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Little Free Library on Desborough Road in Eastleigh

September 20, 2018 By Janet Williams 2 Comments

Summer seems to have gone. According to the BBC, there’ll be rain for many parts tonight, torrential in places. Squally winds in the south. UK flood warnings have been issued.

This morning, however, I saw something heartwarming on my way to work.

Walking past Desborough Road in Eastleigh this morning, I stopped at a house, which has a mini free library in the front garden.

Someone has created this Little Free Library. You can ‘Take a book, read it, put it back, or keep it’.

How many books can get through to you?
How many books can get through to you?

“In the case of good books. The point is not to see how many you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.”

Sharing books with strangers
Sharing books in the neighbourhood
How to decorate your front garden
How to decorate your front garden

On Desborough Road in Eastleigh:

Sharing good books in Eastleigh
Sharing good books in Eastleigh

What a great idea and such an act of kindness. Have you thought of doing something similar?

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  1. Janet Williams says

    September 20, 2018 at 10:06 pm

    Excellent comment from David Lamb:

    @cfordtoday Note excellent idea of Eastleigh Mini Library. Photo I took of phone box free library in my village, Vieux Pont en Auge Worth copying. pic.twitter.com/xfGtv4tRKN

    — David Lamb (@DavidLa82382564) September 20, 2018

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  2. Allison Symes says

    September 20, 2018 at 10:24 pm

    Wonderful idea. Well done to the folks responsible for this. Thanks for flagging it, Janet

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