Naked campaign to save library

Devon County Council is considering shutting 12 branches which are under-used and reinvesting the money in other library services.

But the Friends of Kingsteignton Library got so hot under the collar about the proposals that they bared all in a poster protest.

More than 1,000 people have signed a petition to keep the library.

'Spur of the moment'

Kingsteignton campaigner Mike Walters said: "We have bared our souls to the public, saying that the library really has got to stay.

LIBRARIES UNDER THREAT

• Appledore
• Colyton
• Geneva, Bideford
• Heavitree, Exeter
• Ipplepen
• Kingskerswell
• Kingsteignton
• Kingswear
• Pinhoe
• Primley, Sidmouth
• Stoke Fleming
• Shaldon

Colleague Carolyn Moist said: "The poster happened on the spur of the moment. A calendar would have taken too long.

"It has a very serious message, so we needed a striking image to grab everyone's attention."

The county council said that reorganisation was being mooted in order to "modernise and improve" the service.

A decision will be made before Christmas after 5,000 responses to the consultation are analysed.

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