24 February (Part 3) - Book Buster
It was known four years ago that the new Sidcup library planned for the old Blockbuster site
would be smaller than the one in Hadlow Road because
Bexley’s principal StoryTeller admitted as much four years ago when facing
the unfortunately named Sidcup Library Action Group. Sidcup Councillor June Slaughter had
said the same even earlier.
But how much smaller is it? Quite a lot actually. The implication that it might
be just a bit smaller is well wide of the mark. 55% of the floor space has been lost.
To be more precise, Hadlow Road extended over 694 square metres and the
Storyteller shrank it down to 316 square metres.
Note: information from a Freedom of Information request submitted by @tonyofsidcup.