I have attended writers' meetings in various venues over the years, usually in the meeting rooms attached to public libraries. These rooms generally are functional and impersonal, which is the way they have to be in order to accommodate the many types of meetings they host and the groups that use them. But the best library meeting venue surely has to be Gladstone's Library at Hawarden in Flintshire, which is where the Wirral and North Wales Chapter of the RNA has its monthly meeting.
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How's this for an impressive facade? |
The front door. |
Sometimes we hold our get togethers in here. We sink into those fabulous armchairs as we catch up with one another's news.
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Other times, we chat over lunch in Food For Thought, the library's restaurant. If you ever go to Gladstone's Library, take your appetite with you. The food is always excellent. |
And in the summer, we sometimes sit outside for lunch. |
It is a beautiful place, steeped in history and the atmosphere is quiet, studious and welcoming. They also do rather nice bed and breakfast....
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Gladstone's Library website and Twitter page |
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