A Life In Libraries

There was a fairly depressing article in today's The Observer about libraries and the erosion of both their collections and their place in British society.

I like libraries, although i must admit I haven't been in a library for perhaps five years. Libraries have played an important part in my life, since I was first taken to the library at primary school: a crocodile of small children meandering down the street – the street where I lived, indeed – to a the children's library housed next to the building renowned for being Keats' house. My mother took me there as well and, later, I would go by myself on my way home from secondary school.
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A Life In Libraries

There was a fairly depressing article in today's The Observer about libraries and the erosion of both their collections and their place in British society.

I like libraries, although i must admit I haven't been in a library for perhaps five years. Libraries have played an important part in my life, since I was first taken to the library at primary school: a crocodile of small children meandering down the street – the street where I lived, indeed – to a the children's library housed next to the building renowned for being Keats' house. My mother took me there as well and, later, I would go by myself on my way home from secondary school.
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A Library Joke

Following my post about libraries, frankie_ecap told me her library joke...

A man walks into a library, walks up to the desk and says in a very loud voice to the librarian, "Two pounds of lean mince, please!"

The librarian looks at him askance over the top of her glasses and hisses back, "This is a library, sir!"

The man looks around him and sees all the books. In a hushed whisper he says, "Awfully sorry... Two pounds of lean mince, please..."

(OK, it is a verbal joke that perhaps doesn't translate to the written word... But it makes me laugh!)

A Library Joke

Following my post about libraries, frankie_ecap told me her library joke...

A man walks into a library, walks up to the desk and says in a very loud voice to the librarian, "Two pounds of lean mince, please!"

The librarian looks at him askance over the top of her glasses and hisses back, "This is a library, sir!"

The man looks around him and sees all the books. In a hushed whisper he says, "Awfully sorry... Two pounds of lean mince, please..."

(OK, it is a verbal joke that perhaps doesn't translate to the written word... But it makes me laugh!)