![]() ![]() ‘It’s a bit like back in the day when you would go into Smiths and always, on the top shelf in particular, there would be those magazines. ‘I have heard that there are some salacious books. One resident, who wished to remain anonymous, said they believed it was a prank. ‘We don’t want somebody acting like it’s OK to put porn in a public phone box.’ ‘We don’t want this made into some sort of laughing stock and a sideshow when the underlying issue is actually very important. Mrs North helped find the funds to pay for the telephone box and said it had proved very popular Hampshire county councillor Kirsty North said she hoped the books had been left as a joke. I should think it’s someone’s idea of a joke or maybe it’s someone who doesn’t live in the village.’ It’s unfortunate that this material has been found there. ‘This certainly wasn’t what I had in mind when the village bought the kiosk. ‘It’s close to the primary school so lots of children use it. ‘It’s a well-used community library,’ she said. Mrs North helped find the funds to pay for the telephone box and said it had proved very popular. Residents are able to borrow the books – which include such bestsellers as Carol by Patricia Highsmith and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason – and add a short review when they return them. The phone box was purchased by the council in 2019 after the mobile library service fell victim to spending cuts in the county. Please find another outlet for your collection.’ And some of them are tall enough to reach the shelves where the books for grown-ups are. ‘So if whoever is doing so is reading this, please don’t keep leaving inappropriate books – the majority of visitors to the phone box are children. The parish council issued a plea to residents: ‘We love our red phone box library on Church Street but we don’t love salacious adult literature being left in there. ![]() The shelves lined with thrillers, classic novels and children’s books are, after all, in a converted public telephone box Nearest public library: Bourton-On-The-Water Library, 1.As libraries go, the one in Hurstbourne Tarrant is rather small. Nearest public library: Bishops Stortford Library, 3.5 miles away Hadham Ford / Little Hadden, Hertfordshire Nearest public library: Hunmanby Library, 4 miles awayģ7. Nearest public library: Wells Library, 2.5 miles away Nearest public library: Stockwood Library, 5.8 miles away Nearest public library: Barby Library, 8.2 miles away Links: Warrington Guardian, Warrington Worldwide Nearest public library: Stockton Heath Library, 3.7 miles away Links: This is the West Country, Somerset County Gazette Nearest public library: Taunton Library, 2.2 miles away ( reduced hours due to funding cuts) Nearest public library: Truro Library, 5.3 miles away Nearest public library: Andover Library, 5.3 miles away Nearest public library: Great Shelford Library, 0.8 miles away Nearest public library: Truro Library, 5.3 miles away, fortnightly mobile libraryīooks, shelves: 150 books, 4 shelves, box for kids Links: Apethorpe News (last status update in March 2011)īooks, shelves: 150 books, 5 shelves (only 4 usable) Nearest public library: Oundle Library, 6.1 miles away Nearest public library: Boroughbridge Library, 2.7 miles away Nearest public library: Bungay Library, 5.1 miles away, under threat of closure in January 2011īooks, shelves: 40 books, 5 shelves, box for kids Links: Daily Mail, BBC, This is Somerset, Guardian Nearest public library: Wells Library, 4 miles away ![]() Not all of these have photos, nor have I visited more than a small fraction of them.īooks, shelves: 200 books, 4 shelves, kids box There is one in America, in Clinton, New York, where a K8 unit has been used to create a Book Booth along similar lines.īelow is a list of one hundred phone boxes that have been found across the UK, there may be many more. There are two phone box libraries in Wales (Paen-y-Coed and Brynberian), and one known of in Scotland (Kinnesswood). The area with the most seems to be Somerset where fourteen have been founded, although Cambridgeshire is doing well with eight. The earliest was established in late 2009, and the vast majority in 2011. ![]() The phone box libraries are on average 4.37 miles away from the nearest public library, although a couple are as far away as 12 miles, and a few are as near as a mile away. ![]()
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