tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post1410490483807989760..comments2024-03-28T09:00:16.698-07:00Comments on Codlinsandcream2: The end of an era - stupid CouncilBovey Bellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-42801569862984370512017-03-31T19:57:32.498-07:002017-03-31T19:57:32.498-07:00Did I read this right, your mobile library stops a...Did I read this right, your mobile library stops at your house ?<br />OMG !<br />Our always used to stop at a street corner and we would walk or drive to it.<br /><br />cheers, parsnipangryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-85825760707065358862017-03-31T17:59:38.638-07:002017-03-31T17:59:38.638-07:00Our county library has hours at least 5 days per w...Our county library has hours at least 5 days per week. They struggle with a lack of funding, but do provide some children's programs and a book discussion group. Many of the books on offer are 'series' by authors attempting to depict the Amish lifestyle in a very sugar-coated and moralistic manner--then there are shelves of old 'Westerns.' They have a nice small section devoted to Kentucky authors. I stopped there only occasionally and now that we are the far east side of the county I've not been by in several years. Morning's Minionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912356455981434029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-70648682306112387832017-03-31T14:27:02.808-07:002017-03-31T14:27:02.808-07:00The bookmobile service stopped about 30 years ago ...The bookmobile service stopped about 30 years ago here. Now it's find your way to a library.<br /><br />50 and countinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12051116860123693646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-91448106998892522712017-03-31T13:13:58.818-07:002017-03-31T13:13:58.818-07:00Yet another punishment forced on councils by the g...Yet another punishment forced on councils by the government, sadly. I seriously wonder if any of them have read a book by choice.Blue Shed Thinkinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02988028935854371365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-28677365896120743592017-03-31T11:14:49.295-07:002017-03-31T11:14:49.295-07:00Let's hope your mobile service keeps on going....Let's hope your mobile service keeps on going. I can (and will have to) manage without - I can hardly say I have a shortage of books to read, but that's not the point. My books are different to the ones on offer at the library!Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-12286102476857146642017-03-31T11:13:43.846-07:002017-03-31T11:13:43.846-07:00Oh, ours will be in the new designated village sto...Oh, ours will be in the new designated village stops for 2 hours each week (so folk can charge their mobile phones of course!!!) We can all see the writing on the wall but however hard we fight, they have made up their minds already . . .Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-34042966492170921562017-03-31T11:12:34.378-07:002017-03-31T11:12:34.378-07:00Hi Elaine. Yes, you can see it writ large, what t...Hi Elaine. Yes, you can see it writ large, what their plans are. They are not going to listen to us folk who actually USE the service. Oh no!Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-29181196505854505612017-03-31T09:00:47.488-07:002017-03-31T09:00:47.488-07:00Our nearest mobile stop - 15 minutes once in 4 wee...Our nearest mobile stop - 15 minutes once in 4 weeks - is now nearly 2 miles away. Nearest library - 16 hours a week spread over 4 days - is just under 4 miles.But we tend to order every thing on line and just collect anyway so will stick to the mobile at present especially as there are no fines for 8 weeks compared to 3 weeks at a branch. At least I'm not the only borrower - one other lady here. I was the only person where we lived before.Sue in Suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-8598866340057095632017-03-31T08:42:02.914-07:002017-03-31T08:42:02.914-07:00I'm pretty sure that we shall lose our mobile ...I'm pretty sure that we shall lose our mobile library soon; from stopping at 4 different places for 45 minutes at a time, it is now stopping at just one spot - for 20 minutes. 20 minutes!!! How on earth can people from this village and the two neighboring ones choose a selection of library books in 20 minutes? So numbers of users have dropped drastically (myself included) and the mobile library will soon be no more 'because of lack of support'.Ramblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00914227535503925006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569181568013465215.post-82730071049937917762017-03-31T07:36:11.469-07:002017-03-31T07:36:11.469-07:00I fought to retain our mobile library van visits. ...I fought to retain our mobile library van visits. I would get books out for several other villagers, as well as my own. I filled in forms, wrote letters, drummed up more support in the village... to no avail. I won't get on my soapbox, but these cuts to library services make me very grumpy. I'm sorry that you seem to have lost the battle, too.Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10461759848289268517noreply@blogger.com