Hounslow went through the 'cut and/or close' exercise back in 2011. They actually listened to their resident's feedback and, sadly, outsourced to Carillion(whatever happened to them?). With good foresight though they pulled the contract from Carillion back in house in 2017 before Carillion went belly-up. The scheme at Brentford is far from perfect as disabled access has been compromised in the initial design but it is far far better then closure or reducing the library service to the point where it will become a self-fulfilling prophecy "no books so no on uses it, let's close it" as the Philistines in Ealing propose. Brentford residents are also fortunate in having more than one local councillor who will engage with residents online to keep them abreast of developments not only with libraries but on wider topics.

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Topic	Date Posted	Posted By
Libraries and money	02/05/19 15:09:00	Graham Weeks
Re:Libraries and money	02/05/19 15:14:00	Simon Hayes
Re:Re:Libraries and money	02/05/19 15:39:00	Rosco White
Re:Re:Re:Libraries and money	03/05/19 13:05:00	N V Brooks
Re:Re:Re:Re:Libraries and money	03/05/19 17:37:00	Simon Hayes
Re:Re:Re:Re:Libraries and money	06/05/19 19:07:00	Philippa Bond
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Libraries and money	06/05/19 19:14:00	N V Brooks
It's all very sad, what is the new Central Library like?	06/05/19 19:51:00	Mark Julian Raymond
Re:It's all very sad, what is the new Central Library like?	07/05/19 10:32:00	Simon Hayes
Re:Re:It's all very sad, what is the new Central Library like?	07/05/19 18:55:00	Rosco White
Re:Re:Re:It's all very sad, what is the new Central Library like?	07/05/19 19:50:00	Simon Hayes
Re:Re:Re:Re:It's all very sad, what is the new Central Library like?	12/05/19 10:04:00	Philippa Bond
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:It's all very sad, what is the new Central Library like?	12/05/19 10:23:00	N V Brooks
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:It's all very sad, what is the new Central Library like?	12/05/19 10:53:00	Simon Hayes
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:It's all very sad, what is the new Central Library like?	12/05/19 14:39:00	N V Brooks
Re:It's all very sad, what is the new Central Library like?	12/05/19 16:48:00	Philippa Bond
Re:Re:It's all very sad, what is the new Central Library like?	12/05/19 17:12:00	Philippa Bond
Re:Re:Re:It's all very sad, what is the new Central Library like?	12/05/19 17:46:00	Rosco White
Re:Re:Re:It's all very sad, what is the new Central Library like?	14/05/19 21:34:00	Philippa Bond
Re:Re:It's all very sad, what is the new Central Library like?	12/05/19 18:15:00	N V Brooks
Re:It's all very sad, what is the new Central Library like?	14/05/19 19:50:00	Philippa Bond
Re:Re:It's all very sad, what is the new Central Library like?	14/05/19 20:15:00	N V Brooks
Re:Re:Re:It's all very sad, what is the new Central Library like?	14/05/19 20:47:00	Rosco White
Re:Re:Re:It's all very sad, what is the new Central Library like?	14/05/19 21:13:00	Philippa Bond
Re:Re:Re:Re:It's all very sad, what is the new Central Library like?	14/05/19 21:44:00	N V Brooks
Re:Libraries and money	17/05/19 10:34:00	Helen Vipond
Re:Libraries and money	17/05/19 10:42:00	Helen Vipond
Re:Re:Libraries and money	17/05/19 11:33:00	Rosco White
Re:Re:Re:Libraries and money	17/05/19 23:29:00	Philippa Bond
Re:Re:Re:Re:Libraries and money	18/05/19 09:39:00	Simon Hayes

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