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I was delighted to read Bobby Seagull’s paean of praise for public libraries in your latest edition [May 28-June 3]. This reminded me of your cheerful vendor who used to be posted a few metres distant from Oxford’s main library. But I suppose he’s now gone, given that the library has long been closed. For me, as an 85-year-old pensioner, it’s meant I’ve had no motive to drag my lazy old legs the 500m walk from where I’m in cosy self-isolation. Yet up to its closure the library had been a wonderful boon, not only to oldies like me, but to the unemployed needing help in completing job applications, as well as to teachers, young mothers and their kids enjoying the dedicated support provided in the children’s section. Given the fact that…

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The Big Issue United Kingdom (Digital) - 1 Issue, 08-06-20

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