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70 years of loving libraries

My mother took me to the library in an old hall in Horsham in 1954 when I was 3 and my first book was Jemima Puddle Duck. Then our new purpose built library was opened and I loved Enid Blyton, Malcolm Saville, ....well everyone really.! And then finally in 2002 I got a job in Bognor Library....and I loved that too!

Happy Birthday Library Service, you've been a huge part of my life.

A place to feel at home

I remember always going to the reference section Always working through some amazing reference books and being fascinated be the knowledge and processes I found there I know that is why I became an engineer big thank you

Escapism every Saturday Morning

My first memory of using the library was going into Durrington library after school in the 1960's. It wasn't a long walk as we lived in a flat over the shops next door. I vividly remember the satisfying clunk as the books were stamped out!Later, when I was 7 or 8, my sister and I cycled to Worthing library (the old building next to the Museum) every Saturday morning. I remember settling myself in the children's library, usually by a radiator, and reading for 2 or 3 hours while my sister studied for her O'levels. 'Milly, Molly, Mandy' books were…