{"id":2814,"date":"2021-12-17T17:02:04","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T06:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?p=2814"},"modified":"2021-12-17T17:02:04","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T06:32:04","slug":"merry-christmas-a-happy-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?p=2814","title":{"rendered":"Merry Christmas &#038; A Happy New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We wish our members and friends all the best for the festive season as we take a short break from staffing our History Centre and Archive at the Coventry Library ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-attachment-id=\"2815\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?attachment_id=2815\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/186PAGEANT2019-1536x1024-1.jpg?fit=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1536,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark III&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1573228302&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;108&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;640&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"186PAGEANT2019-1536&#215;1024-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/186PAGEANT2019-1536x1024-1.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/186PAGEANT2019-1536x1024-1.jpg?fit=840%2C560&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/186PAGEANT2019-1536x1024-1.jpg?resize=840%2C560&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/186PAGEANT2019-1536x1024-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/186PAGEANT2019-1536x1024-1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/186PAGEANT2019-1536x1024-1.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/186PAGEANT2019-1536x1024-1.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/186PAGEANT2019-1536x1024-1.jpg?w=1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We will be open again on the 18th January as usual from 2 &#8211; 4pm on all days that the Library is open.  Please note that on extreme temperature days the History Centre will not be staffed and on declared Catastrophic days, the entire Library building will be closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-attachment-id=\"2816\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?attachment_id=2816\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/015PAGEANT2019-1024x683-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,683\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;11&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark III&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1573226569&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;30&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"015PAGEANT2019-1024&#215;683-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/015PAGEANT2019-1024x683-1.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/015PAGEANT2019-1024x683-1.jpg?fit=840%2C560&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/015PAGEANT2019-1024x683-1.jpg?resize=840%2C560&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/015PAGEANT2019-1024x683-1.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/015PAGEANT2019-1024x683-1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/015PAGEANT2019-1024x683-1.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mountloftydistrictshistoricalsociety\">facebook page<\/a> and website will continue to keep us all in contact. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We thank <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehut.org.au\/\">The Hut<\/a> for the photos on this page which were taken at the 2019 Stirling Christmas Pageant.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-2814\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?p=2814&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-2814\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?p=2814&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We wish our members and friends all the best for the festive season as we take a short break from staffing our History Centre and Archive at the Coventry Library ourselves. We will be open again on the 18th January as usual from 2 &#8211; 4pm on all days that the Library is open. Please &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?p=2814\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Merry Christmas &#038; A Happy New Year&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-2814\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?p=2814&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-2814\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?p=2814&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paNLq6-Jo","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1467,"url":"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?p=1467","url_meta":{"origin":2814,"position":0},"title":"Christmas &#038; New Year Break","date":"December 16, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Our last History Centre open day this year will be Friday 13th December and we will be back again on Tuesday 4th February. 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