Margaret and John Young Margaret was born on 25th October 1936. John was born on 12th July 1929. They are being interviewed by Mary Grover on 6th June 2013. MG: . Margaret was born on 25th October 1936 and John … Continue reading
Margaret B, who was born in 1960, came to Sheffield in the mid-1990s because of her job. Reading has long been a love, and here, in the second post for our new Next Generation project, she reflects on being read … Continue reading
As we practise social distancing and self-isolation for COVID-19, we may well be reading more. At home we have old favourites worthy of another look, ‘to-be-read’ piles and perhaps library books we had on loan before lockdown. As we roam … Continue reading
Margaret was born in Sheffield on the 17th April 1945. Between 1945 and 1966 she lived close to the city centre. Margaret was interviewed by Susan Roe and Mary Grover on the 10th May 2018. Susan Roe: Did anyone read … Continue reading
Margaret was born on 12 June 1924, and grew up in Walkley, a suburb of Sheffield. Her mother stayed at home after she married and her father was ‘a clerk at the Town Hall [where] he did all the salaries … Continue reading
Margaret G Margaret was born on 12th June 1924. She is being interviewed by Loveday Herridge. [AUDIO FILE] Loveday Herridge: So that you said you do library lists. Margaret G: Yes they come every month … people that can’t get … Continue reading
Margaret C Margaret was born on 17th April 1934. Margaret C is being interviewed by Loveday Herridge on the 23rd February 2013. Loveday Herridge: Margaret is kind enough to talk to us for Reading Sheffield because she was an … Continue reading
Margaret was born in Sheffield in 1936 and grew up during the Second World War and the late 1940s. She became a librarian in the town, married John and had three children. The men in Margaret’s early life were both … Continue reading
Here is another of the guest blogs from the Sheffield Hallam University students working with us through the Ideas into Action programme. We ask the students to write their own reading journey (a task they seem to enjoy, as they’re … Continue reading
By Sue Roe When I was about ten, my family moved from Wybourn to Abbeydale Road in Sheffield. I changed schools and made new friends – especially a girl called Janet. She was a Methodist and after a while I … Continue reading