Love your Southampton libraries Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/love-your-southampton-libraries.html Online petition signatures en-us Wed, 8 Apr 2026 11:15 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Mrs Clare Powell [Signature #217] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9524406?utm_medium=rss Libraries are crucial. We visit ours weekly with our children and we are lucky enough to have many books at home. Closures are short sighted and demonstrate what this government is all about.

]]> Sat, 5 Feb 2011 11:47:01 UTC 9524406 Steve Saunders [Signature #216] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8983119?utm_medium=rss Libraries are an essential part of the communities they serve and should not be devalued.

Please consider also signing the 'Save Barnet Libraries' petiton.

]]> Wed, 24 Nov 2010 06:23:25 UTC 8983119 Mr James Ross [Signature #215] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8685933?utm_medium=rss Library services should be expanded not reduced. That will encourage more usage.

]]> Mon, 11 Oct 2010 06:13:38 UTC 8685933 mr mike huggonson [Signature #214] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8634388?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 Oct 2010 09:26:22 UTC 8634388 Jon Richards [Signature #213] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8563159?utm_medium=rss Wed, 22 Sep 2010 02:39:35 UTC 8563159 Mrs Victoria Fenerty [Signature #212] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8558270?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Sep 2010 07:20:15 UTC 8558270 Mrs Linda Agnew [Signature #211] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8551974?utm_medium=rss Librarianship is a professional career. There is a lot more to it than the casual observer would know. Please do not downgrade these jobs and replace with volunteers.

]]> Mon, 20 Sep 2010 06:03:55 UTC 8551974 Mrs Margaret Buchan [Signature #210] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8546564?utm_medium=rss Sun, 19 Sep 2010 03:43:05 UTC 8546564 Mr David Woodward [Signature #209] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8543203?utm_medium=rss We must keep people with full library experience on the front line of public services to help enrich the lives of all generations. This is a false economy which will be detrimental in the long term

]]> Sat, 18 Sep 2010 07:38:15 UTC 8543203 Mr James Sampson [Signature #208] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8543019?utm_medium=rss Sat, 18 Sep 2010 06:47:58 UTC 8543019 Mr William White [Signature #207] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8537501?utm_medium=rss Fri, 17 Sep 2010 08:19:12 UTC 8537501 Ms Justine Duthaler [Signature #206] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8529300?utm_medium=rss Thu, 16 Sep 2010 05:44:09 UTC 8529300 Miss Frances Lunn [Signature #205] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8528219?utm_medium=rss Thu, 16 Sep 2010 03:05:53 UTC 8528219 Fiona Nichols [Signature #204] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8522883?utm_medium=rss Wed, 15 Sep 2010 08:43:34 UTC 8522883 Mr Richard Wake [Signature #203] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8522854?utm_medium=rss Wed, 15 Sep 2010 08:40:04 UTC 8522854 Ms Sonia Bentley [Signature #202] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8521655?utm_medium=rss Wed, 15 Sep 2010 06:06:31 UTC 8521655 Mrs. Anonymous [Signature #201] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8521337?utm_medium=rss Wed, 15 Sep 2010 05:30:35 UTC 8521337 Mrs Emma Dowling [Signature #200] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8520080?utm_medium=rss Wed, 15 Sep 2010 03:18:36 UTC 8520080 Mr Michael Gould [Signature #199] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8516900?utm_medium=rss Tue, 14 Sep 2010 03:34:37 UTC 8516900 Mrs Alison Gould [Signature #198] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8516724?utm_medium=rss Libraries form an important role in a child's intellectual growth. It's not just the parent/child activity of choosing a book and reading it together at home; it's the story time and other activities which are provided by the librarians for children who do not have a literary home background. In the Millbrook and Thornhill areas this provision may be the only/most important contact that children have with books and stories. Please don't deprive these areas of a valuable community asset.

]]> Tue, 14 Sep 2010 03:17:16 UTC 8516724 Mr Adam Bridge [Signature #197] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8514571?utm_medium=rss Tue, 14 Sep 2010 11:22:31 UTC 8514571 Mrs Paula Sands [Signature #196] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8514266?utm_medium=rss Tue, 14 Sep 2010 10:53:38 UTC 8514266 Ms Louise Coleman [Signature #195] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8513086?utm_medium=rss Tue, 14 Sep 2010 09:01:39 UTC 8513086 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #194] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8513056?utm_medium=rss If these smaller libraries close where will it end? Will Shirley go next? What about the city library? How long before these are threatened?

