Lipsticks and Library Books: The Story of Boots Booklovers Library - Paperback

by Jackie Winter (Author)

"...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. 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.

Author Biography

Jackie Winter worked for 22 years in Dorset County Libraries. A colleague and friend had previously been a Boots library assistant and clearly very much enjoyed the work. Jackie became intrigued by the many differences between public and subscription libraries. She began writing articles about BBL but the research was so fascinating that a book became the inevitable result. One of her favourite writers is Dorothy Whipple, most of whose books were published in the interwar years and would have been enjoyed by many a Boots Booklover. Jackie Winter is an avid reader and a loyal member of Wimborne Library. Had she belonged to Boots library she would undoubtedly have been an envious Class B subscriber.