Library in a Telephone Box!
Residents of the village of Westbury-sub- Mendip in Somerset, England were upset when their mobile library was cancelled, since the nearest library is four miles away.
The residents’ solution was to purchase one of British Telecom’s famous “red phone boxes” for the sum of one pound. Wooden shelves were installed and the villagers donated books. The “library” is now open twenty four hours a day and has a rapid turn over.
Now other communities have decided to open their own local libraries and so far British Telecom has had 770 applications from communities to “adopt a box”
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By Sally, January 5, 2010 @ 6:02 am
2 thoughts:
1-Brilliant. What a clever solution and showcase of ingenuity.
2-Four miles is *nothin* in the States! lol