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Villagers fed-up with having no library have converted an old phone box into one.
The iconic red kiosk has been kitted out with shelves and crammed with 300 books covering all genres to become what is thought to be Britain's smallest library.
The residents of sleepy Kington Magna, near Gillingham, Dorset, used to face a 10 mile round trip to visit the nearest library.
Then the local parish council bought the redundant phone box in the village for a nominal fee of £1 from British Telecom.
Several ideas for its use were bandied about - including housing a defibrillator or turning it into an aquarium - before councillors settled on a library.
It was then stripped of its phone and filled from top to bottom with books donated by the village's 400 residents.
The former phone box now houses a collection of 300 books stacked on 16 shelves.
Unlike regular libraries, the Kington Magna Book Exchange is open 24 hours a day. The simple operation is based on trust; once someone has finished with a book they return it.
And there's no receptionist to tell visitors to be quiet - although only one person can use it at a time.
Resident Val Mills is the voluntary phone box librarian and replenishes the stock every few months.
Read more here:What a novel idea - villagers transform redundant phone box into a LIBRARY | UK | News | Daily Express
Also :Britain?s Telephone Box Libraries | Amusing Planet
