Vivienne Dunstan<p>Doing some research, and amused by the story of the handwritten card placed above the fireplace in Alyth Reading Room in 1858, telling people about an upcoming meeting there to discuss maybe founding a public library. Unusually for me who doesn’t easily visualise things, I now have a clear mental image of a cosy fireplace, with seats beside it, and an enigmatic handwritten card resting above. They got their library in the end. <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BookHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScottishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScottishHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Perthshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Perthshire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libraries</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Alyth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alyth</span></a></p>