We are very sad to report that, despite all the efforts of the Residents’ Association and others to save our library, on the 25th September Cabinet voted for its closure. We gave evidence to the Scrutiny Committee and emailed all Cabinet members before they met. Since January of this year, the Residents’ Association has worked extremely hard to make the case for keeping the library open (you can read more about this in the current edition of Sanderstead News). We still believe that closing a well-used, much-loved library makes no sense. Our view is that the Council’s case for closure is weak and with creative thinking and proper partnership working with the local community the library could have been retained and enhanced.
The Council are saying that they would like interested parties who wish to use the building for community purposes to come forward. They are giving a guided tour of the building on 24th October in the morning. Committee members of the Residents’ Association will be attending this.
The photo’s were sourced from the Historic England website and were taken in 1936.
Sanderstead Residents' Association 