Li/SA2/25

Correspondence including references to the application for, establishment and running of the following library centres: Cockayne Hatley; East Hyde; Great Barford; Greenfield and Pulloxhill; Harrold; Haynes; Husborne Crawley; Ickwell; Kensworth; Meppershall; Odell; Souldrop; Stanbridge; Steppingley; Swineshead; Wilstead; Wrestlingworth; Wymington.

1935 - 1940

From: 1935 To: 1940

Plus the following: - Letter from the Chairman Husborne Crawley Parish Council requesting a branch of the County Library, ‘...at any rate as long as we have evacuees in the village’ [10 Sep 1939]; - Request from the Wardens based at Kempston Hoo for the loan of library books [8 Mar 1940]; - Request from the Library Committee of Talbot House, Bedford, for the County Library to lend books to members of HM Forces using Talbot House [23 Feb 1940]; - Letter from Tingrith Training Centre Committee associated with the Agricultural Committee of the Council for German Jewry, Manor Farm, Tingrith, requesting literature in English and German [18 Jul 1939]; - Letter from the Sun Insurance Office based at Wrest Park, Silsoe, requesting library books for its 250 resident staff [17 Oct 1939].

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Bedfordshire County Library, CORRESPONDENCE, health administration, County Librarian, Cockayne Hatley, East Hyde, Great Barford, Greenfield, PULLOXHILL, HARROLD, HAYNES, HUSBORNE CRAWLEY, Ickwell, KENSWORTH, MEPPERSHALL, ODELL, SOULDROP, STANBRIDGE, STEPPINGLEY, SWINESHEAD, Wilstead, WRESTLINGWORTH, WYMINGTON, evacuees, ARP, books, Kempston Hoo, printers, Tingrith Manor Farm, Sun Insurance Office Limited, Wrest Park