is now part of the library. A new theatre opened on First Street in partnership with Cornerhouse, Manchester in 2015. Famous users Anthony Burgess, the author who wrote the novel A Clockwork Orange, was a regular visitor to the library during his school days. In a volume of his autobiography, Little Wilson and Big God (1987) he recounted his visit to the index system, then in temporary accommodation in Piccadilly, Manchester, where he met an older woman who took him to her flat in Ardwick where she seduced him (p. 121, 1988 Penguin ed.) Statistics In 1968 it was recorded that the adult lending stock was 895,000, the adult reference stock 638,200, the junior stock 114,600, a total of nearly one and two thirds of a million volumes. There were about 2,000 reading places and an estimated 10,000 people visited the library each day. There were subscriptions to 3,000 periodicals. See also Grade II* listed buildings in Greater Manchester Listed buildings in Manchester-M2 John Rylands Library References External links Great Hall, Manchester Central Library Manchester Archives+ Central Library homepage History of Manchester Central Library Local image collection – contains historical photographs of the library The Library Theatre What's On At The Library Theatre, Manchester Library buildings completed in 1934 Public libraries in Greater Manchester Grade II* listed buildings in Manchester Libraries in Manchester Theatres in Manchester Buildings by Vincent Harris 1934 establishments in England