A 40th birthday celebration for Stawell Library provided life-long library patron Garry Middleton with an opportunity to reflect on the service.
Mr Middleton, 80, of Stawell, said he could remember getting his first book from the library as a six-year-old.
He said he was walking home from school when he noticed a sign at Stawell Town Hall saying ‘books’.
“I went into the town hall and got a book from Miss Collins. I read the book before I got to the end of the street, so I went back and got another one,” he said.