You know, I’ve got to confess, I was in town, earlier, today.
Seriously … !
Well, maybe not so seriously.
But, at any rate, I was there.
And, while I was … ?
I had something to take back to the library …
And a little bit of form filling in to do, as well.
In point of fact, I was thrown at it by a librarian.
Now, as you probably know, the government cuts have meant many local councils have had to cut their services as well, as a result of the loss of funding.
The government have already had to u-turn on the prospect of selling of lots of forests.
But one that hasn’t been stopped … ?
Is various local councils cuts to local library services: I think I’ve mentioned it before.
In fact I know I have.
Thankfully — possibly — library closures haven’t happened in Essex.
But Essex County Council is planning to restrict hours for Brentwood, Shenfield and Ingatestone Libraries.
It’s started a consultation, about new opening hours: which are, I should add, worked out by head of population each library serves:
Effectively, Brentwood Library’s hours are cut from the current 61 hours per week, to 48 hours per week: here’s the current opening hours …
Here’s the three options that the Council wants to cut them too …
Option A
Option B
Oh, and there’s always Option C: “No Preference”, to quote the rather terse words of the leaflet done by Essex County Council.
Now I went for Option B.
But looking back … ?
I maybe should’ve gone for Option C, the ‘No Preference’ one.
Because, to be frank … ?
None of them look too stunning …
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Just before I sign off, I should remind you: you can either cast your vote on the hours either at you library — which starts today and ends on the 27th of February, this year — or you can contact Essex County Council’s Library service, here.
Have fun with that … … …
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