The oldest library in England - Upgoat

Historic England! How inspirational and magical.
Oh I mean England doesn’t have history and this library was probably built by the zulu. And anyone can he English. Because England is not even a country with history. Rushy sunak is an English rose, won’t you know

[ + ] dassar

[ - ] dassar 2 points 3 monthsMar 13, 2025 01:39:16 ago (+2/-0)

A Rose by another name something something ...

[ + ] Ragnar

[ - ] Ragnar 4 points 3 monthsMar 13, 2025 08:18:35 ago (+4/-0)

Is a streetshitting demon worshipper?

[ - ] kammmmak 3 points 3 monthsMar 13, 2025 05:46:01 ago (+3/-0)

Mudslimes will burn it. Calling it now.

[ - ] Belfuro 3 points 3 monthsMar 13, 2025 00:23:06 ago (+3/-0)

The jewish Engels and narz are infamous not famous

[ - ] x0x7 2 points 3 monthsMar 12, 2025 23:57:18 ago (+2/-0)

And you just proved to me what I already suspected. That libraries are communist.

[ - ] PostWallHelena 2 points 3 monthsMar 12, 2025 21:25:43 ago (+3/-1)

Cool video.

[ - ] con77 1 point 3 monthsMar 13, 2025 10:25:21 ago (+1/-0)

that cat door!

[ - ] observation1 1 point 3 monthsMar 13, 2025 03:07:31 ago (+1/-0)

Hope somebody archives those bastards

[ + ] Lost_In_The_Thinking

[ - ] Lost_In_The_Thinking 1 point 3 monthsMar 13, 2025 09:44:02 ago (+1/-0)

Doesn't matter. The beauty is in the building itself. You can't archive wood and stone. Copies of the books are very likely also in the British Library, which I believe has been digitized almost in its entirety.

[ - ] dassar 1 point 3 monthsMar 13, 2025 01:37:44 ago (+1/-0)

Serious question - are these old books still able to be read by the public?.

Where i live - all the early editions etc are stored in a separate secure/ climate-controlled room - you need to produce ID to go in and cant leave the room with the book and all the super rare books etc are basically off limits to the general public unless you're some 'academic' or similar.

[ + ] Lost_In_The_Thinking

[ - ] Lost_In_The_Thinking 2 points 3 monthsMar 13, 2025 09:51:49 ago (+2/-0)

That is a good question. I had a college professor who was a serious Anglophile. He described in a class in 1980 his experience decades before reading the original Domesday Book (the Great Survey ordered by William the Conqueror). It was open to the public, but you had to ask for it exactly by its reference number, which was the shelf location. You would be brought to a room with one chair and given a pair of gloves to wear. When you were finished, the librarian would bring it back to the shelf. This was when the English treated their history with reverence and their artifacts as the legacy that they were. It never would have occurred to anyone that someone would intentionally damage or steal the manuscript.

[ + ] TheNoticing

[ - ] TheNoticing 3 points 3 monthsMar 13, 2025 10:02:04 ago (+3/-0)

Domes day, not doomsday?

[ + ] Lost_In_The_Thinking

[ - ] Lost_In_The_Thinking 1 point 3 monthsMar 13, 2025 11:13:40 ago (+1/-0)

Correct. The title is the old English spelling, but still pronounced "doomsday".

[ + ] PotatoWhisperer2

[ - ] PotatoWhisperer2 2 points 3 monthsMar 13, 2025 11:48:33 ago (+2/-0)

It would be a good idea to have a recreation made for cheap and to sell/lend that out.

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The oldest library in England
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