A LIBRARY at the heart of Warndon recently celebrated 50 years of lending to city bookworms.

Staff, borrowers and Warndon Library users joined together for a morning of celebration, memory and fun marking 50 years of the popular library.

In 1967, the first library at Cranham Drive was opened by the mayor at the time, Councillor Fred Lewis.

The library featured a book stock of 7,000 new books, enabling people to borrow books without having to travel into the city.

Over the decades the library offered other services including the extremely popular parent and children's group and in 1999 held its first ever summer reading challenge.

In 2008, Warndon Library moved to its current location at the Fairfield Centre. Since the move it has held numerous events including visits from authors including children's author Petr Horacek, who did an illustrated story time to a packed library in 2016, and Rebecca Tope, a crime fiction author who visited in early 2017.

For the birthday celebrations guests were asked to share their memories on a memory tree and everyone had the chance to delve into the wide range of photographs from the library's past.

Younger book lovers were entertained with a fun session creating crafts, while everyone enjoyed having a go at the 1967 history quiz.

James Robertson, library customer advisor at Warndon Library, said: "We had a wonderful morning celebrating Warndon Library's 50th year and would like to thank everyone who came along and helped us mark what is quite a special milestone.

"The children created some beautiful 50th birthday cards, and everyone had fun trying their hand at our quiz."

For more on Worcestershire's libraries visit worcestershire.gov.uk/libraries.