]]> Tue, 14 Sep 2010 08:58:17 UTC 8513056 Mrs Jane Clement [Signature #193] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8513047?utm_medium=rss Tue, 14 Sep 2010 08:57:52 UTC 8513047 Ms Isobel Stark [Signature #192] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8512857?utm_medium=rss Tue, 14 Sep 2010 08:39:27 UTC 8512857 Laura Joy [Signature #191] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8512529?utm_medium=rss Tue, 14 Sep 2010 08:09:14 UTC 8512529 Miss Glenda Davies [Signature #190] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8511121?utm_medium=rss Tue, 14 Sep 2010 06:15:03 UTC 8511121 Ms Susan Dawson [Signature #189] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8511039?utm_medium=rss Tue, 14 Sep 2010 06:08:32 UTC 8511039 Nicholas Graffy [Signature #188] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8510998?utm_medium=rss Tue, 14 Sep 2010 06:05:08 UTC 8510998 Mrs Pamela Wake [Signature #187] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8510410?utm_medium=rss Tue, 14 Sep 2010 05:19:37 UTC 8510410 Mrs Kerry Hadaway [Signature #186] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8510326?utm_medium=rss Tue, 14 Sep 2010 05:13:15 UTC 8510326 Miss Kristianne Drake [Signature #185] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8510207?utm_medium=rss Libraries need paid staff to maintain the expertise and reliability for public use

]]> Tue, 14 Sep 2010 05:06:21 UTC 8510207 marianne sheehan [Signature #184] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8509970?utm_medium=rss I am writing today to object to the Council’s plans for our Library Service. I believe that libraries play an important role providing education, information and community services to the people of Southampton. I want to protect the future of our libraries against closure and ensure that experienced staff who care about the service continue to run them.

]]> Tue, 14 Sep 2010 04:50:23 UTC 8509970 Mrs Pamela Bowes [Signature #183] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8509817?utm_medium=rss Tue, 14 Sep 2010 04:39:44 UTC 8509817 MRS MARGARET MILLS [Signature #182] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8508413?utm_medium=rss Tue, 14 Sep 2010 03:07:19 UTC 8508413 Sharon Merrick [Signature #181] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8501589?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Sep 2010 12:05:00 UTC 8501589 Mr Matthew Williams [Signature #180] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8501092?utm_medium=rss Libraries are inportant places for our soicl fabric. Paid librarians do an excellent job and employing volunteers will deskill the library workforce.

]]> Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:35:00 UTC 8501092 Mrs Jennie Musson [Signature #179] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8500640?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:07:41 UTC 8500640 Miss Ceri Lapwood [Signature #178] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8499986?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Sep 2010 10:30:50 UTC 8499986 Mrs Christine Dear [Signature #177] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8497921?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Sep 2010 07:55:33 UTC 8497921 Doris Hayes [Signature #176] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8497459?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Sep 2010 07:16:09 UTC 8497459 Brian Freemantle [Signature #175] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8497449?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Sep 2010 07:15:20 UTC 8497449 Susan Freemantle [Signature #174] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8497429?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Sep 2010 07:14:16 UTC 8497429 Mrs Christine Roberts [Signature #173] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8497154?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Sep 2010 06:54:14 UTC 8497154 Joe Sammut [Signature #172] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8492963?utm_medium=rss Sun, 12 Sep 2010 06:35:42 UTC 8492963 Lindsey Murray-Evje [Signature #171] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8491905?utm_medium=rss We need to spend more on education not less! Please, please put education and the reading of books at the top of your priority list!

]]> Sun, 12 Sep 2010 03:22:59 UTC 8491905 Anonymous [Signature #170] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8491827?utm_medium=rss Sun, 12 Sep 2010 03:09:41 UTC 8491827 Miss Rachel Carr [Signature #169] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8491051?utm_medium=rss Sun, 12 Sep 2010 01:02:50 UTC 8491051 mrs angela swann [Signature #168] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8490878?utm_medium=rss Sun, 12 Sep 2010 12:33:23 UTC 8490878 Miss Leonie Morris [Signature #167] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8489061?utm_medium=rss Sun, 12 Sep 2010 06:55:50 UTC 8489061 Ms Karin Jazosch [Signature #166] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8485491?utm_medium=rss Closing public libraries and staffing the remaining ones with volunteers, whose well-intentioned but limited abilities will inevitably lead to a reduction in library services will result in the Council failing to meet its legal duty as defined by the Public Libraries & Museums Act (1964), which
requires local Councils to provide a local
library service which is 'comprehensive and
efficient and that is available to all' who wish
to use it.
DON'T let them get away with it!

