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| Letter: How Brighton public library opened doors for Jill Lever | Letter: How Brighton public library opened doors for Jill Lever |
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| Jill Lever joined me as a fellow library assistant at the original Brighton public library in North Street. Every day we were assigned to putting books in order on the shelves and Jill was given architecture to organise. | Jill Lever joined me as a fellow library assistant at the original Brighton public library in North Street. Every day we were assigned to putting books in order on the shelves and Jill was given architecture to organise. |
| The library also led elsewhere. There was a door that opened on to a large concert hall called The Dome. One day Jill and I went in and Sir Thomas Beecham was rehearsing his orchestra for the evening performance. | The library also led elsewhere. There was a door that opened on to a large concert hall called The Dome. One day Jill and I went in and Sir Thomas Beecham was rehearsing his orchestra for the evening performance. |
| In the basement of the library there was a tunnel that Jill and I used to creep along, as it led to the Royal Pavilion. This was in the early 1950s and a restoration was taking place. Jill became interested in architecture from then on. She used to comment on Regency style and link it with the books she tidied every day in the library. She talked with the restorer about what he was doing and her interest grew. | In the basement of the library there was a tunnel that Jill and I used to creep along, as it led to the Royal Pavilion. This was in the early 1950s and a restoration was taking place. Jill became interested in architecture from then on. She used to comment on Regency style and link it with the books she tidied every day in the library. She talked with the restorer about what he was doing and her interest grew. |
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