Tag Archives: library

Internet – no thanks

Internet – no thanks

With reference to your article in the September issue ‘Are You Well Connected? ’ I am one of the 5 million British over 65s without internet skills because I choose not to have them. I am literate and ...

Can you help me find new friends?

I have recently retired and found your newspaper in my local library and now have registered online. I am struggling to find things to do in my local area –  it really isn’t easy. I have j ...
The library is my first choice

The library is my first choice

I am 70 years old and was first taken to the library by my mother when I was 5 years old. It was a cheap way of keeping me occupied as it was after the war when toys were a luxury. Our present library ...
Please don’t take our libraries away

Please don’t take our libraries away

I would like to say that public libraries mean everything to me and I would be heartbroken if any of those nearby were to close down. I first fell in love with libraries whilst evacuated as a child du ...