Being in my early 50s, I too grew up in the pre-computer age. However, I am certainly no technophobe and have been employed in IT for 25 years.

However, on my one visit to this library I really felt that it had gone the wrong direction (or directions). I don't go to a library to use it as a cyber cafe, or to watch the football results on a large screen (which was what was on when I went in), or to hire DVDs or CDs. That is not because I have anything against any of these things. I use the Internet daily, I am an avid football fan. and I listen to my share of music and watch films as much as the next person.

However I go to a library to study or read books, and I expect to do so without undue intrusion. This would be frequently impossible in this library as it currently exists. In any event there didn't seem to be a lot of place left for books in between all this extraneous nonsense!!

The library should stop trying to be all things to all men, thereby falling between too many stools. It should be fundamentally about books. If the council sees fit to waste our money on the other stuff then they should do it in other places.

And don't even get me started on the political correctness which means that kids get away with such appalling behaviour in public places. One warning, then ban them till they grow up.