Manchester City Library

Storytimes for parents and children 23 months and younger. Registration is requested.

For more information, please contact the Children’s Department at 624-6550 ext. 314

Are you mad about bugs? We will gather in the Winchell Room for bug stories and songs before heading out on to find the bugs that are hiding inside and outside of the library. Afterwards, there will be a craft and a snack. Children who are ages 2-5 years old are invited to come and help with the search.

Registration requested. For more information, please call contact the Children’s Room via email or 624-6550 ext. 335.

The photos, news, and now confirmation of the tornadoes that visited NH yesterday got me wondering if they had been here before. I asked around and no one in the Library recalled there having been a tornado in their memory. It turns out that our memories are either too short or just not that good (maybe both!). From the May 1959 issue of New Hampshire Profiles, we found an account of September of 1821:

…In the northwest, a black, brassy cloud was moving slowly toward Croydon and Cornish. Hanging down out from its under side was a dark cylinder that resembled a great elephant’s trunk let down from heaven.

Suddenly the wind shifted violently to the north, and in a few minutes two of the True’s children lay buried under chimney bricks, Mr. Flanders was standing paralyzed on his cellar stairs, and the Huntoom baby was thrown into Lake Sunapee.

New Hampshire’s vicious tornado had struck.

Mr. Fred W. Lamb of the NH Historical Society wrote The Great Tornado of 1821 in New Hampshire giving a different description of the same storm. It seems to be the largest, but not the only NH tornado by any stretch. The NH Department of Safety reports an average of two tornado touchdowns a year. Despite the surprising frequency, yesterday’s tornado fatality was only the fifth in the state’s history.

Cynthia O’Neil, our accomplished genealogy and local history expert, answered my curiosity with a stack of newspaper clippings from the New Hampshire Room. I bet she’d do the same for you, if you’re interested in more.

Miss Karina will share her love of music with children ages 0-6. For 45 minutes children will explore sound through singing, storytelling, moving, listening and playing instruments. Karina is a pianist and vocalist with over 10 years experience teaching music from grades Pre K – 12. Her programs support the child’s total development – physical, emotional, social and cognitive. So join us for some musical fun with Karina Bertrand.

For further information contact the West Branch http://216.204.202.157/website/library/Play/ContactKids/tabid/1105/Default.aspx“>via email or call 624-6560.

Our list of activities includes crafts, books, games, a chance to make new friends and more! All welcome - NO sign-up necessary. For Every Thursday in July from 11:00 - 12:00pm in the Winchell Room for Grades 6 to 12. FREE!

Contact:
Kate Norton, 624-6550 ext. 604, AIM: katehwtt