A new library could be opened on an estate which lost the service after a librarian received death threats.

The woman was so frightened that she had to lock the doors of Bradford Moor Library after she received the threats.

The building in Mortimer Avenue was also hit by vandals who smashed windows and went on a rampage through the library, pulling books off shelves, shouting abuse and terrifying borrowers.

It was shut after the reign of terror which lasted four several weeks.

Margaret Minshull, principal librarian for public services, said it had not been viable to keep Bradford Moor open. "We would be looking at another site," she added.

The possibility of a new library for Bradford Moor is being considered in a report by Paul Lawson, head of the Council's libraries, arts and museums service. He is also recommending that the authority investigates the opening of new libraries in Cullingworth and the Worth Valley.

Mr Lawson says the new Bradford Moor Library could be located somewhere in the area to help borrowers who now have to go to Laisterdyke. Families living in Bradford Moor said today they were delighted about the possibility of a new library.

Audrey Fergus, 64, of Upper Rushton Road, said she had been forced to buy her own books because there was no library.

Isabella Horn, 74, said: "It closed without any notice at all and its been very difficult indeed for a lot of us.

"There has been a mobile service but it only stops at certain places."

Irene Mitchell, 76, of Paling Avenue, said people of all ages in the community had been hit.

Chairman of Bradford Moor Community Association Shane McLoughlin said his children Paul, 15, Beverley, 13, and Kerry, 5, had always called at the library on their way home from school.

"They are really missing it," he said.

Paul Smith, 31, of Newlands Avenue: "A lot of people relied on it. It would be a brilliant idea to have a new one."

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