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eNews Archive

To keep our members and interested users better informed about the PPL we send out regular updates via email.

Below you will find links to these historical emails, most recent at the top.

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Recent eNews

May 2024

Talk: The PPL, a Local History - Talk: Burrator Reservoir and its Social Impact

April 2024

Talk: Atlantic Challenge 2024 - Poetry@thePPL: part of the Plymouth Poetry Festival

March 2024

C17th Book Donation - Performance: "Even More about Eve" - Talk on Tulgey Woods - Talk on John Foulston

February 2024

Annual General Meeting with speaker Owen Ryles (Plymouth Athenaeum) - Talk on Plymouth shops

January 2024

Book Donations - Talk on who Killed Richard III - A Celebration of the Life of Jeanette Hipsey

Christmas 2023

Coffee Morning with Carol Singers - Gift of PPL membership - Talk on the Dartmoor 'Conchies'

December 2023

Devon Freemasons Donate £1,250 to the PPL - Medieval Christmas Feast - Talk on Tales of Winter on Dartmoor

November 2023

Play on homelessness - Christmas Fair at Stoke Damerel Church - Poetry@thePPL is back

October 2023

PPL Sponsorship - Talk on Treasures from The Box - Talk on the Suffragette Story in the South West

September 2023

Community Grant - Heritage Open Days events - Talk on Dartmoor's Ancient Pathways

August 2023

Talks on Stowford Paper Mill and the Magical Art of Hollywood - Judy Leigh Book Launch at the Coffee Morning

July 2023

£250 from POP - Summer Fair at Stoke Damerel Church - Talk on Daphne du Maurier

June 2023

Talks on the Star-Spangled Banner and Emily Hobhouse - Watercolour Display at the Coffee Morning 

May 2023

Book Launches from Plymouth University - Play on the Women's Peace Movement

April 2023

Talks on Historic Plymouth and Beatrice Chase - Easter at the PPL

March 2023

Talk on the SHIPS Project - How to breathe: a poem for the PPL 

February 2023

Talk on Internment Camps in France on WW2 - PPL Display at The Box

January 2023

An Afternoon with the PPL - Talk on Dr George Magrath - Coffee Morning and Book Launch 

Christmas 2022

Opening times over Christmas - Membership Renewal - Talks in 2023

December 2022

Festive Lunch - Writing Group

November 2022

The History of Oreston talk - 'Everyman Recycled' 

October 2022

Liz Fenwick talk - Macmillan coffee morning.

September 2022

Heritage Open Days - Devon railways talk - Judy Leigh book launch.

August 2022

Talk on Medieval English Gardens - PPL Stall in Victoria Park - Poetry@thePPL

July 2022

New Patron of the PPL: Babs Horton - Coffee morning and walk - Summary of recent activities

June 2022

'Public' Library Talk - Matt Harvey evening - Walking Tour of Ivybridge - Coffee morning and book sale - John Horton's Retirement

May 2022

Talks - Recommend a book - Book sale - PPL Buses - John Horton's Retirement

April 2022

Coffee Morning - Watercolour Group - Social Media - Diary Dates

March 2022

New Library Manager - Laura Horton - Ukraine Appeal - Professor Annika Bautz Lecture - Diary Dates

December 2021

Christmas Opening - Library Manager - Building Upgrades - Coffee Morning - Membership Renewal - Book Catalogue

November 2021

Library Manager - Events - Christmas Coffee Morning - Groups - New Additions

October 2021

We Have Been Busy - Events - AGM

April 2021

Memberships - Events - Bookcase - Gardens

January 2021

Memberships