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High Court Hearing on 7th July 2011
LATEST NEWS: At a High Court hearing in Birmingham on the 7th July, permission was granted for judicial review of GCC’s library plans to proceed on all three grounds put forward by the claimant’s...
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Public Meeting about Minchinhampton Library & Youth Club Thursday 13th...
It has just been announced that there will be a Public Meeting regarding the future of our Library & Youth Club. Regarding the High Court Hearing of a judicial review of Gloucester County Council’s...
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High Court Rules GCC’s Library Cuts Unlawful on Grounds of Equality
Following the result of the court case where the judge found that GCC were in breach of law regarding equality, FoML are urging our Parish Council to re-present our case urgently to GCC. We feel that...
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Brief Update on Status of Minchinhampton Library
Following the judge’s decision regarding the illegality of GCC trying to close our libraries, at the end of last year a small group of FoML members met with Stephen Draper (Chair of the Parish Council...
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National Libraries Day – 4th February – Celebrated in Minchinhampton
COME AND SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR KEEPING A PUBLIC LIBRARY IN MINCHINHAMPTON SATURDAY 4TH FEBRUARY - LOVE YOUR LIBRARY - CELEBRATE NATIONAL LIBRARIES DAY AT MINCHINHAMPTON LIBRARY WITH AUTHORS: Jenny...
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Minchinhampton Library Roadshow on Monday 13th February 2.30pm – 5pm in the...
GCC On-line Questionnaire – an Important Part of the Consultation Process The six-week consultation process began on Monday 30th January 2012 and will finish on Sunday 11th March. There are a total of...
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The Sad Fate of Minchinhampton Library
In spite of all of our best efforts over the past year and the many representations made to Gloucestershire County Council, local representatives and MPs, on Friday GCC announced that they would be...
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MINCHINHAMPTON LIBRARY REPRIEVE INITIATIVE
Our MP Mr Geoffery Clifton-Brown visited the Library on Friday 22nd June 2012 and was “happy to see so many people using the facilities”. He spoke to library users about their concerns regarding the...
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Meeting with GCC Friday 3rd August 2012
Representatives of Friends of Minchinhampton Library, together with Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP, met with GCC, on Friday 3rd August 2012 and presented a strong case requesting that we keep a core County...
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LIBRARY NEWS
The Friends of Minchinhampton Library (FoML) was set up in as part of the nationwide ”Friends of the Libraries” movement that arose in response to the threatened closure of 400 of our statutory public...
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