Pram Push to Twyford Library

At 10am today 15 parents and carers with their children joined together in a protest walk up the High Street beyond the traffic lights towards the Library. As the photograph in the Twyford Advertiser showed; there is no room for oncoming pedestrians to pass, double buggies barely fit on the narrow pavement and children walking have to hold onto their parent's shirt-tails to stay close and not be scared by the cars.

Liz Chaderton from Hurst is a childminder and parent and pointed out that with the current library being in a portacabin it doesn’t take the children long to discover what a load noise they can make with their feet! She says “We want children’s early experiences of libraries to be positive. Because Twyford Library is so small the other users are easily disturbed.”

Sarah Thompson from Charvil Toddler Group ‘The Caterpillar Club’ says “It would be so convenient if Twyford library was in the centre of the village, it would attract more people from the surrounding area. People would be able to make a combined journey for the shops and library, similar to the approach used to encourage people to recycle; by combining shopping with a library visit people would be able to make more efficient use of their time.”