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Submissions received on library name
Gosford Council has received "four or five" submissions on the proposed naming of the new Woy Woy Library after Spike Milligan.
Library services manager Mr Alan Flores said the submissions were about 60 per cent against and 40 per cent for.
"There were no strong statements either for or against and none of the submissions offered alternatives," he said.
Mr Flores said Mr Milligan was quite a literary figure.
"Most people only know his comedy works, but he was quite a prolific writer," he said.
"He wrote about 20 books, many screenplays, books of poems and about six plays."
Mr Flores said many of his works were not comedy but serious works.
"Mr Milligan also discovered Henry Kendall Cottage while on a walk and has raised the profile of Woy Woy all around the world," he said.
"Not only did he discover the cottage, but he also researched who owned it and lived there.
"We will invite Mr Milligan to some sort of official naming ceremony and hope that he can make it, but he is a very old man now."
Mr Flores said the new library would house a full collection of Mr Milligans work.
Council will decide on a name this month.