Save Anerley Library Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/save-anerley-library.html Online petition signatures en-us Sat, 9 May 2026 10:23 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Mr John Stevens [Signature #147] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14697412?utm_medium=rss Wed, 13 Feb 2013 10:30:02 UTC 14697412 Mr Nick Goy [Signature #146] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14566661?utm_medium=rss Anerley Library serves a locality of its own, and there are few other public amenities here in what is acknowledged as one of the main deprived areas in the borough.
I do not regard the proposed Green Lane Penge Library as merging Penge And Anerley - but principally closing Anerley Library and reopening a slightly larger Penge Library.
I consider that closing Anerely Library as a public service would be a dreadful blow and loss to the community and would desire a change of policy to retain this library in Bromley Council's plans.
I am also concerned that there may be a threat to the locally listed building itself – the most attractive and architecturally stunning building in Anerley.
This location includes the attractive, landmark 1878 (+1923 library extension) locally listed former Town Hall building which now serves as a public library, with community activities, a large public hall with a theatre-type stage and small business units managed by the Crystal Place Community Development Trust (CPCDT) on behalf of the Council.

]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2013 01:42:35 UTC 14566661 Mr Dan Taylor [Signature #145] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13553046?utm_medium=rss Thu, 16 Aug 2012 02:03:02 UTC 13553046 ms Sarah Harman [Signature #144] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13552930?utm_medium=rss Thu, 16 Aug 2012 01:41:09 UTC 13552930 Mr Julian Dodd [Signature #143] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13475230?utm_medium=rss Fri, 3 Aug 2012 06:32:14 UTC 13475230 Mr Chris Nagle [Signature #142] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13278200?utm_medium=rss Mon, 9 Jul 2012 09:41:33 UTC 13278200 Mr Gareth Wigmore [Signature #141] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13241748?utm_medium=rss Wed, 4 Jul 2012 10:14:16 UTC 13241748 Ms Kathrein Guenther [Signature #140] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12630283?utm_medium=rss With UNJL threatened by closure at current, Anerley library becomes even more important to the local community!

]]> Thu, 26 Apr 2012 03:52:11 UTC 12630283 Ms Sarah Finigan [Signature #139] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12616201?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:36:28 UTC 12616201 ms Anonymous [Signature #138] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12320220?utm_medium=rss Mon, 5 Mar 2012 04:34:30 UTC 12320220 Mr Peter Golden [Signature #137] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11910634?utm_medium=rss Thu, 29 Dec 2011 06:06:20 UTC 11910634 Mr John Watling [Signature #136] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11759826?utm_medium=rss Wed, 30 Nov 2011 07:48:18 UTC 11759826 ms catherine nwawudu [Signature #135] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11503495?utm_medium=rss Sat, 12 Nov 2011 04:26:28 UTC 11503495 mrs evangeline nkazi [Signature #134] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11468179?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Nov 2011 05:34:50 UTC 11468179 Mr Jeremy White [Signature #133] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11437471?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 Nov 2011 07:58:33 UTC 11437471 mrs nadiya donovan [Signature #132] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11402383?utm_medium=rss Saving money now will not save the generations to come who did not have the opportunity to engage with books and activities offered by their local libraries and SureStart schemes. Sad, sad, sad.

]]> Wed, 26 Oct 2011 05:23:51 UTC 11402383 Ms Rebecca Clark [Signature #131] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11286252?utm_medium=rss o not close our local library. My children love it and we always have books from there for them to read.

]]> Mon, 10 Oct 2011 08:35:04 UTC 11286252 Mr Jude Crocker [Signature #130] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11211786?utm_medium=rss Closing an important public service in an area like Anerly to save a tiny amount of money is rediculous. The young people of Penge and Anerly need more support not less. The library service needs to be improved.

]]> Sun, 25 Sep 2011 01:54:52 UTC 11211786 Ms Winsome Malcolm [Signature #129] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11210610?utm_medium=rss Sat, 24 Sep 2011 01:35:06 UTC 11210610 Miss Cavelle Payne [Signature #128] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10877503?utm_medium=rss As a student I have used the library so much and it has helped me immensely. I also use it as my regular source of fiction books, I for one would be totally lost without the library. Do not close the library!

