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50th birthday of North Shields Library


  • North Shields Community Hub and Library, Northumberland Square, North Shields NE30 1QU. (map)
A black and white photo of Mayor Councillor Adam opening North Shields library in 1975, wearing his chains of office and pulling a string to open a velvet curtain to reveal a brass plaque
A black and white image of North Shields library in 1975 with bookshelves full of books, a flight of stairs leading down and two people in the background, one of them reading one walking around

50th birthday celebration of the official opening of the current library building in February 1975.

Photograph display, celebrations and reminiscences celebrating 50 years in our current library building.

Contact details: northshields.library@northtyneside.gov.uk

A black and white photo of North Shields library in 1975 with a woman seated at a desk writing with a pile of papers in an intray next to her and shelves full of files and books behind her and an old fashioned telephone
A black and white photo of North Shields library in 1975 with shelves full of books in the background, a man in a flat cap seated reading the paper and another man in a flat cap and a coat with his back to the camera and two women seated behind desks
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