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 a favourite read as well as 'The Children from One End Street'.

I can truthfully say that those early experiences shaped by future as for the past 30 plus years I have worked in libraries, public and schools, in both East and West Sussex. It remains a joy to be able to encourage all readers, young and old, to escape inside the pages of a good book!