History
Hyde Library was originally Hyde Technical School and Free Library. It opened in 1897 replacing the former Mechanics Institute.
In recent years the building was shared between the library and Tameside College but the college moved out and the library was extensively refurbished between 2006 and 2010 when a gallery to local artist Harry Rutherford. However in 2012 the gallery was moved to the Central Art Gallery in Ashton under Lyne.
In the first round of "council austerity cuts" the public were presented with three "choices" regarding the future of library services. Smaller local libraries were closed in the light of promised improved facilities at main libraries such as Hyde. Now, in a new round of service cuts, the proposal is to move library services to the Town Hall. The plan is then to sell the library building.
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https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3806335
Esoteric Eric
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