London, UK. 15th February 2018. Library campaigners leave the Grade II listed Carnegie Library after Unison safety inspectors have told them it is unsafe. one woman holds a library book she tells everyone she has just stolen from the library which lacks any security. Lambeth Council re-opened the building fifteen minutes earlier as a temporary measure in advance of local elections. Credit: Peter Marshall/Alamy Live News
London, UK. 15th February 2018. Library campaigners leave the Grade II listed Carnegie Library after Unison safety inspectors have told them it is unsafe. one woman holds a library book she tells everyone she has just stolen from the library which lacks any security. Lambeth Council re-opened the building fifteen minutes earlier as a temporary measure in advance of local elections. In the longer term the library facilities will be moved into two smaller rooms, only open for around two hours per day. Work is still continuing on the building where millions have been spent excavating a pay-to-use basement gym no one wants with limited facilities and low ceiling that will make it impossible for people to jump. It will require continued subsidies to Greenwich Leisure Limited in addition to the possibly £7m involved in the works. The campaigners went into the library with Unison safety inspectors when it opened and were told to leave after 15 minutes when they declared the premises unsafe, with a fire exit through building works lined with Calor gas cylinders. The temporary toilet facilities were found to be discharging into the waste outlet of a kitchen sink and there was no disabled access, making it unsuitable for public use. Peter Marshall/Alamy Live News
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