You couldn't move for balloons on the day!!

The crowd were treated to the music of the local jazz band The Blue Notes

The Chairman of the County Council starts the celebrations

The cake arrives for the Chairman to cut and officially start the celebrations

You can't have a birthday party without a cake!

The ribbon is cut by the Chairman

Hema Patel performed the wonderful welcome dance for the library

Feeding the 5000!!

There were just enough pieces to go around

The reminiscence group check out their oral history recordings which are now on the Loughborough history page

The new look to the entrance of Loughborough library

There was a lot of interest in the local history displays

The Blue Notes take a bow at the end of their superb set