Shelf appeal

FRANCES AMBLER IS FAN OF HER LOCAL LIBRARY. SHE PUTS DOWN HER BOOK FOR THE MOMENT TO SING THE PRAISES OF THESE COMMUNITY TREASURES

My love affair was rekindled thanks to some recycling bags. We'd run out, and the easiest way to get more was to pick them up from the library on our local high street. In the three years we'd lived there, I'd visited the coffee shop and toy shop on either side, but somehow I'd always walked past the library sandwiched in between. I left with recycling bags – and a library card. The moment I walked in, I remembered how important the local town library had been to me growing up – a pattern echoed, likely, by millions of bookworms. Saturday morning trips to pick out my books: first, from the children's section downstairs, graduating to the teenage books, and finally on to the adult's section, as I formed my…

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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, February 2025

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