tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post7184912799606117680..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Even the Ghosts are Reading Books - Emma DarwinMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-13342669771505599082012-02-23T10:37:27.007+00:002012-02-23T10:37:27.007+00:00Glad everyone enjoyed it - and thank you, Harriet,...Glad everyone enjoyed it - and thank you, Harriet, for adding the bit about country members (always sounds like a rude bit of Hamlet) and postage. Something delightfully traditional about it, isn't there, in the electronic age.<br /><br />Somewhere there's a wonderful blog by a library-geek, of all the most gorgeous libraries. Must see if I can find the link.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-46004870533549747832012-02-23T10:03:08.213+00:002012-02-23T10:03:08.213+00:00Fabulous post....thanks! Getting to it late but it...Fabulous post....thanks! Getting to it late but it is a very wonderful place, to be sure. Must say a word also about the wonderful Manchester libraries. And does anyone know the Portico in Manchester? A private library set up by among others, the husband of Mrs Gaskell.adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15826710558292792068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-59996008227234532672012-02-22T21:03:24.832+00:002012-02-22T21:03:24.832+00:00Thank you for your fab post! The London Library is...Thank you for your fab post! The London Library is indeed a wonderful place - I was lucky enough to be able to see it (though unfortunately didn't get the job I had applied for there!) There was something about the stacks and shelves full of books that makes it a rare and amazing place!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-39470683101195083062012-02-22T11:32:18.572+00:002012-02-22T11:32:18.572+00:00Fabulous post and I love the BL too.Fabulous post and I love the BL too.Carol McGrathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11072696398820339640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-67194755655087379332012-02-22T10:47:02.868+00:002012-02-22T10:47:02.868+00:00Leeds has its own gem. The Leeds Library, (www.the...Leeds has its own gem. The Leeds Library, (www.theleadslibrary.org.uk)the oldest private library in the country. Although private, they welcome writers and researchers. They never throw a book away so have a wonderful collection. They continue to buy new books at members' request. Although it's on a busy shopping street in the city centre it is a quiet haven of books full of the kind of gems you describe, Emma.Sally Zigmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07520579251842006765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-23570460235472582662012-02-22T10:00:10.959+00:002012-02-22T10:00:10.959+00:00Ah, Emma, what a wonderful post - you've made ...Ah, Emma, what a wonderful post - you've made me long to live in London again (and that's an achievement!)... The London Library also has a wonderful service for 'country members': you can search online and they will post books to you. And the staff are terrifically helpful. But of course there's no substitute for being able to walk along the stacks... I only wish that they hadn't had to put the membership fee up by such an astronomical amount. I do understand that they needed the money, of course, but I had to bail out, with great regret. Looking forward to coming back sometime, though!H.M. Castorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08716936870601385683noreply@blogger.com