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An abandoned heritage asset amongst the jagged peace lines of North Belfast - support our #BackToLife efforts!
Multiple thanks to @dovecote.bsky.social Edinburgh, for sharing their story and role model of operating a fabulous Weaving Hall alongside associated facilities, classes, heritage, exhibitions and sales!
December 5, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Our friends @dovecote.bsky.social in Edinburgh have their version of #ArachnesWeb on their staircase - beautiful woven swirling colours!
#BacktoLife
December 4, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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Instructive tour of @DovecotStudios Edinburgh in our search for role models for our ’Carnegie Centre for Weaving’.

Traditional skills preserved alongside exhibition, sales, classes and heritage.

Forward-looking, creative and inspiring.

Thanks to staff and volunteers.
December 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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A fine portrait by a woman artist
December 1, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Instructive tour of @DovecotStudios Edinburgh in our search for role models for our ’Carnegie Centre for Weaving’.

Traditional skills preserved alongside exhibition, sales, classes and heritage.

Forward-looking, creative and inspiring.

Thanks to staff and volunteers.
December 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The old man himself, on show in the beautifully restored National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh with its extraordinary ornate lobby area.
December 1, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Interesting challenge with the old swimming pool chimney looming overhead!
But beautifully brought #BacktiLife
Visiting our soon-to-be new friends @dovecote.bsky.social Edinburgh to learn about their phenomenally successful weaving operation - exhibition, sales, display, classes, workshops, heritage!
November 29, 2025 at 11:26 AM
The spectacular weaving hall (formerly a swimming pool!) @dovecote.bsky.social Edinburgh where heritage and traditional skills help build a creative future!
It’ll undoubtedly support our #BacktoLife efforts.
November 29, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Visiting our soon-to-be new friends @dovecote.bsky.social Edinburgh to learn about their phenomenally successful weaving operation - exhibition, sales, display, classes, workshops, heritage!
November 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Coffee break for our weavers a-weaving in our Weavers’ Studio in Oldpark, North Belfast.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Another Carnegie Library drama - this time in Norfolk:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
High Court backs decision on use of King's Lynn Carnegie library
The Margery Kempe Trust challenges the decision to award the use of the building to an arts group.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Poor Derry-Londonderry missed out on this fabulous free Carnegie Library 120 years ago!

The Council voted AGAINST the proffered gift.
November 22, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Neat comparison of us in real life, and the original architect’s drawings from 1906!
November 21, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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Lovely inaugural blog from Chair of our Trustees, Brian Cavanagh - intriguing backstory story from Fife, Edinburgh, Cooley and now Carnegie!
Across the Narrow Sea – early reflections by Chair of Trustees Brian J. Cavanagh on our #BackToLife project
Three months ago, if someone had predicted that I would be the interim chair of the Carnegie Oldpark Library trustees in North Belfast, I would have riposted ‘unlikely’; if they had then explained …
carnegieoldpark.org
November 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Interesting story here about the role of weavers in organising themselves and standing up for their rights!
November 20, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Lovely inaugural blog from Chair of our Trustees, Brian Cavanagh - intriguing backstory story from Fife, Edinburgh, Cooley and now Carnegie!
Across the Narrow Sea – early reflections by Chair of Trustees Brian J. Cavanagh on our #BackToLife project
Three months ago, if someone had predicted that I would be the interim chair of the Carnegie Oldpark Library trustees in North Belfast, I would have riposted ‘unlikely’; if they had then explained …
carnegieoldpark.org
November 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Our story about #HerneHillCarnegie was premature!

A kind follower has updated us with photos

It survived the threat of closure and is now #BacktoLife again, flourishing indeed:

Library, community hub, cafe, garden, classes and more.
Congratulations everyone - heritage is a living dynamic.
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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We’re going to Edinburgh to learn more about Andrew Carnegie and his remarkable philanthropic legacy!
Andrew Carnegie, 1835 – 1919. Ironmaster and philanthropist by Catherine Ouless | National Galleries of Scotland
Andrew Carnegie was 12 when he left Dunfermline and immigrated with his family to the United States of America. Successful investments in businesses connected with railways enabled him to co–found the...
www.nationalgalleries.org
November 5, 2025 at 7:51 AM