From a young age I was always reading. I loved novels, plays, anything about nature and later biographies and history. I also read about the Church and music. Aged 16 I was reading Jane Austen, Dickens, Shakespeare, Bernard Shaw, Dumas, Conan Doyle, Alan Paton, Charles Lamb, Michener, Gerald Durrell, Wells, Mary Renault. I had beautiful bookcases rescued from Dad's office in my bedroom. They had lockable glass doors and my book collection grew steadily. Best present for me was a book token. In my fitted cupboards all my toys were carefully arrranged and one by one Ann acquired them even the Dinky Rolls-Royce! I suppose I was always meant to be a librarian as I liked arranging my books and possessions so I could lay hand on them easily.
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