News and Events at CobbettChris Packham visits Cobbett Road Library to unveil new mural
On 13th of July 2024 Chris Packham unveil a new mural. Friends of Cobbett Road Library have worked with local artist Joanna Rose Tidey to commission a mural for the library –as part of the ‘Nature all around us’ project led by Friends of Bitterne Station and funded by South Western Railways Customer and Communities Improvement Fund 2023/24. The mural shows some of Chris Packham's books and a fox, his favourite mammal. It is entitled ‘Knowledge protects nature’, to remind everyone of the importance of knowledge and books in the mission to protect wildlife and the planet.
Read more about the event here Making a difference community event
(Despite Cobbett being closed, and all the limitations due to Covid, there are two current activities offered by the Friends. Take a look at the Memories of Cobbett Road Library project. Also, we are hosting an event to celebrate World Book Day. Full details here, and you can download a poster (shown above) to advertise the event.
General Data Protection RegulationsThe Friends' Data Policy was adopted at our AGM on September 29, 2018. You can download a copy for information.
Greening CobbettOur gardeners were successful in applying for a Community Chest grant from the City Council. The funds have been used to improve the beds around the Library, to turn the small enclosed area at the back of the building into a pleasant seating area and to provide additional planting near the statue. Plants have been chosen, in part, to cope with the heavily-polluted air at this busy road junction, and should make a contribution to absorbing that pollution.
The free-standing courtyard walls were pressure-washed, and received a coat of masonry paint. The bricks are the London Rustic type with a wavy pattern, used in many Southampton buildings. Their surface detail means they used up far more paint than plain ones would have done! Planters for the courtyard were bought from the Southampton Wood Recycling Project, and most of the plants came from Mayfield Nurseries. 
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