Libraries light up for Spellow reopening
Libraries across the country will be lit up next week in a gesture of "solidarity, hope and joy" to mark the reopening of Spellow Library and Community Hub, which which was torched during the summer’s racist riots.
Following the completion of works to rectify the damage which destroyed part of the building in August, the library will open its doors to the public once again on Thursday, 12 December. To mark the occasion, the Leader of Liverpool City Council, Councillor Liam Robinson, has called on libraries to be part of a nationwide symbolic moment on the eve of the reopening.
Councillor Robinson has asked councils to light up one of their libraries on Wednesday 11 December by having a light, or a lantern in a window, or illuminating the outside of a building. This will symbolically shine a light on libraries as places of sanctuary, knowledge and community.
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