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| April 2022 |
"The only thing that you abolutely have to know, is the location of the library." So said Albert Einstein. They knocked our local library down in 2022, so I could only tell you where it used to be. They set about rebuilding it shortly thereafter: it was to be part of a new development that would see a major supermarket occupy the ground floor (with the library upstairs) and some affordable housing at the rear. So far so good.
However, various construction delays, arguments over funding etc. etc. and it all got very messy. Sainsbury's opened for business in November 2023 and directly above stood a library with no books. For over two years. God knows what they were playing at. But Sherwood Library finally opened its doors to its book starved populus last week.
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| April 2026 |
I paid a visit yesterday morning and it was doing a brisk trade. And there were a lot of kids in there - which is always good to see. And a lot of books - old and new (see Julian Barnes' latest novel below). I can't tell you how brilliant it is having a new (well newish) library just up the road.
Libraries rock!
ReplyDeleteWe haunt our two nearest ones.
They do indeed, CC! Although we have a pretty amazing library in the city (another new build that was dogged with funding issues), it's not the same as having one on your doorstep.
DeleteA new library! I thought they were dying out so well done Sherwood. Enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteI had fun in the charity shop today - its a big shop and we have a kind of coffee area with book shelves all around. Someone comes in to alphabetise the fiction and group the non-fiction. I took in my new label maker and marked up all the sections just like in the library. All we need now is a dewey decimal system but maybe a bridge too far for a charity shop.
Perhaps it's the charity shops that are killing off the libraries though as usually in the town centre and selling off books for very little money.
DeleteI dunno, Alyson - half the charity shops around me are closing down lately!
DeleteReally! Our town centre is full of them, along with Vape Shops, Turkish Barbers and Coffee Shops. Changed days.
DeleteThat's so good to know! Libraries forever. Even Ancient Egypt had them apparently.
ReplyDeleteWe need to look after our libraries. I don't think they'll survive though.
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