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Mary Burgess
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Local history author and researcher. Works in the Cambridgeshire Collection local studies library. Bit deaf🦻. She/they.
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My monthly #SaturdayLibrarian shift comes round faster and faster. We've already had some interesting donations this morning, including a file of material from the Cambridge Conservation Volunteers.

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If you love fantasy books, you’ll definitely want to read this article. “A woman with dwarfism, Judy-Lynn del Rey was best known for founding Del Rey Books, a science fiction and fantasy imprint that turned fantasy in particular into a major publishing category.” #BookSky

The woman who revolutionized the fantasy genre is finally getting her due
The woman who revolutionized the fantasy genre is finally getting her due

Think of your favorite fantasy or science fiction novel. You’ll know the author and title, of course. But can you think of its editor or publisher?

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Had a trip over to the north-west end of the county today - did a talk for Yaxley Library about fenland folklore. Certainly seemed to go down well - they've already asked me to come back!

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Just had someone wander in with one of the first library cards with a barcode in Cambridgeshire - dating back to 1983 and our Plessey system. Another one to add to the collection of different designs over the years

A library card made of white card, with a barcode along the top and the address of Cambridge Central library below
A collection of Cambridgeshire libraries library cards over the decades of many colours and styles, laid out on a table
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Had a nice little trip over the border into Suffolk on Saturday - lovely day for it. Here's Haverhill Arts Centre in the old Town Hall.

The main door of Haverhill Arts Centre, a Victorian red brick building
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All of them are awesome to be honest, I can't decide either!

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I get around with a combo of Accessible train times and Real time trains, cause I can't hear the station announcements. I stay far away from anything actually from National Rail cause it never works right

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Spending a bit more time looking at it, I don't think this is the right person. I've matched this one up to a different census sheet, but your Miss Walker certainly only ever lived either in the Observatory or just next to it. I've drawn a bit of a blank, but I'll certainly keep an eye out for her.

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Have you got an address? I've got a Miss A Walker at 37 Histon Road.

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Mary Burgess
@cambliblife.bsky.social
Local history author and researcher. Works in the Cambridgeshire Collection local studies library. Bit deaf🦻. She/they.
145 followers147 following52 posts