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The Carnegie Library Opens in Lytham St Annes

The Carnegie Library is in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire. The foundation stone of St. Anne’s Library was laid in August 1904 and the building was officially opened on 10 January 1906. The land was given by the St. Anne’s on the Sea Land and Building Company, and Andrew Carnegie paid for the building itself. This was the first library in the town. Until 2016, there was also a library at Lytham. The library was administered by the St Anne’s on the Sea Urban District until 1922 when the Urban District Council amalgamated with Lytham UDC to form the municipal borough… Read more »