So many of Blackburn’s lovely residents popped into the shop during the first week of the project to type out their book recommendations that I began to get a good feel for the town. The very first gentleman to contribute told me his favourite book was ‘The Canterbury Tales’, a fine coincidence as a copy also belongs in Edward Hart’s own collection housed in the museum. Other book suggestions were ‘Thorn Birds’, ‘Pride & Prejudice’, ‘Cider with Rosie’, ‘To kill a mocking bird’, ‘Thomas the Tank Engine’ and ‘The Gruffalo’. The archive is already showing signs of becoming an eclectic collection.
Saturday proved a very busy day thanks to an article written in the local ‘Lancashire Telegraph’ about the project. A few former workers from ‘Star Paper’ popped in to tell me their tales too.
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