Lipsticks and Library Books

Download or read book Lipsticks and Library Books written by Jackie Winter and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-08-10 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ..".A Piece of Riveting Social History." ..".I would Highly Recommend this to anyone who delights in Books." This is the story of Boots' libraries, set within the context of life in Britain during the first half of the twentieth century. It is a unique social history of working life at the time. Former staff share entertaining memories of Class A subscribers lording it over humble category B subscribers. Customers were segregated and had to use different counters. Post war years brought social and economic change, including better public libraries and affordable paperbacks. Defeated by falling membership, rising costs and an unfashionable image, the last library closed in 1966.