]]> Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:33:44 UTC 10877503 mr David Eastham [Signature #127] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10776755?utm_medium=rss Wed, 29 Jun 2011 02:23:19 UTC 10776755 Mr Adrian Furzer [Signature #126] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10606755?utm_medium=rss It is essential that Anerley library is retained

]]> Thu, 2 Jun 2011 02:51:09 UTC 10606755 Miss Claire Jenkins [Signature #125] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10350954?utm_medium=rss Sat, 30 Apr 2011 11:06:14 UTC 10350954 Dr Stella Harvey [Signature #124] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10349820?utm_medium=rss Sat, 30 Apr 2011 07:18:17 UTC 10349820 mr michael sawyer [Signature #123] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10347094?utm_medium=rss Fri, 29 Apr 2011 04:48:04 UTC 10347094 Miss Anonymous [Signature #122] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10346086?utm_medium=rss Fri, 29 Apr 2011 01:34:56 UTC 10346086 Mr Mark Field [Signature #121] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10339728?utm_medium=rss Librarys should not be closed!!

Librarys are needed, they give the street a way to educate themselves and provide much in the way of learning aids & tools for others that need it, not to mention the fact that they serve as a vital hub for the Local comunity.

Librarys should be expanded... they should play an even bigger role in the comunity, & with this will come a Brighter future for all, as knollage is power & a comunity with a strong hub is a good comunity.

keeping an open mind is..

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 02:21:59 UTC 10339728 Mr Arthur Hobbins [Signature #120] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10337206?utm_medium=rss My disabled wife and 2 school aged daughters use this library weekly. Penge library is a shoebox. All the others are a busride and walk away.

]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:23:05 UTC 10337206 Mrs lydia Tooke [Signature #119] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10312489?utm_medium=rss Mon, 25 Apr 2011 03:20:41 UTC 10312489 Mr Lindsay Lea [Signature #118] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10304700?utm_medium=rss pleas save Anerley Library

]]> Sat, 23 Apr 2011 11:42:36 UTC 10304700 Mrs Mairi Irvine [Signature #117] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10302306?utm_medium=rss Please save Anerley library

]]> Sat, 23 Apr 2011 12:21:34 UTC 10302306 Mr Stephen Hewitt [Signature #116] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10292775?utm_medium=rss Thu, 21 Apr 2011 04:14:16 UTC 10292775 Miss Daniela Scasso [Signature #115] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10281749?utm_medium=rss I have been using Anerley Library for 15 years and it is very important for me to have this link to the community and also of course borrow books, otherwise I won't be able to read as it is too expensive to buy books.

]]> Wed, 20 Apr 2011 07:40:04 UTC 10281749 Ms Judith Jenkins [Signature #114] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10276574?utm_medium=rss Tue, 19 Apr 2011 03:11:10 UTC 10276574 Ms Sarah Finigan [Signature #113] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10272054?utm_medium=rss Tue, 19 Apr 2011 04:57:21 UTC 10272054 Mr Reg Adams [Signature #112] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10265919?utm_medium=rss Mon, 18 Apr 2011 11:06:16 UTC 10265919 Mrs Caroline McLaughlin [Signature #111] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10219452?utm_medium=rss This library is at the heart of Anerley .It is always the poorer North of the borough that they look to making cuts in first, this library is needed in ths community.

]]> Tue, 12 Apr 2011 01:18:56 UTC 10219452 Lois Dalphinis [Signature #110] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10190439?utm_medium=rss Fri, 8 Apr 2011 01:40:32 UTC 10190439 Mr Steven Borg [Signature #109] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10114242?utm_medium=rss Yeas I must concur, closing this vital library is unsatisfactory.

]]> Wed, 30 Mar 2011 02:51:06 UTC 10114242 Mr Matthew Moore [Signature #108] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10111074?utm_medium=rss Wed, 30 Mar 2011 09:14:00 UTC 10111074 Mr Joshua Burrell [Signature #107] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10104491?utm_medium=rss I worked here for two years from 2007-2009. My first ever part-time job. Please do not close down an important part of the community.

