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Now that my kids are getting older, it’s a shame, but some of the lovely things we used to do together as a family are now non-existent.

Currently my daughter is in the middle of doing a spot of research for her history project.It wasn’t that many years ago that this would have been a trip to our local library and a huge load of books coming home with us.

Nowadays it would seem that she carries out all of her research on the Internet, which I find quite upsetting as I used to love our little trips to the library.The library was at the end of her school path, so we often popped in after school to have a look at books we could borrow. It’s funny but even though we may have just popped in for a couple of history books low and behold before you know it you are piled up with loads of children’s books. I think my daughter’s record for one trip was a hefty 18 books.Can you imagine how much they weighed when I had to walk home, but that didn’t discourage her from getting more books.

To be honest though, it wasn’t only my daughter who took advantage of the books on offer in the library. I have been known to take out a few romance books in my time. I love to get stuck into a good old book and the wonderful thing about the library is that once you have finished one book you can return it and get choose a whole new story.

In our local library they also have a section for second hand books, and you can sometimes pick up quite a bargain.I will say that the books can sometimes be a little worn around the edges, but when you are only forking out a few pence, then this is only to be expected.

Much as I absolutely think the Internet is a marvellous tool, it is such a shame that some of the good old things we used to do will probably become non-existent.Sadly, I can see that as time goes by there will be a steady decline in the amount of libraries in our area and I think this will be a real shame.