Ter­ri­ble news this after­noon: after 123 years St Bride Library will close.  The web­site it not yet updat­ed, but this mes­sage was post­ed to the LETPRESS list today –

St Bride Foun­da­tion Update

We would like to bring to your atten­tion that due to fund­ing con­straints the Foun­da­tion regrets that it is no longer pos­si­ble to keep the print­ing work­shop and library open in the cur­rent for­mat.

This has meant that the employ­ees work­ing in those depart­ments have had to be made redun­dant.

St Bride Foun­da­tion remains com­mit­ted to the care and con­ser­va­tion of its col­lec­tions and con­ser­va­tion work will con­tin­ue.

If you have made book­ings for vis­its to the library or print­ing work­shop we shall be con­tact­ing you in the near future.

The ​‘Shepherd’s at St Bride’ cours­es and our series of lec­tures will remain unaf­fect­ed.

All the oth­er activ­i­ties that take place with­in the Foun­da­tion, the Bridewell The­atre, the Bridewell Bar and venue hire all remain vibrant and ful­ly active, which includes our cur­rent exhi­bi­tion ​‘St Bride Unveiled’.

For any fur­ther infor­ma­tion please con­tact the Chief Exec­u­tive glyn@sbf.org.uk