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HERE! | The following article is one of a few we are publishing under the heading 'Tymes Past'. These will mostly be about events or organisations which are no longer in the village. Articles so far in this series are; Aberlady At War | Aberlady & Gullane Railway | Street Names | Football In Aberlady | Aberlady Bowling Club Ask anyone in Aberlady - even the 'old timers' - where the village library used to be and it is very doubtful if anyone will be able to tell you. Aberlady did have a library, at the East end of the village. But where exactly was it? A piece, written by Norman D.H.Murphy, in An edition of the East Lothian Antiquarian and Field Naturalists Society Transactions vol 23, 1996 p 92. gives us the answer; 'the Aberlady parish Library was established under the terms of the Traill Bequest and was housed in the former village reading room - now part of Hall House. The Traill family lived in The Lodge, West Main Street and the last survivor was Miss Anne Traill who 'was of a charitable nature and greatly interested herself in educational matters; her bequests in the shape of bursaries, etc to the county as well as local being well known. She was also the founder of the village library.' It further says that 'The Library was operated under the joint supervision of the parish minister and the village schoolmaster. At the time of its inception these were Rev. John Hart and Mr Jamiseon respectively. Ultimately around 1926 the library was incorporated into the County Library Service.' East Lothian Library Service provided much of the information on this page but the only physical evidence they could find for the existence of Aberlady library is a Trail Library label ( see pic. ) which was attached to a book cover ( what the book was they are not sure ).  Trail Library Label The old Reading Room is mentioned in the 1891 Census for Aberlady: 48 'House over Reading Room', Main Street occupied by George Brown (40) Sergeant Instructor (1 Rifle volunteers) and his family. We are greatful to East Lothian Library Service for help with this article. Please tell your friends about The Aberlady Pages ( aberlady.net ) web site . |
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