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Crosby Library

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Sefton Council don’t designate a central library so I went to see Crosby Library so I could also see the Antony Gormley Another Place exhibit on the beach. The library is in a 1960s building with a rotunda. There’s two floors with a first floor mezzanine with study desks upstairs and bookable study pod. 

I was there on a June Saturday just after lunchtime. The Lego club had just finished in the large function room. 

I loved the old librarian’s desk on the first floor which says belonged to the Borough Librarian in 1911 a lady named Kate. 

The library needs some funding and maintenance. There’s damp in the corners and the light wells need a clean (they must need frequent attention). Loved the wallpaper on the mezzanine floor (see close up shot).

Doncaster Central Library

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Doncaster Central Library is based in a civic area of Doncaster on a street called Waterdale. Opposite the library there is a new council building and a performing arts theatre called Cast.

By comparison the library building looks a little dated. (This is an old picture as the front is now pedestrianised but you get the gist).

The entrance is not at all inviting as the library itself is on the floors above.

However, it was packed with stock:

The library had a refurbishment in 2013 worth £120,000 but I think it deserves a complete overhaul! Someone start a petition.