I still have my first library card from when I was a girl from a destitute family in west Belfast. Every time I hear of a library closure it hits a nerveAs someone who grew up in a home without books,no spare cash to buy them and no tradition of reading bedtime stories, my local library offered something unique and indispensable. It’s hard to deem of anything that brought me more delight as a primary school-aged child than walking back from the Falls Road library in west Belfast with a bundle of books. Related: Save Our Libraries: Readers' reports Continue reading...
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