Sutton Library will celebrate 50 years on 13 December with activities.

Customers are invited to join in the celebration and visit the library between 10am and 4pm.

At 11.30am, the library will hold a cake-cutting ceremony and will be joined by 87-year-old Averil Higginson, who became a library member aged 10 and worked for the library service her entire working life.

The order of events:

10.15-10.45am – Baby singing session

11am-11.20am – Christmas carols performance from Croft Primary School

11.30am – Cake-cutting ceremony

1-2pm – Inspire Music School of Ukulele session

1-4pm – Take a walk down memory lane with heritage resources

3-4pm – Children’s birthday badge make ‘n cake session

Plus, visitors can come along and try out Inspire Learning courses, view the Idlewells Through the Ages Exhibition, discover volunteering opportunities with Inspire’s Community Makers programme, access business advice with the Business and Intellectual Property Centre and much more.

Peter Gaw, chief executive at Inspire, said: “I’m delighted that we can celebrate this incredible milestone at Sutton-in-Ashfield library. It is testament to the many colleagues who have worked in the library across the decades that they have reached this milestone and can celebrate with a life-long member.”

Coun John Cottee, chairman of the Communities Committee at Nottinghamshire County Council and Board of Directors for Inspire, added: “I would like to offer my thanks to all the staff, volunteers and customers who have been involved in and supported Sutton-in-Ashfield library over the last 50 years.  The library is a significant part of the local community and is much  loved by residents, whether  life-long library members such as Miss Higginson or new members who have recently discovered their local library for the first time.

“My ambition remains clear, I want Nottinghamshire to have the best library service in the country and, as we celebrate fantastic milestones like this, it is clear to me that we are well on our way to that goal.”

Further information can be found at www.inspireculture.org.uk