Volunteer army bid to run Hampstead Garden Suburb library (UK)

Magistrates, school teachers and local councillors could all serve behind the counter as voluntary librarians in a bid to save the Hampstead Garden Suburb library from closure. The Suburb's 2,000-strong Residents Association lodged its plan to save the library from the scrapheap this week, proposing that volunteers could save Barnet Council £70,000 a year. The community group has mustered an army of 40 willing helpers to man the premises in Market Place, including two former librarians who will lend their expertise