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RE: The Old Dog Discovers: New Life For The Poor Old Obsolete Phone Booth!

in #culture7 years ago

This is one of those great works.

The library is the work of 45-year-old local resident, Sebastian Handley, who purchased the Grade II heritage listed phone box on behalf of the Brockley Society as part of British Telecom's ‘Adopt a Kiosk' scheme. The initiative sees disused classic telephone booths, which are extremely costly to maintain and hence falling into disrepair, sold to local charities for the nominal fee of £1.
Sebastian then used £500 out his own pocket to renovate the booth; install shelving, lighting and carpet; and fill it with books. The micro-library is now heralded as the smallest library in London with a range of some 200 titles from auto-biographies to fiction to guide books. There's even a shelf dedicated to children's literature so even the smallest residents can enjoy visiting the space.
Nice one @kus-knee

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Thanks for sharing this!