Friends of Shanklin Community Library - FOSCL

02/08/2025

We look forward to welcoming you to our Sumner Fete which will now be held on 13th August...

23/05/2025

Sandown Library will be screening FREE showings taking place at the library for the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth.

Every month from May to October Sandown Library will be screening film adaptations of Jane Austen's novels. Tickets for these screenings are free and can be collected from Sandown Library or you can ring the library on 402748 to reserve a ticket.

Tickets are only available from the first of the month for that month's film.

The dates and films are as follows:

Pride and Prejudice Saturday 24 May 1.45pm

Sense and Sensibility Saturday 28 June 1.45pm

Emma Saturday 26 July 1.45pm

Mansfield Park Saturday 30 August 1.45 pm

Persuasion Saturday 27 September 1.45pm

Northanger Abbey Saturday 25 October 1.45pm

22/04/2025

CrafTEA & COFFEE Morning

Organised by Shanklin Community Library in aid of Mountbatten Hospice.

Saturday 26th April 10:30-13:00 at Falcon Cross Hall, Falcon Cross Rd, Shanklin

Come and join us for Coffee, Crafts, Cakes & Tempting Teas ☕️🧁🎂🫖🖼️🎨

13/11/2024

Friends of Sandown Library film for December to be shown on Friday 13 December at 7.00pm (doors 6.40pm) and Saturday 14 December at 1.45pm (doors 1.30pm) is ‘While you were sleeping’ starring Sandra Bullock and Bill Pullman, certificate PG, running time 1 hour 40 mins. This is not a new film! It’s a very enjoyable Christmas film from 1995!

Chicago subway worker Lucy (Sandra Bullock) is infatuated by businessman Peter (Peter Gallagher), a commuter who regularly uses her station and who she only ever sees from a distance. One day, Peter is almost hit by a train, but Lucy manages to save him at the last moment; then, as she sits by his side while he lies unconscious in a hospital bed, his family arrive and mistake her for his new girlfriend. Happy to be welcomed into the home of her dream partner, Lucy tries to gather the strength to set the record straight, but the situation only becomes more complicated when she starts falling in love with Peter's brother Jack (Bill Pullman). A trailer can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsJxyUvkB_E

Tickets on sale at the usual price of £3 each. On the Friday screening, doors open at 6.40pm and close promptly at 7.00pm when the film starts.

Check out the official While You Were Sleeping (1995) Trailer starring Sandra Bullock! Let us know what you think in the comments below.► Watch on FandangoNO...

28/10/2024

Halloween Disco - 🕷 Fancy Dress Competition 🧟‍♀️ - November 15th

28/10/2024

Officers from South Wight Neighbourhood Police Team will be holding a Beat Surgery on Friday 1st Nov from 10.00 – 10.45 at Shanklin Post Office, 42 Regent Street .They will be available to offer any help or advice . You may have seen recently that Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary have launched a new initiative called Let's Talk, which you can also complete with them to let them know what your local issues are in your area.

This is a great opportunity to speak face to face to officers in an informal and relaxed environment no matter what your issue or question may be.

If there is anything else that you feel would be useful and should be included then please let email below.

By emailing me on [email protected]

28/10/2024

Friends of Sandown Library film for November is to be shown on Friday 8 November at 7.00pm (doors 6.40pm) and Saturday 9 November at 1.45pm (doors 1.30pm) is ‘Twisters’ starring Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones, certificate 12, running time 1 hour 55 minutes.

Kate Cooper (Daisy Edgar-Jones), is a former storm chaser haunted by a devastating encounter with a tornado during her college years who now studies storm patterns on screens safely in New York City. She is lured back to the open plains by her friend, Javi (Golden Globe nominee Anthony Ramos, In the Heights) to test a groundbreaking new tracking system. There, she crosses paths with Tyler Owens (Glen Powell), the charming and reckless social-media superstar who thrives on posting his storm-chasing adventures with his raucous crew. As storm season intensifies, terrifying phenomena never seen before are unleashed, and Kate, Tyler and their competing teams find themselves squarely in the paths of multiple storm systems converging over central Oklahoma in the fight of their lives. A trailer can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVOlBUF7l6I

Tickets on sale now at the usual price of £3 each. On the Friday screening, doors open at 6.40pm and close promptly at 7.00pm when the film starts.

Prepare for the ride of your life. Watch the trailer for , in cinemas July 19.This summer, the epic studio disaster movie returns with an adren...

14/10/2024

Coffee Morning, 26 October, 10.30am-1pm, Falcon Cross Hall.

14/10/2024

This week we are supporting Mountbatten with their 'Go Yellow' appeal. We have a display of yellow books, a yellow quiz (only a £1, call in for a your copy when passing, closing date 26th Oct) and pin badges available here.