Thursday 21 January 2016

Weather Vanes and a Telephone Box with a difference


As we were walking this afternoon I noticed that there were a lot of buildings with weather vanes (sometimes called wind vanes or weathercocks). A weather vane is an instrument that shows the direction of the wind and are typically used as architectural ornaments on the highest point of a building. They are generally decorative and the most common ones feature the traditional cockerel with letters indicating the points of the compass.


The six that we saw today all featured different symbols (including the traditional cockerel).





















And now to the telephone box. What can be different about a telephone box? Well this one was situated in a small village and had been turned into a library. What a great idea. There was a notice on the box telling you where to go to obtain the combination for the padlock if you wanted to swap a book and in these days when libraries are closing down all the time because of financial implications it was great to see the villagers had come up with their own solution.





I am planning to weed my massive collection of paperbacks, especially as I read a lot on Kindle these days, although I find it difficult to let books go (not that I am planning on losing too many) so have decided I will donate them to the telephone box library.

Until next time ....

10 comments:

  1. Some great weather vanes, there are a lot around here that people have put on their sheds, a nice touch. I love the idea of using a redundant telephone box as a book swap.

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  2. These phone box libraries are popping up everywhere - I keep hearing of them on blogs and such, they're a brilliant idea!

    I love a bit of weather vane spotting and seeing all the different animals etc they have on them. There's a Derbyshire near me which has golden locust as its weathervane (I'm sure it's been on my blog at some point!)

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  3. What a great collection of weathervanes and how great that they are all different. Obviously very popular in your part of the world. I have been trying to institute a phonebox library in our village, but to no avail! I think they are a great idea. xx

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  4. You certainly spotted some lovely weathervanes - the fox is my favourite. I've never seen a telephone box library in real life, and wondered how they operate. I like your idea to give your unwanted books to the library.
    Cathy x

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  5. I love weather vanes. I have often hankered for one on my roof..I think a witch riding her broomstick would be appropriate for me! Love the phone box library. What a great idea. B X

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  6. The weather vanes are very interesting. I will pay more attention to the ones in our area. The phone box library is a clever idea. What a fun way to find a good book to read. Lisa

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  7. I loved seeing all the different weathervanes. And, what a fabulous idea for a book lending library! I hope you are having a good week. My best to you, Pat xx

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  8. I like the horse weather vane best. Great idea that telephone box library, wish we had one near us. I'm like you, I find it hard to get rid of books, even though I'll never read them again. I find an author I like, then start collecting their books, then I have another shelf full of books! Xx

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  9. Love the weathervanes! Such a good use of the phone box - maybe without the books the box would disappear and that would be a shame, especially in the snow! x

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  10. I think that the telephone box library is a fabulous idea!
    Liz

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