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1967 The
County steps in
The members of the Literary Institute
had always been keen to spread education in the town,
and by 1870 measures to be taken in support of a free
library, should it come about, were written into their
constitution. There were 600 members by the 1920’s
which shows the clear demand for reading. Saffron
Walden got a free library in 1930 when the County
library was set up in the Institute’s rooms,
with volunteers from the Insitute providing staffing.
After the war the County library gained its own premises
and need for a private Institute declined.
By the 1960’s the library was in financial difficulties.
The County Council was invited to become the Trustee
of the collection to prevent it from being broken
up.
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