An Everlasting Love Of Books

A Memory of South Ockendon.

It might seem strange and archaic to write in glowing terms about a public library on a council estate, but that's what I'm happily doing. To me as a kid, this place was like a wonderland, and I used to sit and read, and then leave with a huge armful of books on things as diverse as all the 'Just William' books, SF, How To Fly a Plane, almost anything really.
It was a marvellous resource to a penniless kid and I always look at pictures of it with affection. I've never stopped enjoying reading, and it's partly due to this library and its open arms.