FOCAL produced a book, Castleford Free Library 1905- 2005. Researched and written by members Pat Bentley and Margaret Lound, it tells the history of the library. A fascinating read and a must-buy.

Do you know....

a) What made the Librarian request a gas ring?

b) Why parts of the newspapers in the Reading Room were deliberately blacked-out by staff?

c) Why Miss Hill had a pair of Wellington boots ready in her office?

d) What caused the Children's Department to be bursting at the seams on Tuesday evenings in the 1950's?

e) Why the famous Roman milestones are not in Castleford?

The answers to the above questions will come to light as you read the book which provides a unique history of the Carnegie building, the staff who served there and the people who used it, but more than this it records how the library has impacted on the community