From the Windsor Star May 17, 1954.
For the life of me, I can’t remember the old library. Was this the one that was built? It was knocked down in 1995, and replaced with the one above that occupies the same site.
Any memories of the old Library?
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In the 1960s we went to the Riverside Library often. It was run by two ladies and there was a low, round table and tiny chairs and a number of picture books for the small children. My youngest, aged 3 or 4, loved it and would say "'ets go at the berry". It was a treat.
Ah! The smell! How well I remember that whiff of mildewy books and old linoleum and something I can only describe as a churchy smell, like the smell of life going out of old wood. I remember the ladies too. They were there when I was a kid, and when the library closed. Loved that library in all its inadequacy. But the new one is tons better. On the right day if you're standing just so, you can still catch a hint of that smell.
Lisa,
The "Our Town" books I was referring to two volumes of "Our Town. A History of Riverside, Ontario, 1921-1966" - not entirely but largely picture-based. I'm guessing they are still available. The website is http://riversideontario.weebly.com/ and the print shop is next door to Taloola's.
I loved the Riverside library - there used to be little path of "feet" through the Children's section - I was fascinated with this as a small boy. I remember the "musty" smell well.