Kelling Reading Room Traditional Cache
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The Reading Room in Kelling is located at the junction of the Coast Road and The Street. In addition to the local school and church it is one of the more interesting buildings in the village. A piece of art work, a large red umbrella, can be seen within the gardens.
Reading rooms were originally imposed upon the working classes by the upper classes, mainly the church and local landowners. Their establishment reflected contemporary attitudes to philanthropy, recreation and self-help and confirmed the great class divide. Some have been converted into private residences whilst others remain as public buildings. Probably the most well known reading room is the one at the British Museum. It used to be the main reading room of the British Library. In 1997, this function moved to the new British Library building at St Pancras, London, but the Reading Room remains in its original form inside the new British Museum.
In Norfolk there are one hundred and sixty village reading rooms. Reading rooms offered a much needed alternative to the public house for the working classes, although they tended to appeal more to the lower middle classes, and membership was mostly restricted to males. In the twentieth century, as other diversions appeared and the countryside became more democratised, reading rooms gradually declined. They were an important part of village life and have left interesting evidence of former lifestyles and attitudes.
Please replace exactly as found. You will need to bring your own pen and twizzers may be helpful to extract the log. Street parking is available.
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