]]> Sat, 11 Sep 2010 03:08:57 UTC 8485491 MR Paul Baker [Signature #165] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8485300?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 Sep 2010 02:30:05 UTC 8485300 Mr David Smith [Signature #164] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8484567?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 Sep 2010 12:25:47 UTC 8484567 Mr Ian Weavers [Signature #163] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8482849?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 Sep 2010 08:02:24 UTC 8482849 Ms Maite San Juan Gonzalez [Signature #162] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8482816?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 Sep 2010 07:58:36 UTC 8482816 Mrs Alison Schoenberg [Signature #161] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8481556?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 Sep 2010 04:38:30 UTC 8481556 Gemma Pennicott [Signature #160] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8477613?utm_medium=rss Fri, 10 Sep 2010 01:51:40 UTC 8477613 John Sadden [Signature #159] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8476156?utm_medium=rss Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:30:38 UTC 8476156 Mr Anonymous [Signature #158] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8476047?utm_medium=rss Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:19:54 UTC 8476047 Mr Roger Baker [Signature #157] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8474951?utm_medium=rss My local library (Burgess Rd) is an invaluable resource in a deprived area as proved by the high use of computers on a Saturday or after school, and the toy library and newspapers, let alone access to books for people who would otherwise have no access

]]> Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:45:50 UTC 8474951 Mr Richard Wyatt [Signature #156] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8473781?utm_medium=rss Fri, 10 Sep 2010 07:42:03 UTC 8473781 Mrs Sue Houghton [Signature #155] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8473760?utm_medium=rss Fri, 10 Sep 2010 07:39:40 UTC 8473760 Anonymous [Signature #154] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8473585?utm_medium=rss Fri, 10 Sep 2010 07:21:51 UTC 8473585 Catherine Brunelle [Signature #153] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8473471?utm_medium=rss Fri, 10 Sep 2010 07:11:06 UTC 8473471 Mrs Catherine Miller [Signature #152] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8472267?utm_medium=rss Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:53:20 UTC 8472267 Mr Andrew Johnson [Signature #151] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8472172?utm_medium=rss Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:25:12 UTC 8472172 Mrs Katherine Murphy [Signature #150] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8471931?utm_medium=rss Fri, 10 Sep 2010 03:09:29 UTC 8471931 Miss Hilde Gronsberg [Signature #149] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8471924?utm_medium=rss Fri, 10 Sep 2010 03:07:41 UTC 8471924 Mrs Sharon Spells [Signature #148] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8471923?utm_medium=rss As usual a knee jerk reaction by the council to make savings - the long term implications and expensive to train staff in the future has been ignored.

]]> Fri, 10 Sep 2010 03:06:57 UTC 8471923 Mr Lawrence Mizzi [Signature #147] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8471916?utm_medium=rss The closure of two libraries in socially deprived areas of the city and the replacement of staff with volunteers is a cose cutting exercise where the consequences have not been considered.

