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  • Berwick Research Room now open

    The Lorraine Taylor Research Room at 110 High Street, Berwick is now open on Tuesday and Saturday between 11 am and 2 pm. Our general meetings will also be held here. We invite our members and friends to come and see our new home. Visitors are always welcome.

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  • Cranbourne Research Room closure 15 June

    We wish to advise members and friends that following the decommissioning of the admin building at the Casey Complex, the City of Casey is helping us relocate to a new home at Berwick early next month. So, we’ve decided that this month’s general meeting is a good time to close the doors at Cranbourne for…

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  • Maureen Stagg (1943-2024)

    We are saddened to hear of the passing of one of our long time members, Maureen Stagg.Maureen is pictured here learning knots with the 1st Cranbourne Scouts.Maureen was a Research Room volunteer for many years, and a happy, lovely lady who helped and supported us in so many ways.Our condolences and thoughts go to Maureen’s…

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  • Research Room closure 16 September 2023

    Members and friends are advised that the Research Room will be closed on Saturday 16 September because we don’t have enough hands on deck to operate the room and host a general meeting. Thank you to those duty volunteers who are still doing double and triple shifts each month to keep the doors open. And,…

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  • Research Room closure 17 June 2023

    Members and friends are advised that the Research Room will be closed on Saturday 17 June because we don’t have enough hands on deck to operate the room and host a general meeting. Thank you to those duty volunteers who are still doing double and triple shifts each month to keep the doors open. And,…

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  • Research Room closure 20 May 2023

    Hot on the heels of a very successful Volunteers’ Morning Tea this week we’ve had to make the difficult decision to close the Research Room tomorrow (Saturday 20 May) because we just don’t have enough hands on deck to keep it open and run a general meeting at the same time. Thank you to those…

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  • April to June opening hours

    We are open Monday to Saturday from 11 am to 2 pm by appointment. If we have no bookings for a session no one will be in attendance in the Research Room on that day. Details for April to June openings: Covid-19 Research Room procedures • The Lorraine Taylor Research Room will be open by…

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  • March 2022 opening hours

    We are open Monday to Saturday from 11 am to 2 pm by appointment. Appointments or bookings can be made on Eventbrite. If we have no bookings for a session no one will be in attendance in the Research Room on that day. Details for March openings: We will be open Monday to Saturday from…

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  • February 2022 Opening Hours

    After some long and careful consideration of a wide range of issues we have decided to reopen the Lorraine Taylor Research Room on Tuesday 1st February and see how we go. The health and safety of our Research Room volunteers, members and visitors is of the upmost importance to us, and it’s for this reason…

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  • March 2 reopening

    We are scheduled to reopen the Research Room on Tuesday 2 March. The room will initially be opened to two members or visitors with a committee member working as our duty person. We will be offering two sessions per day with a short interval in between for cleaning. In order to successfully limit numbers in…

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