gardens... tmblr.co/Z_Wrxw2KaSNQW
Emmanuel College in springtime - thehurdlibrary: I’ve been in Cambridge for over a month and the gardens... tmblr.co/Z_Wrxw2KaSJBG
Emmanuel College in springtime - I’ve been in Cambridge for over a month and the gardens of Bishop Hurd’s... tmblr.co/Z_Wrxw2KaS6nb
Monkey Business - When you think of Egypt pyramids and sphinxes usually spring to mind - like the view... tmblr.co/Z_Wrxw2IemTlk

Monkey Business

When you think of Egypt pyramids and sphinxes usually spring to mind - like the view George Sandys saw in 1610. But Penny found a very different book in the Hurd Library a few weeks ago: As usual...

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Back where he belongs - Lord Mansfield’s bust was one of our subjects a few years ago, after we had... tmblr.co/Z_Wrxw2H4YO2v

Back where he belongs

Lord Mansfield’s bust was one of our subjects a few years ago, after we had discovered its marble plinth lying in a glory-hole outside the Hurd Library. Now it is back on it, in the library, after...

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Spotting a fake - Computers are pretty clever these days at identifying instances of literary plagiarism... tmblr.co/Z_Wrxw2Fi44v5
Surviving the Somme - In July we posted a blog about Corporal T Smyth, who convalesced at Hartlebury after... tmblr.co/Z_Wrxw2DP_cos

Surviving the Somme

In July we posted a blog about Corporal T Smyth, who convalesced at Hartlebury after being wounded on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. He made a lively entry in the first of the albums...

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