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MINET LIBRARY, KNATCHBULL ROAD, NORTH BRIXTON

MINET LIBRARY, KNATCHBULL ROAD, NORTH BRIXTON

The Minet Library, Knatchbull Road. Built in 1890, the library was the gift of William Minet to Camberwell and Lambeth. The building was bombed in the World War II, rebuilt and opened in 1959. View of the opening ceremony at which the Mayor of Lambeth presided, the Mayor's wife seen here receiving a bouquet. Now housing Lambeth's Archives, part of the building is also the local Library.
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Ref:02529
Identifier:IV/63/18/14/16
Date:1959

#1951 - 1975  #LIBRARIES  #LOCAL GOVERNMENT  #People  #Photograph