It's being reopened to bring the community together with a library and community space
Volunteers are hoping to bring a “buzz” back to their town as a library closed for two years is set to reopen with a new cafe.
The Wallasey Village Library and Community Centre will look to save and reuse as much as possible as they convert one third of it into the library space, another room into a community space, while a third room will become a dog friendly café. The café will be run by Baked as a branch of their current family run café and bistro at Larton Livery in Frankby with high speed Wi-Fi.
“I think all communities have been affected by libraries closing. When the library was open, it was only open 18 hours a week. Now it will be seven days a week from morning until the evening.” Mr Lyons said the café would help bring in young people, adding: “They need to be able to have an area that they can go to. My children used to come in here and read books and all of that was gone. It’s so important to learn to read books.
Pointing to the Storyhouse in Chester, she said: “That is what I would love to have, to have that buzz about it.” She said: “There’s nothing around here that is a community centre. There’s nothing for a community space,” adding: “I just hope that it becomes a vibrant place.” Wallasey Conservative councillor Ian Lewis felt delays were primarily due to the council, adding: “I don't think the council was geared up to see so many asset transfers happen at once. The team was stretched doing that. Then there was the legal side of things in agreeing the terms of the lease. From our point of view, we also had to get the charity up and running and I do not think we could have done that without St George’s School and the Wallasey Village Friends.
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