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very common and there were good examples from Wiltshire, Oldham,
Vale of Glamorgan, Oxfordshire, Staffordshire, Coventry and Bexley.
I was able to show round East Riding Councillor Mal Boatman and his
wife Gillian. Mal is the critical friend for libraries and also a personal
friend of mine so it was interesting to give them the benefit of my experience
but also to see mobiles through the eyes of a councillor.
The awards
However the voting and judging proved once again that East Riding are
the country’s most popular as once again they picked up the Delegates’
Choice and State of the Art award. We also saw a couple of East Riding
clones which proves the worth of the Mobilemeet.
The very difficult to judge livery award went to Coventry for an outstanding
design, with Staffordshire a close second. The van for Action
for Blind People won the Concours, narrowly beating Paul Phillips and
his Birmingham children’s bus. Perhaps it’s time for them to buy a new
one?
Author
The afternoon speaker was Ann Cleeves, local author, and writer in residence
at Kirklees Libraries. As she is closer to libraries than most
authors, she gave a very relevant and entertaining presentation. Finally
to the accompaniment of fanfare to the common man she presented
the awards and it was fitting reward to the hard-working home team
that they gained two awards
Thanks
I got more praise about this mobile meet than any other so would like
to offer thanks to the entire East Riding team: Chris Abbott, the head
of South Hunsley School and her hard working PA, Tracey Metcalf. To
Alan Moir and Libby Herbert of East Riding Libraries and their staff:
Darren Rhodes, Brian Pashley, Mike Akester, Allan Hammond, Iris Gray,
Liz Brown, Anne Brookes, Steve Gilbank, Maureen Taylor, June Wilson,
Lyn Pether, Lesley Lyons, Cath Atwood, Sally Rawson, Chris Gamble,
Katharine Chadwick, Louise Simpson, Sharon Rogerson, Jane Snowden,
Sarah Stocks, Sue Greggs, Kathryn Hill and Theresa Gale.
Editor
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