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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

My love of books

I have always loved books. As a child I was lucky enough to be presented with books as gifts, we had many books at home and I read anything, Enid Blyton, Noel Streatfield, Kenneth Grahame, Louisa Alcott, (a particular favourite) and even my parents Punch books which had wonderful illustrations and were so funny. But of course, we had a wonderful library, living in Coulsdon in my youth, and so often went there and took ages pondering which ones to borrow. I remember also, when in my teens, that one of the librarians was also rather good looking so the…

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.