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Croydon libraries under security after Broad Green break-in

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Croydon rally to save Shirley Library from closure

Residents have called for Croydon Council to reconsider plans to close Shirley Library, claiming it would receive more footfall if it was open more often. This comes following the news that the ...
Oxford Mail

Croydon libraries facing closure due to budget cuts

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BBC

Library books dumped on pavement 'unacceptable'

Hundreds of books have been left strewn across the pavement by council-employed contractors outside a former library in south London. The books were pictured by local news website Inside Croydon in ...
London Evening Standard

Outrage as hundreds of books dumped on south London streets after controversial library closure

Hundreds of books have been dumped outside a former library in south London, sparking outrage among locals. The texts were found in large piles outside the Broad Green Library on Canterbury Road in ...
The Bookseller

Books 'dumped in the street like garbage' outside south London library

Piles of library books were "dumped in the street like garbage" outside Broad Green Library in Croydon, London, by contractors who entered the building to clear it after squatters "illegally occupied" ...