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Lambeth Council opens fake Carnegie library

Carnegie Library, Herne Hill, London. Thu 15 Feb 2018


 Library campaigners look at the re-opened library. They know it is only a temporary measure as this room

 is to become a hall for hire, with the library moved into two much smaller rooms - and only available for

 around two hours a day.

 Now it seems quite spacious - though most sections didn't seem very well stocked

 and the children's section was certainly rather better than the rest.

 Campaigners listen

 as they are advised that a safety inspection by Unison has found major problems, including the lack of any proper

 escape route in case of fire. The fire exist was through the building works along a corridor lined with Calor gas cylinders

 Andrew Carnegie who provide funds for a library against a promise the council would properly maintain it

 campaigners leave the building with posters 'Your Days Are Numbered Gym'

 and stop for a rally on the steps

 

 One woman says there was no security to stop people stealing books - and to prove it she did!

 'Gym Your Days Are Numbered - 77 Days To The Election'

 

 The campaigners are jubilant about finding so many safety problems, proviing Lambeth Council is trying

 to fool people by saying they are re-opening the library

 

 

 

 

 We get told more about the faults the Unison safety inspection revealed - no proper fire exit, unacceptable toilet

 facilities, with the outlet plumbed into the kitchen sink, dangerous electric fires the only heating, no disable access...

 

 

 

 Laura Swaffield, chair of the Friends of Lambeth Libraries

 

 

 Scott Ainslie, Lambeth's only Green Party councillor tells people to use their votes to keep the libraries open

 It is 77 days to the local elections. Currently there are 58 Labour councillors, 3 Conservative, 1 Green and 1 Independent Labour

 Scott Ainslie, Lambeth's only Green Party councillor.

 

 

 

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