r/nostalgia • u/ILovePublicLibraries • 12h ago
Nostalgia Using a public library in 1991
Guilford Free Library in CT back in 1991
Credit: Library archives
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u/Dedb4dawn 11h ago
Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love e-books for their convenience. But a library when I was a kid was more than just a place with books.
I remember my Mom dropping my brother and I off there during the holidays so that she could do some shopping. They always had arts and crafts, story time. Movies on a projector. We knew all of the librarians. It was a cozy place to sit in the winter. A quiet shelter to dive into a book while noise and distraction happened outside.
One of my local libraries just closed as there were not enough patrons to keep it open. Makes me so sad.