John Dolan

Really enjoyed this series; the idea of celebrating the vibrancy of the bus services in the region is fantastic and it’s been done so well. Bravo @ichoosemag @_milantopalovic & @TransportForWM. More of this sort of thing please!

The "consultation" is nearly over. You don't have to accept library cuts and closures. Find out more. Hear different views. See how to respond at the meeting on Saturday. This is what "Be heard" really means @B31Voices @larry_turner @Esther_Rai_ @JaneRockHouse @BrumLibraries

@BrumLibraryZine @BrumLibraries Pick up your Brum Library Zine at Northfield Library - and other libraries when you come to the Northfield Library public meeting public meeting on Saturday. at teh Quaker Meeting House next door (we're not allowed to have this meeting in the library!!) @B31Voices

Library Zines are go! 2000 FREE Brum Library Zines are winging their way to Birmingham libraries this week. Keep your eyes peeled! 👀 (and while you’re waiting, head to @BrumLibraries to join the campaign!)

Comment from @FrancesHardinge on why she loves libraries 'I always find the air easier to breathe if it's been breathed by the books first' 😊😊 @uksla

Waitrose Harborne kindly displayed posters produced by our local primary school children in support of Harborne Library. We asked @BhamCityCouncil if they could be displayed at our consultation on 24th, and they’ve REFUSED. So much for encouraging our youngsters to get invoved!

The Library Campaign's complaint about Croydon's library plans savecroydonlibraries.wordpress.com/2024/09/16/the… via @SaveCroydonLibs Thanks to @LibraryCampaign

If "this is one of the wards with greatest deprivation and the need here is absolutely clear", then why is Birmingham City Council proposing to withdraw ALL funding from Bartley Green Library?

"The only thing that you absolutely have to know is the location of the library" Albert Einstein. Where will yours be after the current shinanigans to cut and close Birmingham Libraries. @Larry_turner @Esther_Rai @birmingham_live @VisitNorthfield @NorthfiledPship @BrumLibraries

The future of our Libraries? Change? Downsize? Shutdown? Share your views before it's too late Public meeting: Saturday 21st Sept. 11am-1pm Quaker Meeting House B31 2LB.Pls share @birmingham_live @bbcmtd @B31Voices @BrumLibraries @brumdispatch @BrumLibraryZine @PrivateEyeNews

"SAPERE AUDE. Magic words for a magic spell..." Yardley Wood Library's entrance is blessed by William Bloye's cherubs & the motto 'Dare to know'. For zine writer Tracy King, libraries were "lifesaving". Everyone deserves that power. Join @BrumLibraries to help save what we love.

I raised CAHMS delays in Birmingham this week. New figures show that the number of mental health referrals went up by 38% last year. More support is needed for a system under strain.

@BrumLibraryZine @BhamCityCouncil @JasmineGardosi @BrumLibraries Wow! Thank you Jasmine for this evocative and moving poem to honour Northfield Library today and its unique link to the suffragettes. This photo from Birmingham Fire Service records now kept by Birmingham Archives in @LibraryofBham. Where else? Where would we be without them?!

As @BhamCityCouncil plans to slash library services in a city where 45% of children grow up in poverty, we say it’s time to roar. Here’s a new poem, ‘The Roar’ by Birmingham’s Poet Laureate @JasmineGardosi ❤️‍🔥 Join the fightback at @BrumLibraries

@Cllr_suleman and @BrumLeader At Northfield Library 'consultation' Broken woodwork. Broken chairlift (2 years!). Broken plasterwork. Broken library service

@Cllr_suleman and @BrumLeader As you were'nt at the Northfield Library 'consultation' to talk to I had a look round.Broken heating. Broken windows. Broken entrance

Calling all Birmingham library lovers! Our latest libraries consultation guide is here: birminghamloveslibraries.org/post/our-libra… We recommend rejecting both options AND writing to your councillors. The 'final phase' of the council's libraries consultation ends Sept 27. Please speak up now!

Last chance in final phase of @BhamCityCouncil consultation. Tell Council officers your views on Council cuts and closures Mon 2nd Sept. 3-4.30 Northfield Library. A child's take on what's needed @larry_turner @Esther_Rai_ @Cllr_suleman @BrumLeader @BrumLibraries Pls share

@BhamCityCouncil to close Frankley Library! No more learning/fun stuff like this. No kids' books. No computers. No homework space. No learning to read. Say "No!" to officials Weds 25 Sept. 10.30 @larry_turner @birmingham_live @B31Voices @BrumLibraries @ReadEasyBhamSW Pls share