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A presentation to the Wheathampstead Community Library to celebrate the handover from Herts county council. Picture: STEPHEN HARVEY (Image: ©2018 Stephen Harvey - all rights reserved)
A handover ceremony took place at the library in Memorial Hall on Tuesday, April 17. Andrew Bignell, the head of libraries, culture and learning at Herts county council, formally handed the library over to Chrissie Chadney, chair of the library’s management committee.
Cllr Annie Brewster, district council portfolio holder for sport, leisure and heritage, also attended the ceremony, as did David Johnston, head of the Wheathampstead parish church council.
![Herts Advertiser: County councillor Annie Brewster speaks to guests at the Cpresentation to the Wheathampstead Community Library to celebrate the handover from Herts county council. Picture: STEPHEN HARVEY]( "Herts Advertiser: County councillor Annie Brewster speaks to guests at the Cpresentation to the Wheathampstead Community Library to celebrate the handover from Herts county council. Picture: STEPHEN HARVEY")
County councillor Annie Brewster speaks to guests at the Cpresentation to the Wheathampstead Community Library to celebrate the handover from Herts county council. Picture: STEPHEN HARVEY (Image: ©2018 Stephen Harvey - all rights reserved)
David Ireson, a representative of the management committee, said: “Forty volunteers have spent many hours training over the last year to reach this stage and it is a great tribute to Chrissie Chadney that such rapid progress towards the village running its own library has been made.”
![Herts Advertiser: A presentation to the Wheathampstead Community Library to celebrate the handover from Herts county council. Picture: STEPHEN HARVEY]( "Herts Advertiser: A presentation to the Wheathampstead Community Library to celebrate the handover from Herts county council. Picture: STEPHEN HARVEY")
A presentation to the Wheathampstead Community Library to celebrate the handover from Herts county council. Picture: STEPHEN HARVEY (Image: ©2018 Stephen Harvey - all rights reserved)
![Herts Advertiser: Head of libraries and heritage services Andrew Bignell, speaks to guests at the official presentation to the Wheathampstead Community Library to celebrate the handover from Herts county council. Picture: STEPHEN HARVEY]( "Herts Advertiser: Head of libraries and heritage services Andrew Bignell, speaks to guests at the official presentation to the Wheathampstead Community Library to celebrate the handover from Herts county council. Picture: STEPHEN HARVEY")
Head of libraries and heritage services Andrew Bignell, speaks to guests at the official presentation to the Wheathampstead Community Library to celebrate the handover from Herts county council. Picture: STEPHEN HARVEY (Image: ©2018 Stephen Harvey - all rights reserved)
![Herts Advertiser: Head of libraries and heritage services Andrew Bignell, speaks to guests at the official presentation to the Wheathampstead Community Library to celebrate the handover from Herts county council. Picture: STEPHEN HARVEY]( "Herts Advertiser: Head of libraries and heritage services Andrew Bignell, speaks to guests at the official presentation to the Wheathampstead Community Library to celebrate the handover from Herts county council. Picture: STEPHEN HARVEY")
Head of libraries and heritage services Andrew Bignell, speaks to guests at the official presentation to the Wheathampstead Community Library to celebrate the handover from Herts county council. Picture: STEPHEN HARVEY (Image: ©2018 Stephen Harvey - all rights reserved)
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