{"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","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","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":1566,"url":"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?p=1566","url_meta":{"origin":2814,"position":0},"title":"History Centre Temporary Closure","date":"March 19, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"In line with recommendations to contain the COVID-19 virus, the Coventry Library which houses our History Centre and Archive is now limiting access to the public until further notice. We have closed the Archive and History Centre until public access is restored to a workable degree. 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