Today was a sad day. We learned that, despite council tax increases, our local library – as well as six others in the county – is to close. For the last few months, I’ve been campaigning with a group of like-minded school parents to keep it open. We’ve worked really hard petitioning, raising awareness and …
With our local library under threat of closure, I’ve been helping out with the fight to keep it open lately. As a result, the whole family experienced a first at the weekend. Our first protest march! I’m slightly ashamed that, despite coming from a family with a proud history of protesting – indeed, my Mum …
We took Amelie to be weighed today. Big news, I know. Thanks to the sad demise of our local Sure Start Centre, we have to take her to the library which is otherwise closed on Wednesdays. Admittedly, it’s a good way of stopping the Tories closing down that too, but it’s a strange experience going into …