Arundel Library marks 40th with a cake from the trenches

By The Newsroom
Published 29th Dec 2016, 10:28 BST
Updated 29th Dec 2016, 15:12 BST
On Friday, December 16 Arundel Library celebrated its 40th birthday with two events. David Snelling cut the official birthday cakeOn Friday, December 16 Arundel Library celebrated its 40th birthday with two events. David Snelling cut the official birthday cake
On Friday, December 16 Arundel Library celebrated its 40th birthday with two events. David Snelling cut the official birthday cake
From birthday cakes to trench cake, Arundel Library was well stocked to celebrate 40 years since it opened.

In the morning of Friday, December 16, more than 70 members of the public, library volunteers and previous and current staff had a birthday tea.

The cutting of the birthday cake was performed by David Snelling, who regularly uses the library to research.

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Harry Clark, the former area librarian for Arundel attended the celebration and shared his memories of the library service, along with other members of the community.

In the afternoon, researchers from Arundel Museum gave a series of talks on Arundel during the Great War in 1914 to 1918.