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Reprint: local history publishers in Loughborough, Leicestershire and the Midlands

Reprint publish original local history books for Loughborough, Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire and Warwickshire, with a catalogue of over 300 titles. We also reprint out-of-print and hard-to-find volumes of local interest, as well as postcards and calendars. Want to write a book of local interest? We can publish it for you.

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Loughborough Public Library Centenary 1905-2005

Although Loughborough had a library before the turn of the century it had been a somewhat haphazard affair, ranging from a subscription library, begun in 1826, (housed in Baxter Gate) to a free library, opened in 1886 (housed in Greenclose Lane). Between 1867 and 1886 the town had no library facilities whatsoever.

In about 1902 the need for better accommodation was recognised and the following year Andrew Carnegie, the philanthropic millionaire, was approached in the hope that he might come … [more about this new title]

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