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| The Mayor of Runnymede cutting the ribbon and declaring the community library open |
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| The three volunteers on duty for this day. |
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| Gill Adourian pours a welcomed cup of tea, one of many that were served |
Story time with Diana Seaman.
Two young girls enjoying the activies.
Essie Fox and Tessa Harvard Taylor having a friendly chat.
We are OPEN, on Saturday 12 January the Mayor of Runnymede cut the ribbon held by two local authors, Essie Fox and Tessa Harvard Taylor. We had the local press there to record the event so look out for photos in the Villager and News & Herald.
we volunteers are fully trained and gathering together a good working team. Kym Bishop, a volunteer who is a graphic designer, worked on the winning entries from a competition for children from Magna Carta School and St Jude's School to design our logo. The day was a resounding success with lots of folk signing up to become members; these included the baby sons of two of our Steering Group, Guy and Julie Charrison. The new babies behaved so well, despite all the chatter and laughter going on around them.
Getting to this point hasn't been the easiest of journeys, for nearly a year we have had stalemate with legal wrangles and council decisions. Our Steering Group have worked hard making sure everything is correct legally. The Team leaders, led by Tricia Owen, can take the main credit for ensuring we volunteers are fully trained and gathering together a good working team. Kym Bishop, a volunteer who is a graphic designer, worked on the winning entries from a competition for children from Magna Carta School and St Jude's School to design our logo.
We have had social gatherings and some of us have had the privilege of being taken behind the scenes of The Surrey History Centre and The Performing Arts Library, both open to the public if you fancy a visit.
We now look forward to running a welcoming library which will both encourage reading and learning and become even more of a social place for our community.
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