]]> Tue, 29 Mar 2011 07:49:07 UTC 10104491 mr Tim Simon [Signature #106] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10061888?utm_medium=rss Just a valuable public facility.

When I needed to study for a degree it was a place I could go and focus.

When I needed to look for work on the net it was a place I could use the internet.

My children have enjoyed the book service, I met my girlfriend (who used to work part time in a different library.

They are important social institutions that help empower people if they choose to better their life's.Social mobility would be very difficult.

Society will be a lot worse without them

]]> Thu, 24 Mar 2011 03:48:14 UTC 10061888 mrs emily noakes [Signature #105] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10044839?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 Mar 2011 06:30:51 UTC 10044839 mr jack young [Signature #104] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10043347?utm_medium=rss i use the library regularly.the staff there are very friendly and helpful. most of the time they are very busy during my visit.the computer facilities and the toddles grounp are the most popular there.

]]> Tue, 22 Mar 2011 02:53:48 UTC 10043347 Mr Jim Morley [Signature #103] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9849245?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Mar 2011 03:52:16 UTC 9849245 Ms Anne Pike [Signature #102] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9843728?utm_medium=rss Penge Library is itself a grossly inadequate provision. Removal of Anerley Library would exacerbate the existing lack of facilities to a degree that would leave a large and needy area more or less uncatered for. It is not just a question of book stocks etc, important though these are, but the provision of quiet space for people, especially children and young people, who may completely lack this at home, to read and study. Libraries are also community meeting places and information sources.

]]> Sat, 5 Mar 2011 12:29:54 UTC 9843728 Nicola Wade [Signature #101] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9837246?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Mar 2011 03:40:16 UTC 9837246 Ms Elaine King [Signature #100] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9812819?utm_medium=rss Wed, 2 Mar 2011 12:46:16 UTC 9812819 mary leberl [Signature #99] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9809889?utm_medium=rss Wed, 2 Mar 2011 07:00:25 UTC 9809889 Mrs Jackie Henderson [Signature #98] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9809884?utm_medium=rss Wed, 2 Mar 2011 06:59:21 UTC 9809884 Miss Chloe Laurence [Signature #97] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9802357?utm_medium=rss I always find an interesting book to read in Anerley library. I have used it for over 11 years and it would be such a disappointment for me to travel to another library.

]]> Tue, 1 Mar 2011 09:54:45 UTC 9802357 mrs nerissa henderson downing [Signature #96] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9800604?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Mar 2011 05:40:36 UTC 9800604 Mr Andrew Read [Signature #95] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9787836?utm_medium=rss Sun, 27 Feb 2011 04:22:22 UTC 9787836 Ms Elain Mcalpine [Signature #94] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9768323?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Feb 2011 04:01:27 UTC 9768323 Ms Lorraine Baker [Signature #93] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9751983?utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Feb 2011 09:12:35 UTC 9751983 miss karina jakubowska [Signature #92] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9742084?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 Feb 2011 10:24:20 UTC 9742084 Ms Katarzyna Pupin [Signature #91] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9740530?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 Feb 2011 07:19:38 UTC 9740530 Mr Kevin Wilde [Signature #90] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9738530?utm_medium=rss We cannot allow places like libraries to be closed down they are the underpinning of our society, if anything, more money should be feed into them.

]]> Tue, 22 Feb 2011 03:09:20 UTC 9738530 Ms Katarzyna Bubacz-Mrozek [Signature #89] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9735044?utm_medium=rss Mon, 21 Feb 2011 03:34:16 UTC 9735044 Mr Nigel Wearing [Signature #88] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9734918?utm_medium=rss Plans to merge the service with Penge Library wil leave residents at this end of the borough with no library within walking distance and are unsatisfactory. We therefore urge you to keep Anerley Library open.

