The sun shone brightly over Batley this weekend. On Saturday the Great Lego Get Together was held at Batley Library and it was a wonderful event. The library is a beautiful Grade II listed building, called Batley Carnegie Library, and it is stunning from the inside and out. On Saturday afternoon it was full of children and families for the Great Lego Get Together. 

The Lego Club runs every week between 12pm-2pm and this week it was coupled with a Great Get Together event to bring people together in a warm, welcoming and friendly space. There was tea, coffee, biscuits, buns and a great atmosphere, with lots of people getting to know each other and sharing stories of Batley from then and now.

Thanks to one of our local MPs, Kim Leadbeater MBE, who managed to secure an incredibly generous donation of Lego, there was tonnes of Lego to go around. Children of all ages were treated to brand new Lego, and the opportunity to create their own masterpieces, now on display in the library. If you are passing through the centre of Batley please pop in and take a look, and if you are not a library member, then do consider joining - it's free! Batley library has so much to offer, and the staff are fantastic. As well as traditional library services traditional, there is access to computers and the internet, and wonderful safe, warm spaces to sit and work or read. It was lovely to see some older members of our community enjoying the gallery working space, and some teenagers there doing their home learning (superb to see on a Saturday - what commitment and dedication!). Plus, the walls are adorned by the original poetry of Batley poets. The library really does have so much to offer, so today on Brew Monday, or in fact any day, why not visit? You may be pleasantly surprised by all that Batley has to offer.