Colette, our tutor, did suggest that we ought to be researching for our photography information at the British Library. it is 'just down the road' by Kings Cross, so I went there today.
To get a reader card you need to have the usual stuff, utility bill, credit card statement, etcetera, with the name and address. As well, you need the other one with the photo and signature, ie. passport, driving licence, credit card, etcetera. They've got a leaflet setting all this out.
You apply, and a few days later you get the card. Then you can research and order books to read on-line, and four days later your books are ready for you to read in person. All the things I carry around with me are banned. No cameras, food, drink, scissors, pocket-knife. You can take pencils, laptop and iPod, phones must be switched off.
The pay-off is a look at just the books you want to read. They buy every single book published here and abroad, and although it takes a few days to get them out of storage, how wonderful will it be to flip through a rare and priceless tome . . .or perhaps just one no-one wanted to pay for. It is F R E E . . .
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