Clearly not everyone has been repaid.

From www.bookbrunch.co.uk

Iceland losses send chill through Wirral library service

The Labour-Liberal Democrat council that runs the Wirral has approved the closure of 13 libraries with the loss of up to 1,000 jobs. A public consultation period ends on 15 January, and the plans have drawn protestors on to Merseyside streets, with thousands adding their names to a Save Wirral Services site on Facebook. Two of the libraries, at Beechwood and Seacombe, serve communities classed as among the most disadvantaged in the UK. The authority has lost money in Icelandic banks and the cuts are part of a "strategic review" that is also likely to bring about the closure of other leisure facilities. According to the pressure group Campaign for the Book, Wirral libraries have some of the best records in the country for encouraging children to read, with schemes such as Baby Bounce and Rhyme and summer reading flourishing.