Off Topic James Reckitt Library...

You recall right - I grew up living just across the road from it, there was St Andrews Church, The Baths, The Library, Brazil St PO and a bank next door to that - I used the library and baths on a regular basis until we moved away in the late 60's.

 

there is **** all up there, everything has closed.
The Green Man Bowling alley was the only thing that attracted people, but since that has closed too....

 

I live down James Reckitt now and that place is a swimming baths.

 

http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Hist...new-Woodford/story-23485846-detail/story.html
ah yeah, I haven't been up there since The Green Man closed.

 

Believe its Grade 11 only. The application includes an extension and the Council of British Archaeology has expressed concerns regarding removal of some of the internal features necessitated by the number of flats proposed.

 

That entire area needs regeneration, the key to it is someone deciding to do something with the Cornmill and the old Crystal site.

 

the new version doubles as a council office and polling station, amongst other things. i thought i'd read that that was under threat too with the cutbacks.

 

there's a new store (lidl?) and perhaps other shops being built on the n.e. of the holderness rd/mount pleasant junction. perhaps it's a start.

 

It's not just the James Reckitt Library. Beech Holme (the big house that is - or was - the central building of the Blind Institute) on Beverley Road is being sold 'for luxury flats'. So is Newland Avenue Primary School (almost opposite Larkins'). So is the Avenues Centre in Park Avenue (that used to be Hull Art School).

 

HCC could make a mint by taking the KC off the SMC. Allegedly.

 

Take your face for a ****, Dumbo. You're getting boring now.

 

HCC spent a lot of money modernising the library in Boulevard recently, and a good job they made of it too in my opinion. However when I tried to go the other week to use the internet I find it's only open about half the week. Apparently its opening hours have been gradualIy reducing ever since the work was finished!

Anyone know what that's all about?

 

It's a very common problem - local authorities are capital rich and revenue poor. By which I mean they can access money to build new things and get a ribbon cutting photo opp, but they are chronically short of money to pay for staff and maintenance of those new facilities. And often they can't switch money between capital budgets and revenue budgets.

Add to that, what revenue funding is available is increasingly being sucked into statutory duties they can't avoid - social care, schools, free bus passes, etc - and the problem of funding other facilities gets worse.

 

leave it empty to be vandalised or just fall aprt like the new york hotel.

 

Or they could just use it for what it was intended for when it was built, one of the greatest inventions known to man. A public library.

 

Can they put some trampolines in there as well? Exercise the body as well as the mind.

Seriously, the loss of so many libraries is just depressing. I think local schools should do more to support and nourish them tbh. I actually do accept the comment made earlier about councils being in a bad position to continue to fund them once they're up and running and I also agree the problem comes from central government too.

Might be an idea to try and get people to ask "what will you do about our libraries?" every time some tosspot knocks on the door to flannel you into voting for them.

 

Funny how some political statements are allowed to remain but others lead to an immediate closing of the thread.

 

http://www.charityperformance.com/charity-details.php?id=17265

what happened to all this

 

I ain't laughing......