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March 8, 2007
Anger at library closures in Fife
The "three day week" with its power cuts and its strained relationships occurred when I was working in Glenrothes in Fife in the early 1970's. I remember the library, I used to use it a lot and remember reading Lewis Grassic Gibbon on his home ground, not just Sunset Song, which for me is one of the most beautiful books I have ever known, but also the amazing short stories and pieces.
At that time the miners of Fife were on strike and their women-folk fought literally and venemously with the pit deputies who tried to break the strike and cross picket lines. I also learned the nature of Scots view of the English.
So when this article says that the women of Fife are fighting for their public libraries, I can picture what that means, and I wouldn't want to be a councillor who came across them in that mood.
Posted by Tim Coates at March 8, 2007 8:54 AM