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The Carnegie Library is in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England. The foundation stone of St. Anne's Library was laid in August 1904 and the building was officially opened on 10 January 1906. The land was given by the St. Anne's on the Sea Land and Building Company, and Andrew Carnegie paid for the building itself. This was the first library in ...
Lytham library was built originally as a Mechanics Institute. It included a small library of books and a reading room and opened on 30 August 1878. The building was extended in 1898 to celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, including a new reading room, gymnasium and classrooms. The extension was opened by the Duke of Norfolk.
Accrington Library is a Carnegie library located in the town of Accrington, Lancashire. In 1904 a sum of £7,500 was offered to the town by the industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie for the building of a new library. Following an application for more funds this offer was increased to £10,000.
Opening of the Carnegie Library in Rawtenstall on 1 June 1907. Initially lighting was provided by oil lamps but from 1908 to 1909 electricity was used. Increased usage and popularity meant that the lending Library was extended from 1914 (again funded by Carnegie) and 3 years earlier in 1911 a Reference Library had been opened on the first floor ...
The school building was also home to the Bolton-le-Sands library until 1973, when the library was moved into a newly built site in the village centre. [ 8 ] The library was controversially closed in Autumn 2016 following a renovation in 2015 costing a reported £283,000, in a cost-cutting measure by Lancashire County Council. [ 9 ]
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The Ruskin – Library, Museum and Research Centre is an archive, museum, [1] and research centre at Lancaster University, [2] in the north of England. The Director of The Ruskin is Professor Sandra Kemp. [3] Prior to 2019, The Ruskin – Library, Museum and Research Centre was known as the Ruskin Library.
Blackburn Central Library, located in the town centre close to the Town Hall, is described as "the seventh most visited library in England". [142] The library has various sections and facilities, including: an information and reference section, a media section, a community history section, a children's library, and a creche.