NEWS

FELLOWSHIP TURQUOISE RESTAURANT
1st October 2026

Had a lovely time at the Fellowship Dinner at Turguoise Gourmet Restaurant in Bramhall last night.Massive portions of beautiful food and great conversations with all Rotary and Inner Wheel members .Hope more people can join us next time

More photos at:-

https://rotary-ribi.org/clubs/page.php?PgID=1010618&ClubID=299

Alia Arif  2nd October 2026

BRENDAN O'SHEA -TRUSTEE -M/CR CENTRAL LIBRARY

10th September 2026

This was our first meeting at our new home -The Chief Librarian's Office at Manchester Central Library.

We had met at the Manchester Hall (Formerly the Masonic Hall ) in Bridge Street for over 30 years .

Past President Angela Robbins from Tameside Rotary Club visited us with a colleague. She was kind enough to send the following details after the historic meeting, which was also available on a zoom link, for members unable to make the meetimg in person.

Sincere thank you to Rotary Club of Manchester and President Ingrid Mayline and Secretary Peter Hartley for allowing me to visit you in your new home at Manchester Central Library. What an amazing public image opportunity this will be for them! 

Really fascinating to hear your speaker Brendan O’Shea (Chair of Manchester Libraries Trust).

1.7 million books and ebooks are loaned each year across Manchester. 

The design for the library was influenced by pantheon in Rome.

The library was amazingly built in the 1930s during the depression. It was considered more important to have a reference library than it was the cost of building the library which the council could ill afford. It is Grade II and so renovations are not so tricky to undertake unlike Manchester Town Hall next door which is Grade I. 

We had our meeting in what was the office of the chief librarian. It was heated (as where other areas of the library) with coal fires, so amazing, given it was full of paper, it still stands! There was a secret door (opened by Robin!) and the best view of Oxford Road. 

The central reading room is beautiful!!

Number 10 North is just around the back, so you never know who might pop in

Photos are at :-   https://rotary-ribi.org/clubs/page.php?PgID=1006797&ClubID=299

Photo of the attendees is below

P Hartley   24th September 2026