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Villagers in Britain"s Westbury-sub-Mendip...

Residents of the Somerset village bought a disused booth from British Telecom for $1.65, put up shelves and set up a mini-library with books ranging from cooking to classics and fairy tales.

The library is open 24 hours a day. The library also offers DVDs and CDs.

This is not the first time an old red telephone booth has got a new lease of life. Some booths have been turned into art or design projects and some have even been made into showers or toilets.

MOSCOW, December 1 (RIA Novosti)




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