Whats happening to Compton Road Library ...

Post by **chameleon** » Thu 09 Jul, 2009 3:32 pm

dogduke wrote: I use Compton Road library and if anywhere needed a refurb this is it.I got some blurb thro the post as to what was happening,didn't take too much notice but no way is it for the minority(?) groups.One thing I did notice was a branch of the credit union which I also use will be included. That sounds good dogduke, on both counts - Credit Unions have proven themselves to be very worthwhile and no shareholders to consider paying either

biggee99 · Post by **biggee99** » Thu 09 Jul, 2009 4:46 pm

Here is a photo good old google of the air raid selter site at the back of the Library bottom of cowper terrace the land is fenced can't miss it, i went in the other one that was under the kids nursery when i was a kid

biggee99 · Post by **biggee99** » Thu 09 Jul, 2009 4:51 pm

Other air raid shelter just in case you need these in the futureits just off harehills lane up foundry approach on right under the car park, question why are these still there after all these years?and these more in the area.

simonm · Post by **simonm** » Thu 09 Jul, 2009 5:13 pm

chameleon wrote: simonm wrote: Is it me, or is jimmy-i'm not racist-joo talking utter bolox? What an infantile rant that has no reason to it's argument whatsoever!!!!! You know nothing of the British heritage nor it's history, except what wikipedia might tell you. We're quietly thinking simon, that sometimes not offering encouragement might be a prudent option if you follow - that or your cellar Aye, your spot on, but sometimes I find it very hard to ignor ignorant biggots

Brandy · Post by **Brandy** » Thu 09 Jul, 2009 5:45 pm

simonm wrote: Is it me, or is jimmy-i'm not racist-joo talking utter bolox? What an infantile rant that has no reason to it's argument whatsoever!!!!! You know nothing of the British heritage nor it's history, except what wikipedia might tell you. well said mate!!!

Post by **chameleon** » Thu 09 Jul, 2009 7:02 pm

Post by **chameleon** » Thu 09 Jul, 2009 9:35 pm

biggee99 wrote: Here is a photo good old google of the air raid selter site at the back of the Library bottom of cowper terrace the land is fenced can't miss it, i went in the other one that was under the kids nursery when i was a kid Guess where davison's going with his bucket, spade and jack-hammer this weekend then

blackprince · Post by **blackprince** » Thu 09 Jul, 2009 11:47 pm

I joined Compton library with great trepidation aged about 9- filled in the forms , paid a token amount of about 3d and got my single cardboard library ticket ( another thing you don't see anymore). I could hardly see over the tall counter to talk to the lady librarians, who, like teachers, commanded a lot of respect in those far off days.The library was an forbidding place but I loved reading my borrowed book each week. The series which got me hooked on reading for pleasure were the Kemlo books about a group of kids who were born on a space station and were physically adapted to low g so that they were too weak to ever return to Earth. The library had a rather gruesome exhibition for a few months. The exhibits I remember were a shrunken head from Borneo, a poison dart blowpipe, and incredibly, only 14 years after the concentration camps were liberated, a lamp with a shade made by the Nazis from the human skin of a holocaust victim.

biggee99 · Post by **biggee99** » Fri 10 Jul, 2009 10:21 am

One more photo for you guys to look at this one is quite big held a lot of people in its time and still as good as the day it was made, its at the back of the stanley road tip not far from the one at back of the library gardens that will be lost soon for us i wonder if we will be aloud to go in and get all the fringe benefits?????

Post by **chameleon** » Fri 10 Jul, 2009 10:28 am

biggee99 wrote: One more photo for you guys to look at this one is quite big held a lot of people in its time and still as good as the day it was made, its at the back of the stanley road tip not far from the one at back of the library gardens that will be lost soon for us i wonder if we will be aloud to go in and get all the fringe benefits????? There are pictures of this one on Leodishttp://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=572