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Saturday, July 02, 2011

Hamptead Garden Suburb fight in their thousands for Market Place library (UK)

Hamptead Garden Suburb fight in their thousands for Market Place libraryHalf of Hampstead Garden Suburb has thrown its weight behind a battle to save their beloved local library from the axe. In just two months more than 2,500 people have signed a petition - a number which represents almost half of the 6,500 Suburb households - to save the 80 square foot library earmarked by Barnet Council for closure. Deborah Warman, who is leading the SOS: Save Our Suburb Library campaign, describes the 60-year-old library as the "lynchpin" of Market Place and the suburb community as a whole

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