Will it be transferred elsewhere or is it to exist no more. What are these people doing to our heritage. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Lancaster" <lancaster.jim@zen.co.uk> To: "Lynne" <lklein@mindspring.com>; <lancsgen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2013 11:58 AM Subject: [LAN] Talbot Library, Prerston > > SAD NEWS FROM THE NORTH WEST. The Bishop of Lancaster has decided that the > Talbot Library in Preston, which has been a much-prized repository of > Roman > Catholic literature and artefacts for more than 20 years, is to close on > December 31st. The loss will be greatly felt by many people researching > Catholic history and by students from the nearby University of Central > Lancashire. It also has a significant collection of Irish material. > Because > the annual Christmas closure had already been scheduled, the Library will > be > effectively closed from FRIDAY DECEMBER 13th. > > Sad news indeed > > Jim Lancaster (Bury, Lancs.) > > > > > > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > > Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No > fees! > > The list's administrator can be contacted at LancsGen-admin@rootsweb.com > > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LANCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This is sad news indeed. I have used the Talbot on several occasions and it is an invaluable resource for family historians containing, as it does, material that simply is not held anywhere else. The staff there were also knowledgeable and eager to help with any query. There must, surely, be some plan to move the stock to another accessible archive - Lancashire Records Office and the Harris immediately spring to mind. Dave Swarbrick On 8 December 2013 14:53, Eddie Lester <Edlester@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > Will it be transferred elsewhere or is it to exist no more. What are these > people doing to our heritage. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Lancaster" <lancaster.jim@zen.co.uk> > To: "Lynne" <lklein@mindspring.com>; <lancsgen@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2013 11:58 AM > Subject: [LAN] Talbot Library, Prerston > > > > > > SAD NEWS FROM THE NORTH WEST. The Bishop of Lancaster has decided that > the > > Talbot Library in Preston, which has been a much-prized repository of > > Roman > > Catholic literature and artefacts for more than 20 years, is to close on > > December 31st. The loss will be greatly felt by many people researching > > Catholic history and by students from the nearby University of Central > > Lancashire. It also has a significant collection of Irish material. > > Because > > the annual Christmas closure had already been scheduled, the Library will > > be > > effectively closed from FRIDAY DECEMBER 13th. > > > > Sad news indeed > > > > Jim Lancaster (Bury, Lancs.) > > > > > > > > > > > > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > > > > Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No > > fees! > > > > The list's administrator can be contacted at LancsGen-admin@rootsweb.com > > > > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > LANCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > > Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No > fees! > > The list's administrator can be contacted at LancsGen-admin@rootsweb.com > > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LANCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >