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This morning and every week day morning two volunteers will be trundling out of every library in the borough with a trolley load of orange plastic boxes full of books. This is 'Books On Wheels' run by the R.V.S. (Royal Voluntary Service)in collaboration with the council library service. The librarians have the difficult task of choosing a new selection of books every three weeks for the house bound. A rota of volunteers with private cars take the books out to people's homes.
The grateful recipients may have had an operation or be restricted by the frailties of old age; not always housebound, but unable to manage a long walk to the library and back with heavy books. All sorts of folk sharing a love of reading; the world of books is a wonderful escape and exercise for the brain when your horizons are limited.
The grateful recipients may have had an operation or be restricted by the frailties of old age; not always housebound, but unable to manage a long walk to the library and back with heavy books. All sorts of folk sharing a love of reading; the world of books is a wonderful escape and exercise for the brain when your horizons are limited.
Published on September 23, 2013 02:16
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