{"id":416,"date":"2018-07-25T11:17:37","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T15:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/?p=416"},"modified":"2019-04-05T11:04:06","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T15:04:06","slug":"afternoon-tea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/2018\/07\/25\/afternoon-tea\/","title":{"rendered":"Afternoon Tea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-417\" src=\"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Tea-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Tea Cups\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Tea-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Tea-1.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>On a warm summer afternoon\u00a0 in July, dozens of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.plymouthpubliclibrary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/August-2018-final1.pdf\">Plymouth Public Library<\/a> patrons gathered to celebrate the institution of Afternoon Tea.\u00a0 The theme tied in with the popular epistolary novel, <em>The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society <\/em>that chronicles the occupation of the British channel island of Guernsey by Nazis during World War II.\u00a0 It was chosen as a focus for the town\u2019s city wide reading program, Plymouth Reads, 2018<\/p>\n<p>Guests were invited to sample an array of sweet and savory scones , tea cakes as well as \u00a0finger sandwiches enhanced by lemon curd and jam.\u00a0 Fragrant pots of \u201cAfternoon Revival\u201d or Darjeeling tea were served on delicate Limoges china. Local tea expert and entrepreneur\u00a0 Lisa Tavakoli \u00a0provided a short but fascinating overview of\u00a0 the British consumption of tea and related how, in spite of hardship, tea remained an absolute necessity to the British people during the dark days of the war.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-418\" src=\"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/tea2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"179\" height=\"282\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After enjoying\u00a0 light refreshments, library outreach coordinator Thomas Cummiskey invited people to write\u00a0 Plymouth themed postcards that \u00a0will be sent to \u00a0residents who use the local <a href=\"https:\/\/www.library.gg\/\">Guille- All\u00e8s Public Library<\/a> in Guernsey. \u00a0Some older residents\u00a0 shared memories of Plymouth during World War II and others discussed \u00a0similarities between two communities that have both a strong maritime tradition and serve as a popular tourist destination.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.popsugar.com\/entertainment\/photo-gallery\/45055177\/embed\/45055187\/Guernsey-Literary-Potato-Peel-Pie-Society-2018\">Participants were invited to continue the dialogue in the coming month when Netflix is slated to release a movie based on the book.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The library will hold a live skype from Guernsey and later screen the film followed by a discussion program.\u00a0 The opportunity for everyone to come together and engage in a calm and enjoyable discussion over a cup of tea is a welcome reminder of the unique service that the Plymouth Public library provides to its community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On a warm summer afternoon\u00a0 in July, dozens of Plymouth Public Library patrons gathered to celebrate the institution of Afternoon Tea.\u00a0 The theme tied in with the popular epistolary novel, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society that chronicles the occupation of the British channel island of Guernsey by Nazis during World War II.\u00a0 It [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-library-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":420,"href":"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416\/revisions\/420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}