Shh! Sanderstead Library's 75th Birthday Celebrations

Those who might be interested in the details of the Celebration Week to commemorate Sanderstead Library's 75th Birthday (which was actually in May) have found details are not available on the Council's website.  Such a shame after the council took the trouble to provide some rather sketchy and inaccurate details to the local press some weeks back, including mention of a birthday celebration at 4pm on Wednesday 19th.

The correct details, as far as we can ascertain, are reproduced below, as listed in a flyer available in the library.

And for those wondering what form the exciting special birthday celebration referred to in the article might be there is still no clue on the Council website, nor any detail that this is anything other than a normal event.

But we have managed to find details on a leaflet, only available in Sanderstead Library, and here it is....

Cue drumroll......

Participants may bring a cake along to the usual Wednesday Storytime, held at 4pm. You may also bring a cake to celebrate at 10am and 11am on the day too!

So there you have it.  Happy Birthday Sanderstead!

The fight for libraries continues - Croydon and UNJL

Two letters appeared in last week's Croydon Advertiser.

Councillor Wayne Lawlor's letter makes the case that the appointment of Conservative Councillors is a betrayal of the wishes of local people, residents who elected Labour councillors as their representatives.

This is followed by a letter from Mike Warwick, Crystal Palace Community Association (CPCA), that sets out clear concerns regarding the stance taken by Croydon's Conservative-led Council and the possible motives behind this.

Political football - Upper Norwood Joint Library

Croydon Advertiser's The Insider made comment on the Upper Norwood Joint Library committee.  It seems that there is some history to the current stalemate over membership of the joint committee.  The article is not on line, as far as we are aware but you can read it here:

Controversy over Upper Norwood library committee

Controversy ensues over the decision taken by Croydon's Conservative-run council to appointment Conservative councillors to represent Croydon on the library committee, rather than Labour councillors who were elected by local residents in the area.

Lambeth councillors refused to attend the AGM of the joint committee meeting in protest against a breach of the rules.

 Crystal Palace Community Association claims that Croydon Council leader Mike Fisher is aware that he is obliged, under the terms of the joint library agreement, to appoint two opposition members to the committee. They go on to state,

"This would remove his ability to force through the sort of damaging measures that are being inflicted on Croydon's libraries, such as significant staff redundancies, reduced opening, privatisation or closure."

The full Croydon Guardian article is available on line here: Councillors boycott library committee over 'rule breach'