Disused call-box turned into worlds smallest lending library – Boing Boing
Disused call-box turned into worlds smallest lending librarySteve sez, "A traditional red phone box has been recycled into one of the UKs smallest lending libraries – stocking 100 books, CDs, and DVDs. The phone booth was bought from British Telecom for £1, and it looks like something right out of a Doctor Who episode." [ed: technically, the Tardis is a police call box, which is green blue, not red] [/comicbookguy]Users simply stock it with a book they have read, swapping it for one they have not…"This facility has turned a piece of street furniture into a community service in constant use."A resident dreamed up the idea when the village lost its phone box and mobile library in quick succession.Phone box has new life as library Thanks, Steve!Image: Phone box and bus stop, Cheriton, Hampshire, a Creative Commons Attribution photo from Mike Cattells photostream