Congratulations to everyone in the community that has worked so hard over the last eighteen months to see that the issue of the closure of Pevensey Bay Library is kept at the top of the local agenda.
After all the campaigning, meetings, discussions, the demonstration, publicity, leaflets, radio interviews, articles in the local and regional press and sheer determination by everyone concerned about the loss of our most precious community asset, Pevensey Bay Library reopens today, Tuesday 30 August 2016. The credit, as was pointed out by Pevensey Parish Councilor Daniel Brookbank, commenting in a personal capacity in July, belongs to all the organisations concerned.
“This is great news, well done to all the people and organisations involved in this, the Friends of the Library, Anderida WI, Pevensey Parish Council and all the others who have campaigned, spoken out and worked with East Sussex. Thanks too to East Sussex for hearing us all”.—Parish Councillor Daniel Brookbank, July 2016 (in a personal capacity).
Credit should also go to East Sussex County Councillor Chris Dowling, Lead Member for Community Services, who said (August 22) “I’d once again like to thank residents for their patience and understanding”.
Of everything that has been said about the campaign, all the organisations and all the people who have worked so hard to see this happen, one organisation and one person stands out as an inspiration to us all. Something said on 15 November 2015, reminds us all that working together, people can move mountains.
Personally, I think it would be worth setting up a Friends of Pevensey Bay Library Group if only to keep the issue live, and I would be most interested to hear from anybody else that is similarly like-minded.
Regards
Margaret Martin
15 November 2015
