I am back thank you again to everyone for all your kind messages and support it really helped me in deciding that I will carry on filming, I really do have the best subscribers/friends. I look a bit rough in the intro but last Saturday was a wet and windy day and I had just impaled my jeans on a spike off the gate and walked through what seemed like a jungle haha , I chat a load of rubbish throughout the video I dunno why I rambled on so much and the sound isn't he best but I was alone and didn't wanna be shouting, hope yous enjoy heres some history
Grade II listed, the Andrew Carnegie Library was designed by Thomas Shelmerdine, and built in 1904 as a direct result of a donation from the wealthy industrialist and Philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.
The aim was built to provide opportunity for a disadvantaged local population - Carnegie himself offering the money to Liverpool to further their aspirations to improve the education of its inhabitants.
The standalone building in its own grounds was one of the largest public libraries in the suburbs with a grand reception area, extensive oak paneling over two floors and hundreds of thousands of books. For more than 50 years it was one of a number of landmarks on Lister Drive - others included a huge power station and the Victorian swimming baths which later became a fishery stockists.
The oak paneling and parquet flooring is largely intact after a decade of neglect The oak paneling and parquet flooring is largely intact after a decade of abandonment
But after a 100 year life as a functioning library and having been underfunded for a significant period, it was closed following health and safety concerns. Unoccupied, the building has been subject to theft, vandalism and neglect and is listed on Liverpool’s Buildings at Risk register.
Tuebrook 2016 is considered to be in the one percent of most deprived wards in the UK and while the power station may be gone the project aims to be the "spark that ignites the regeneration of the wider area".
Lister Steps, which provides childcare facilities in a neighboring temporary building, says it will continue Carnegie's legacy of philanthropy and education, offering opportunity to a new local population in Tuebrook and Old Swan.
"By providing opportunities for people to socialise, learn and participate Lister Steps will support the well-being and development of individuals, groups and local enterprise."
Happy viewing :)
11 июн 2017
