Warwickshire village’s library success is rewarded

Volunteers in Harbury who took over the running of their library and set up a cafe alongside to fund it have been recognised as winners of this year’s Spirit of Harbury award.
By The Newsroom
Published 18th May 2013, 08:00 BST
MHLC-11-05-13 Biblio's Award May08 Biblio's Cafe, an internet cafe that adjoins and supports the community-run library, has won this year's Spirit of Harbury award. The cafe and library are both run by volunteers, who formed a group to save their library after Warwickshire County Council earmarked it as one of the libraries they were planning to close last year. Pictured,Tim Lockley,(centre) Chairman of thes Library and Cafe with the volunteers.MHLC-11-05-13 Biblio's Award May08 Biblio's Cafe, an internet cafe that adjoins and supports the community-run library, has won this year's Spirit of Harbury award. The cafe and library are both run by volunteers, who formed a group to save their library after Warwickshire County Council earmarked it as one of the libraries they were planning to close last year. Pictured,Tim Lockley,(centre) Chairman of thes Library and Cafe with the volunteers.
MHLC-11-05-13 Biblio's Award May08 Biblio's Cafe, an internet cafe that adjoins and supports the community-run library, has won this year's Spirit of Harbury award. The cafe and library are both run by volunteers, who formed a group to save their library after Warwickshire County Council earmarked it as one of the libraries they were planning to close last year. Pictured,Tim Lockley,(centre) Chairman of thes Library and Cafe with the volunteers.

Since opening a year ago, the self-funding venture - run by a committee of ten and around 100 volunteers - has had 60,000 visits and served 6,000 cups of tea or coffee.

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