Double time for autograph hunter

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When he’s not busy stamping books Black Country library manager Paul Voyce is rubbing shoulders with the stars – adding to his collection of thousands of celebrity autographs.

Paul is celebrating 25 years as a librarian and 25 years of collecting autographs.

Mr Voyce has been storing away the scribblings for the past 25 years and has amassed a huge range from big name stars including Paul Newman, Jack Lemmon and Ursula Andress as well as music legends Sir Paul McCartney and George Harrison.

Autograph collecting is a labour of love which sees Mr Voyce travelling across the country to meet celebrities and ask for their signatures.

Over the years he has met a host of famous faces ranging from film actors to sporting and theatrical stars.

When Mr Voyce is unable to meet the celebrities face to face he has a network of friends who travel internationally to track down the autographs. “Big British theatrical actors such as John Mills and Judi Dench are always very humble and amenable,” he said.

Mr Voyce does not even dare keep his precious collection, which at the last count stood at more than 2,000, at home, and stores it at a secret location.

Some of his collection is available at Central Library in West Bromwich.

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