Andrew Carnegie In Newham

April 30th, 2007 · No Comments

Ham, over at London Daily Photo has an excellent post up about the Manor Park Library, created by Andrew Carnegie, one of more than 2,500 he set up world wide.

Books. That word alone gives you warm thoughts. But imagine a world without Andrew Carnegie. His rags to riches story is the stuff from which fables are made. And having made his fortune, he set about to give it away. Which is why there were 2,500 free public libraries created worldwide.

Read more at London Daily Photo.

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