British Phone Booth Converted to Book Kiosk

When villagers in Westbury-sub-Mendip in Somerset, England, found out that British Telecom was sponsoring a contest for creative uses of the phone booths they were decommissioning, Janet Fisher suggested converting theirs to a book exchange kiosk. “We used to have a mobile library here which called once a week on a Monday,” she told BBC Somerset November 24, “but that ceased a few months ago, so it was missed and we’re all readers around here.” The kiosk sits in the Village Square, holds about 100 items, and is quite popular, as evidenced by this photo taken by Bob Dolby of the Parish Council. Users select books (or CDs and DVDs) they want and replace them with others brought from home. The booth cost them £1, but they won £500 in the contest.