Take a virtual
tour on YouTube (you will need Window's
player)
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Tour the Lending library
Tour the Sound and Vision library
Tour the meeting room
Take a look at the art work
6 September 2010 - the doors opened at
8.30am with a warm welcome from the Bookstart Bear
August 2010
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Councillor Rosie Clarke, portfolio holder for Sport, Culture,
Diversity, Health and Wellbeing, receiving the keys for the
refurbished library from Mark Bailey of Barnes
Construction. |
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Councillor Rosie Clarke along with Mark Bailey of Barnes
Construction and staff who will be working in the refurbished
building and have been involved with the
project. |
July 2010
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Art work on the wall of the Teen area within the refurbished
library. It was designed and painted by students of King Edward VI
Upper School. |
June 2010
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Above - library users take a tour of the
refurbishment works.
Left - Roger McMaster, Head of Suffolk Libraries and Records
Office, Councillor Rosie Clarke, Portfolio holder for
Sport, Culture, Diversity, Health and Wellbeing and Mark
Bailey of Barnes Construction under the new roof light
window. |
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Above left - Adult Fiction
Above right - Coffee Bar Roof
Left - Children's Library |
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May 2010
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| Roof beams on the extension going up. |
One of the Children's centre glazed screen going
in. |
April 2010
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| The steel frame for the extension going
up. |
March 2010
A few more photographs of the internal work, most of
the work going on at the moment is fitting electrical conduits and
heating pipe work.
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| First floor WC area |
First floor conference room store |
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Ground floor wc area |
| Ground floor accessible WC area |
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Main library |
February 2010
On Wednesday 2 February Library Manager Neil Holmes
helped to demolish the facade of the library as part of the
refurbishment works.
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| Demolition commences |
Cleared front entrance |
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| The children's Centre taking shape |
The old coffee bar area |
January 2010
The internal walls of the library on Sergeants Walk
have been removed and work is starting to gather pace.
The lifts have been removed and the ‘strip out’ of the building is
continuing.
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| First floor former staff area |
First floor main adult library |
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| Ground floor children's area |
Ground floor entrance lobby |
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| Main entrance |
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14 December 2009 - The Shire Hall site opened
The Shire Hall site opened on 14
December, and a group of customers accompanied staff and
councillor Paul Farmer on a walk from Sergeants Walk to Shire
Hall. They were greeted by the Bookstart Bear and the children
had fun playing while the adults enjoyed mince pies and hot
drinks
December 2009 - The condensed library
December 2009 - Packing up the library
September 2009 - The old library
Back to Bury St Edmunds library
refurbishment