The Reading Room(s) (General)

by slowhands , proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Wednesday, July 07, 2010, 18:25 (5334 days ago) @ pclark

Were they held just down the road in Lydney ?

Lydney Institute, opened in 1897 principally to house the school of science and art, also included a library, reading room, and billiards room, (fn. 11) and it came to be used as a social club by the workers at the tinplate factory

From: 'Lydney', A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 5: Bledisloe Hundred, St. Briavels Hundred, The Forest of Dean (1996), pp. 46-84. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=23251 Date accessed: 07 July 2010.

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