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Home Library Drop - New kid on the block

1 GoodGymer made their way to help their local community in Oxford.

  • Alice
 
Monday, 23rd of August 2021
 
Led by Alice

Last week I met my lovely new HLS customer, Ms L, for the first time.

Being stuck in her first floor flat for the duration of COVID, Ms L was delighted at the prospect of a home library service regularly bringing books and a chat. It turned out Ms L used to enjoy the mobile library and was gutted when this ended a number of years ago. There we plenty of questions on the logistics front, so I will have to have a read for next time!

As we chatted and I got a feel for Ms L's taste in books, she shared pictures of her late cat, introduced me to a very lifelike toy cat that now keeps her company, and gave a great sales pitch to a local glasses company who had recently kitted her out with a much needed new pair of specs.

No new books on this drop and only one to return, but hopefully I am able to choose a varied selection of books for Ms L to enjoy next time! Will be lovely to pop by again soon!

Report written by Alice


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Anwen Greenaway
Anwen Greenaway
Thursday September 2nd, 2021 09:28

Oof, stuck in a flat for over a year. She’s lucked out now with getting you as her library volunteer x

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