Tag: Libraries
Carnegie Libraries and the Tipton Slasher
I went to Sandwell, west of Birmingham, in the West Midlands before Christmas. It’s also known as the Black country because it was the heart of the industrial revolution with foundries and smoke everywhere, making stuff for the British Empire. Several of the libraries are Carnegie Libraries. Andrew Carnegie was once the richest man in…
My memories of Dunblane
Twenty years ago this morning Sandra Reid, then the Children’s Librarian in Stirling, picked me up from my hotel and took me to my first library visit that day. We drove through Dunblane. I remember Sandra saying that we wouldn’t normally go that way but there was traffic on the main road. She said that…
What’s the point of Libraries in Secondary Schools?
The Libraries All Party Parliamentary Group has called, as a minimum, for every child in the UK to have a good library in their secondary school. It really does make you wonder how people are allowed to waste time and money coming up with such drivel. First, make sure there is a library in every…