The History of the Gallery

A brief history of WSA Library and its many locations over the years…..

“during Christmas vacation 1999-2000, Park Avenue suffered extensive flooding. The library had to be evacuated, and thankfully we just managed to get the book stock out with very minimal damage. The library was homeless for a short while before it was decided, once the water had subsided, that it was too risky to return to the ground floor.”

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-41021903

“The library suffered another ‘near miss’ when just before it opened one morning  in February 2005, one of the Orb lights, (the huge lights hanging from the ceiling) fell down onto one of the tables and chairs causing a fire. Fortunately, the sprinklers sprang into action, dousing the fire and a member of security was quickly alerted before too much damage could be done.”