Letter: Rediscovering an old friend in the library
Drawn to George Town Library by the Bookends Book Club that meet in the historic Old Library every month, I took a step further into the building, joined the George Town Library, and at the age of 85, rediscovered an old friend.
Libraries had been a good friend to me in my youth. Not as a child, when I couldn’t wait to use my pocket money to buy the Enid Blyton’s next Famous Five adventure or the Captain W.E. John’s Biggles stories – it was in those middle teen years of curiosity that a library opened my eyes to a wider world than the quiet country market town in England where I grew up. The centre of the square was remarkable for a 17th century building set on stone pillars. It had been the Old Market Hall, then the Town Hall but was now the public library. For a more complete summary of the story, please see the below link:
Published on: Mar 02, 2026 06:16 PM