Finding us
Using the library
Opening Hours
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Monday
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Closed all day
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Tuesday
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10.00a.m. until
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5.00p.m.
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Wednesday
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10.00a.m. until
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5.00p.m.
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Thursday
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10.00a.m. until
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5.00p.m.
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Friday
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10.00a.m. until
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5.00p.m.
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Saturday
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10.00a.m. until
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5.00p.m.
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Third Sat of each month only
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Sunday
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Closed
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Admission to the library is
free.
We welcome students, researchers of labour history and other general
enquirers. Our staff
are always willing to help and advise.
All material can be studied on site, and a photocopying/scanning service
is available.
We have no borrowing service.
All visits to the library are by appointment, during the hours specified
below.
Individual and group tours are welcome. To book an appointment call 0161 736 3601.
Access
Wheelchair access to reading room and ground floor via ramp at rear of building. People with restricted mobility can phone in advance to arrange parking.
To help the library staff, before you visit, please use our online catalogue
and website lists to locate material you wish to use. Give an initial list to
the staff when you book your appointment.
The WCML is not just about the written word ("Here's another room full of
books..."), the walls of the library are covered with all manner of posters,
paintings and other visual material. A tour of the library is a journey through
200 years of labour movement history in the British Isles.
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The library is happy to lend certain items to institutions for exhibition
purposes, providing security and conservation criteria can be met.
While we welcome requests for information, we regret that we do not have the
staff to answer directly more than the most straightforward questions. The
potential information is limited by the individual's level of activity/office
within their union or party. Older union records may have lists of ordinary
members and sickness payments, arrears or resignations. Otherwise the more
significant the individual, the more chance that we have any notable
information.
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