LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN A COUNTRY TOWN: EVERYDAY LIFE IN WOTTON-UNDER-EDGE, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1944 - A scene in the busy County Library and Reading Room in the Town Hall at Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, including citizens looking at books on shelves and reading the newspaper. According to the original caption "the books are provided by and changed regularly by the Central County Library at Gloucester. There are between 700-800 members of this library who get books free for a fortnight provided they are bona fide residents of the town and district. A charge of 3d per week is made
LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN A COUNTRY TOWN: EVERYDAY LIFE IN WOTTON-UNDER-EDGE, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1944 - A scene in the busy County Library and Reading Room in the Town Hall at Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, including citizens looking at books on shelves and reading the newspaper. According to the original caption "the books are provided by and changed regularly by the Central County Library at Gloucester. There are between 700-800 members of this library who get books free for a fortnight provided they are bona fide residents of the town and district. A charge of 3d per week is made for each book kept out for longer than the the two weeks. The library opens twice a week"
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