From my earliest memories to the present

Some of my happiest, earliest memories are of the library. When I was little, we used to go to the one near Felbridge. I can remember it very clearly: the children’s area down a little slope at the back, the wooden counters and shelves, the friendly librarians. Sadly, it closed and was demolished. Block of flats there now.

The new library was very exciting. It had an upstairs! Toilets! I would do my homework there sometimes, must have been 1984/85. Twenty years ago, I brought my children to the library: the reading challenge, the computers - so new - and of course, the books.

Now, forty years since I first came here, I am still coming after work and on days off to read and to learn, and to get some peace. It’s changed a bit, but it’s still the same library.

Thank you, East Grinstead. Your library has been a big part of my life.