reading

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] We just love reading at Blackpool Social Club, so it was a privilege to be invited to the launch of our town’s literacy strategy, which took place last Thursday in the spectacular Spanish Hall in the Winter Gardens. [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Frank Norris MBE was the first speaker in his capacity as Chair of the Blackpool Education Improvement Board.  Frank is keen on embracing new technology and stressed that reading ebooks and using tablets was still reading, and to be encouraged not criticised.  He also talked about the impact of literature on his personal development, including when he raided a copy of The…