Month: February 2017

The atmosphere inside the library was acrid with the strong smell of smoke.  It was important that the team of volunteers wore hard hats, masks, gloves and tabards.  In addition, a fresh air break of at least 10 minutes every

Although it will be a long job, our volunteers have begun cleaning some of the items recovered from the library.  Old fashioned elbow grease, soft toothbrushes, plenty of warm soapy water and good humour has had some success with the

This is the first in a series of articles in which we will describe the process of how we recover from the shocking fire in January 2017.     The fire was devastating.  The whole library suffered severe smoke and