120 Years of Westhoughton Library

Today (21st March) was a special day in the history of one of Westhoughton’s oldest buildings, its library. The Mayor of Westhoughton, Cllr Gillian Wroe, was invited to take part in the celebrations:

‘On this beautiful sunny day it was an honour to attend the 120th birthday of our library, alongside my Mayoress, Cllr Deirdre McGeown and the Mayor and Mayoress of Bolton, Cllr David and Mrs Val Chadwick.

Cllr Chadwick and I have often attended the same functions but this occasion was the first time that we’ve performed a duty together - the cutting of the stunning birthday cake.

The Carnegie Library is named after Andrew Carnegie, a rich American industrialist and philanthropist, who was the son of a weaver from Dumfermline, Scotland. At the age of 12 he emigrated with his family to America. He made his money in steel and later in life donated huge amounts of money to build libraries all over the world. We are fortunate in Westhoughton to be the recipients of his generosity.

Today we were treated to a performance by the wonderful Wingates Band.

Please do go and look at the exhibitions and pop in on Tuesday when there will be more activities - details below.

Thank you to the Library staff and the Westhoughton Local History Group for a very enjoyable day.’