]]> Mon, 21 Feb 2011 03:20:49 UTC 9734918 ms erica steenkamp [Signature #87] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9731986?utm_medium=rss Mon, 21 Feb 2011 11:40:18 UTC 9731986 Mrs Serena Newman [Signature #86] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9726779?utm_medium=rss Mon, 21 Feb 2011 04:04:45 UTC 9726779 Miss Anonymous [Signature #85] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9723683?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 Feb 2011 04:41:31 UTC 9723683 Mr Bruce Galvin [Signature #84] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9723625?utm_medium=rss The recent reading of Polish children's poetry at Anerley library attracted 27 people. Whereas, at Orpington library only three turned up to the same event.

]]> Sun, 20 Feb 2011 04:30:46 UTC 9723625 Alex Kinch [Signature #83] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9723505?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 Feb 2011 04:18:17 UTC 9723505 Pat Palmer [Signature #82] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9721636?utm_medium=rss Shortlands library would be a better one to close if you must

]]> Sun, 20 Feb 2011 12:35:49 UTC 9721636 ms Anonymous [Signature #81] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9719566?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 Feb 2011 08:11:29 UTC 9719566 Mrs Caroline Wilson [Signature #80] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9719001?utm_medium=rss This library has been part of my life for nearly 30 years. It is just a few minutes walk from where I live but as I don't drive any alternative will be far more inconvenient.

]]> Sun, 20 Feb 2011 06:53:05 UTC 9719001 ms marie shallcross [Signature #79] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9718643?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 Feb 2011 06:05:06 UTC 9718643 Mrs Linda Butler [Signature #78] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9713266?utm_medium=rss Heart of the community.

]]> Sat, 19 Feb 2011 11:35:08 UTC 9713266 mrs judith barrington [Signature #77] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9710625?utm_medium=rss Sat, 19 Feb 2011 06:29:47 UTC 9710625 Mr Rory Quinn [Signature #76] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9709462?utm_medium=rss Sat, 19 Feb 2011 04:09:20 UTC 9709462 Miss Emma Schmuecker [Signature #75] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9709346?utm_medium=rss Sat, 19 Feb 2011 03:48:53 UTC 9709346 mr harold wilson [Signature #74] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9703907?utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 Feb 2011 11:24:28 UTC 9703907 Mrs Claire Wichett [Signature #73] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9700846?utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 Feb 2011 05:50:22 UTC 9700846 Ms DENYSE WHEELER [Signature #72] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9700034?utm_medium=rss Library is a valuable resource to me. I use it to take out reading books and also the IT eqiupment. If Anerley Library closes it will mean more people using the small library in Penge where it is nearly always over crowded. Many people like myself can't afford their own computers and Anerley Library allows me to get online. I also have a disability and it's not always possible to get to the other branches.

]]> Fri, 18 Feb 2011 04:22:09 UTC 9700034 Ms Sally Kindler [Signature #71] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9698613?utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 Feb 2011 12:44:20 UTC 9698613 Mr David Currie [Signature #70] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9696614?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Feb 2011 04:49:48 UTC 9696614 Mrs Stephanie Currie [Signature #69] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9696592?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Feb 2011 04:46:54 UTC 9696592 Mrs Izabela Branisteanu [Signature #68] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9696354?utm_medium=rss I am against the closure of Anerley library.

]]> Thu, 17 Feb 2011 04:17:38 UTC 9696354 mr kevin moloney [Signature #67] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9695266?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Feb 2011 02:28:43 UTC 9695266 Mr Peter Ayres [Signature #66] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9695046?utm_medium=rss Free Public Libraries are the cornerstone of our civilisation.

]]> Thu, 17 Feb 2011 02:11:49 UTC 9695046 Dr Chris Doran [Signature #65] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9694737?utm_medium=rss Past experience indicates that there will be additional use of Penge and Anerley Libraries if Lewisham's proposed closure of Sydenham Library goes ahead, and Upper Norwood Library is under perpetual threat from the two Boroughs that fund it.

