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There is something uniquely cold and shrivelling about closing down libraries. Closing libraries is a retrograde step - in Scotland, a country so proud of its education and literature - we should be opening them! A poem by Dylan Thomas:

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Christine Pozerycki3 years ago

Open more libraries!!!!

Maggie Chetty#Cease fire now;#timetogoScotland3 years ago

I love this and I love the Dylan Thomas after the library support call! Made my day!!

Dominique Cameron RSW3 years ago

@mrmgrieve Thank you Kathleen for this.

Mairi3 years ago

Thank you for this. So needed. We must, must, must fight agin it.

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