Save Bancroft Library

There are many ways you can help the campaign:-

• Gather signatures

  Download the petition and encourage as many people as possible to sign it.
  
  We now have over 3,600 signatures. We need more!
  
  The deadline for the return of completed petition forms has been extended to THURSDAY 30th OCTOBER 2008.

• Distribute posters

  This is an A4 size poster for putting in your window. Please download it and print as many as possible, to distribute to everyone you know.
  
  You can also collect the posters from the following shops and community centres:-
  
  Arbour Youth Centre, Shandy Street, Stepney, E1
  
  Ocean Estate Tenants & Leaseholders Association Hall,
  Anson House, Ernest Street, E1
  
  Veekay Images, 46 Ben Jonson Road, E1
  
  Ragged School Museum, 46-50 Copperfield Road, E3
  
  Salmon Dry Cleaners, 135 Salmon Lane, E14
  
  Departure, Bookshop & Café, 649 Commercial Rd, E14
  
  Photo Genesis, 19 Market Way, Chrisp St Market, E14
  
  Turk's Head Cafe & Restaurant, 1 Greenbank, Wapping, E14
  
  Boundary Estate Community Launderette, 28 Calvert Avenue, E2
  
  Oxford House, Derbyshire Street, E2
  
  GF Arber Stationers, 459 Roman Road, E3
  
  Tiger Lil's Florist, 601 Roman Road, E3
  
  

• Write to the council

  Ward residents and others please write to the following members of the Cabinet thanking them for saving Bancroft Library and hoping they will support its reuse as the TOWER HAMLETS LOCAL HISTORY CENTRE. The Cabinet Members concerned and their email addresses are:-
  
  

  • Cllr Lutfur Rahman - Leader of the Council - Spitalfields & Banglatown Ward - cllr.lutfur.rahman@towerhamlets.gov.uk
  
  
  • Cllr Sirajul Islam - Deputy Leader of the Council - Bethnal Green South Ward - cllr.sirajul.islam@towerhamlets.gov.uk
  
  
  • Cllr Ohid Ahmed - Lead Councillor for Regeneration, Localisation & Community Partnerships - East India & Lansbury Ward - cllr.ohid.ahmed@towerhamlets.gov.uk
  
  
  • Cllr Rofique Uddin Ahmed - Lead Councillor for Culture & Leisure - Mile End & Globe Town Ward - cllr.rofique.ahmed@towerhamlets.gov.uk
  
  
  • Cllr Dr Anwara Ali - Lead Councillor for Health & Well-being - Bow West Ward - cllr.anwara.ali@towerhamlets.gov.uk
  
  
  • Cllr Alibor Choudhury - Lead Councillor for Employment & Skills - St Dunstan's & Stepney Green Ward - cllr.alibor.choudhury@towerhamlets.gov.uk
  
  
  • Cllr Marc Francis - Lead Councillor for Housing & Development - Bow East Ward - cllr.marc.francis@towerhamlets.gov.uk
  
  
  • Cllr Clair Hawkins - Lead Councillor for Children's Services - Mile End & Globe Town Ward - cllr.clair.hawkins@towerhamlets.gov.uk
  
  
  • Cllr Joshua Peck - Lead Councillor for Resources & Performance - Bow West Ward - cllr.joshua.peck@towerhamlets.gov.uk
  
  
  • Cllr Abdal Ullah - Lead Councillor for Cleaner, Safer Greener - St Dunstan's & Stepney Green Ward - cllr.abdal.ullah@towerhamlets.gov.uk
  
  
  The postal address for the Councillors is:
  
  Executive Support Office,
  LBTH Town Hall,
  Mulberry Place,
  5 Clove Crescent,
  London E14 2BG.
  
  Please could you send copies of all letters by post to:-
  
  Tom Ridge
  7 Shepton Houses,
  Welwyn Street,
  Bethnal Green
  London E2 0JN
  
  or to the campaign email address: stepney.history@live.co.uk
  
  

• Send a brief message of support

  Would organisations and individuals please send a brief message of support so that your name can be added to our growing list of supporters:

• Berkshire Local History Association
• Boundary Estate Community Laundrette
• Campaign for the Book
• East London History Society
• East London Mosque & London Muslim Centre
• Federation of Family History Societies
• Firemen Remembered: World War II London Firemen's & Firewomen's Remembrance Group
• Footprints of the Dragon
• Friends of Arnold Circus
• Friends of St George's German Lutheran Church
• Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park
• Guardian Angels Church, Mile End
• Historic Chapels Trust
• History of Wapping Trust
• Island History Trust
• Locksley Estate Tenants & Residents Association
• London Somali Action Forum
• Mile End Old Town Residents Association
• National Council on Archives
• Ocean Estate Tenants & Leaseholders Association
• St George-in-the-East Church
• St Mary's, Bow Church
• Society of Antiquaries of London
• Spitalfields Community Association
• Spitalfields Market Residents' Association
• The Bishopsgate Institute
• The East of London Family History Society
• The Jewish East End Celebration Society
• The Library Campaign
• The London Society
• The Swadhinata Trust
• The Whitechapel Society
• Wandsworth Historical Society
• Working Class Movement Library

Individuals:

• Dr Nick Barratt
• Reg Beer JP (Deputy Mayor of Tower Hamlets 1985-86)
• Professor Bill Fishman
• Hamzah Foreman
• Sir Christopher Frayling
• Ed Glinert
• Mildred Gordon (MP for Bow & Poplar 1987-1997)
• John Hendy QC
• Bernard Kops
• Rachel Lichtenstein
• Melanie McGrath
• Stan Newens (MP for Epping 1964-70 and Harlow 1974-83
  and MEP for London 1984-1999)
• Gilda O'Neill
• Sukhder Sandhu
• Iain Sinclair
• Father William Taylor
• Lord Teviot
• Ian Timpany (Negotiating Secretary of Tower Hamlets NASUWT)
• Sir Arnold Wesker
• Professor Jerry White
• Patrick Wright
• Sarah Wise
• Benjamin Zephaniah