]]> Thu, 17 Feb 2011 01:45:55 UTC 9694737 Mrs Lesley Jefford [Signature #64] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9693515?utm_medium=rss Our Libraries provide a valuable resource to those wishing to study and access material in general to extend their learning. As a community trying to encourage people to enhance their skills and keep their brains active for long term good health and well being why should we even be considering removing facilities to enable them to do just that!

]]> Thu, 17 Feb 2011 12:06:48 UTC 9693515 Mrs Corinda Muller [Signature #63] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9692208?utm_medium=rss Needed for my autistic daughter - Excellent one stop shop for information

]]> Thu, 17 Feb 2011 10:09:20 UTC 9692208 mrs nancy stridgen [Signature #62] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9692003?utm_medium=rss Anerley Library is an extremely well used resource. It is in one of the most socially deprived areas of Bromley and to expect many people nearby to go to Beckenham regularly is not realistic. Many families have no car or bus fares. Many local young people use the library without parents and wouldnt be able to get to Beckenham. The internet suite is in constant use and closing it will deprive many local people of access to the internet which been proved to be massive social inequality

]]> Thu, 17 Feb 2011 09:52:24 UTC 9692003 Mrs Meg Heath [Signature #61] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9691755?utm_medium=rss These libraries are not only places to store books but also a vital place for the community to gather together. they provide more than a lending service and should never be removed. what would stand in thier place?

]]> Thu, 17 Feb 2011 09:31:17 UTC 9691755 Mrs Gillian Woolcock [Signature #60] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9691486?utm_medium=rss I used to live in Penge for 18 years and used the library fairly frequently. I believe that both Penge & Anerley libraries are an integral part of the community and should not be closed.

Should the libraries HAVE to close/amalgamate, then a more suitable location should be found centrally between the 2 libraries, NOT within easy walking distance of Beckenham library! The inevitable would happen and the "new" library would close within a very short period of time as people used Beckenham!

]]> Thu, 17 Feb 2011 09:08:06 UTC 9691486 Mrs Lin Cherry [Signature #59] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9690280?utm_medium=rss Will there be any where worthwhile left of quality within our community for local residents, old people and children to use if this service and right is withdrawn?

]]> Thu, 17 Feb 2011 07:41:05 UTC 9690280 Mr Michael Wither [Signature #58] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9688872?utm_medium=rss Anerley and Crystal Palace, as one of the more deprived areas of the borough, has a particular need for facilities of this type. If savings have to be made, a more positive - and sensitive - solution is needed.

]]> Thu, 17 Feb 2011 06:18:54 UTC 9688872 Mrs Alison Pratt [Signature #57] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9688688?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Feb 2011 06:02:22 UTC 9688688 Ms Mary Godward [Signature #56] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9688335?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Feb 2011 05:33:01 UTC 9688335 Ms. Joy Hall MBE [Signature #55] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9688067?utm_medium=rss The mother of many children and foster children I acknowledge our debt to the facilities provided by my local library.
Books used to study our initial and continued education and an appropriate space to access them were instrumental in our success in our chosen fields of study and career. To limit this local resource would be a backward step and reduce access to local information to the many local elders whom, as Chair of the Older People's Network in Penge & Anerley, I represent.

]]> Thu, 17 Feb 2011 05:09:21 UTC 9688067 Mr Michael Weller [Signature #54] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9687866?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Feb 2011 04:52:21 UTC 9687866 Mrs Sonia Dietrich-Smith [Signature #53] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9687367?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Feb 2011 04:10:02 UTC 9687367 Mrs Ann Graham [Signature #52] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9686849?utm_medium=rss Anerley Library provides not just books but also computers, information, toddler & mother singsongs, help with CVs eetc

]]> Thu, 17 Feb 2011 03:42:57 UTC 9686849 Miss Julie Shephard [Signature #51] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9686830?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Feb 2011 03:41:51 UTC 9686830 Ms Vicki Smith [Signature #50] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9686768?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Feb 2011 03:38:11 UTC 9686768 miss Anonymous [Signature #49] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9686702?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Feb 2011 03:35:12 UTC 9686702 Ms Katherine Lawrence [Signature #48] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9686594?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Feb 2011 03:29:05 UTC 9686594