Bromley House Library is the city's oldest independent library and has more than 50,000 books
Tucked away on Angel Row, between a charity shop and a newsagent, is Nottingham's oldest independent library, Bromley House Library. Built in 1752, it became a subscription library in 1816, after originally being a private house.
The library relies mainly on subscriptions, costing £132 annually, to keep running. Matt Dolman, the library's membership and engagement manager, shared about some of the famous historical figures who were once members. "Believe it or not, people have come just to take pictures of the spiral staircase. This isn't a hush, hush library - we do have quiet areas but equally people do sit and chat and we have library groups. There's this misconception that the library's an intimidating space but it's not, everyone's really friendly."
Matt added that when a film is based on a book, such as the Queen's Gambit, that book will be in high demand while the film is trending. He further mentioned: "We're increasingly working with charities, we're working with Black poetry groups and refugees. The library has no funding so we're dependent on subscriptions. During coronavirus, we developed a bookmobile, which we still do to usually the NG1-NG16 postcodes."
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