]]> Fri, 10 Sep 2010 03:03:23 UTC 8471916 Andrew Panero [Signature #146] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8471906?utm_medium=rss Fri, 10 Sep 2010 02:58:46 UTC 8471906 Anonymous [Signature #145] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8471725?utm_medium=rss Fri, 10 Sep 2010 01:15:02 UTC 8471725 Anonymous [Signature #144] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8470667?utm_medium=rss Thu, 9 Sep 2010 05:24:15 UTC 8470667 Mrs Emma Patterson [Signature #143] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8470534?utm_medium=rss Thu, 9 Sep 2010 04:44:36 UTC 8470534 Dr Katherine Booty-Jones [Signature #142] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8470455?utm_medium=rss Thu, 9 Sep 2010 04:27:47 UTC 8470455 Mr Pete Harmsworth [Signature #141] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8470149?utm_medium=rss Thu, 9 Sep 2010 03:17:30 UTC 8470149 Miss Anonymous [Signature #140] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8470051?utm_medium=rss Thu, 9 Sep 2010 02:56:53 UTC 8470051 Ms Rosalia Sammut [Signature #139] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8469797?utm_medium=rss Thu, 9 Sep 2010 01:48:03 UTC 8469797 Mr Dominic Walker [Signature #138] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8469767?utm_medium=rss Thu, 9 Sep 2010 01:40:04 UTC 8469767 Mrs Harriet Harvey [Signature #137] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8469649?utm_medium=rss Thu, 9 Sep 2010 01:13:40 UTC 8469649 Ms Carol Bolton [Signature #136] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8469604?utm_medium=rss The closure of Libraries is an affront to anyone who values education and sends out the message yet again that the luxury of a good read is only available to those who can afford to buy books.

Libraries offer much more than the chance to borrow a book & should be valued for the community asset they undoubtedly are.

Hands off our Libraries!

]]> Thu, 9 Sep 2010 01:04:48 UTC 8469604 Mrs Kay Fraser [Signature #135] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8469447?utm_medium=rss Thu, 9 Sep 2010 12:28:31 UTC 8469447 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #134] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8468664?utm_medium=rss Thu, 9 Sep 2010 09:55:15 UTC 8468664 Mr Anonymous [Signature #133] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8468456?utm_medium=rss Thu, 9 Sep 2010 09:16:57 UTC 8468456 mr Jim Devlin [Signature #132] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8468419?utm_medium=rss Southampton's library service is wonderful - To a readaholic like me it is a lifeline

]]> Thu, 9 Sep 2010 09:07:44 UTC 8468419 David Jones [Signature #131] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8468340?utm_medium=rss Thu, 9 Sep 2010 08:50:27 UTC 8468340 Kim Potter [Signature #130] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8468252?utm_medium=rss Thu, 9 Sep 2010 08:29:01 UTC 8468252 mrs louise manzi [Signature #129] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8467949?utm_medium=rss I was disgusted to hear that in this day and age of people wanting to collect benefit and not wanting to work that the council wish to make their employees at their libraries unemployed!!! These employees just want to do their job and support their families and the council want to make them redundant........surely in the long run this wouldnt be cost effective as these employees will then be collecting unemployment benefit!!! We should support people who want to work!!!!

]]> Thu, 9 Sep 2010 07:24:55 UTC 8467949 Ms Katherine Williams [Signature #128] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8467765?utm_medium=rss Thu, 9 Sep 2010 06:50:04 UTC 8467765 Ms Sarah O'Donoghue [Signature #127] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8467755?utm_medium=rss Thu, 9 Sep 2010 06:47:15 UTC 8467755 Miss Bonita Sheehan [Signature #126] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8467695?utm_medium=rss Thu, 9 Sep 2010 06:35:00 UTC 8467695 Mrs Karen Hercock [Signature #125] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8467688?utm_medium=rss Thu, 9 Sep 2010 06:33:32 UTC 8467688 Fran Cull [Signature #124] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8467668?utm_medium=rss Thu, 9 Sep 2010 06:27:19 UTC 8467668 Mr Steve Sammut [Signature #123] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8467630?utm_medium=rss Southampton librarians are in the forefront of the struggle to defend our services and jobs. Today they are attacking our libraries tomorrow it will be our other services. Good luck in your struggle.

]]> Thu, 9 Sep 2010 06:18:05 UTC 8467630 Miss Amy Easterbrook [Signature #122] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8467539?utm_medium=rss Thu, 9 Sep 2010 05:48:28 UTC 8467539 Anonymous [Signature #121] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8467523?utm_medium=rss Thu, 9 Sep 2010 05:42:36 UTC 8467523 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #120] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8467489?utm_medium=rss Thu, 9 Sep 2010 05:33:55 UTC 8467489 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #119] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8467478?utm_medium=rss Too many of our public facilities are being cut, we need to stick together to ensure that we still have public libraries for our future generation

]]> Thu, 9 Sep 2010 05:30:24 UTC 8467478 Mr Hugh Anthony [Signature #118] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8467450?utm_medium=rss Thu, 9 Sep 2010 05:21:41 UTC 8467450