Published on 12, July, 2020
I went to St Albans museum today with my parent-in-laws.
They had a small exhibition of Ladybird book art work.
It was a real trip down memory lane, with pictures that I have not seen since Primary school in the 70s.
Those books have just bought back some good and bad memories, In the early 70’s I was taken out of class every day and had my reading lessons in something called ITA English. It was a group of 4 in the cloakroom. I realise now that I most probably am dyslexic, these books really didn’t help. I got to my next school and wasn’t believed that the ITA books existed, they were all Ladybird books. Most books were destroyed after the experiment failed, any remaining copies fetch between £50 - £80.
I ended up collecting Ladybird books when my children were young, it became a bit of an obsession, or as I would now term ‘a special interest’, I had a whole large bookcase filled just with Ladybird books. The children grew older and one day I donated the books to the local charity shop.
Based on what you said about the cinema, I think this exhibition is near to you too... My wife and her family are mostly dyslexic.
I thought I had dropped enough bread crumbs.