My friend Len Barron, who has died of double pneumonia aged 63, was an inspirational part of the Hillingdon Library community in west London and worked at Harefield Library for 27 years. Len inspired many people, especially children, with his love of reading, poetry and the arts. He formed the Harefield poetry group and was a prolific poet himself.
He started working for Hillingdon Libraries as a library assistant in 1993, mainly based in the village of Harefield. Len could have easily been a manager or librarian but he was passionate about being on the frontline. He established a love of reading in generations of Harefield children, through work with the local school next door, teaching them chess, greeting them in the library after school and helping them with their homework.
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