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Mobile Library out in the community
Unknown, 1955,
Mobile Library out in the community
Mobile Library out in the community
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34758
Title
Mobile Library out in the community
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Unknown
Date
1955
Size
21 x 14.5 cm
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
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The mobile library service first took to the road in 1949 becoming the first service of its kind in Scotland. The first van cost £1,836 and carried around 2,000 books across 10 sites.
The mobile library currently (in 2015) makes 79 different stops across Edinburgh covering areas from Balerno and Ratho to Leith and Restalrig. It also visits sheltered housing and retirement flats where residents can come on to the bus to choose book and books can be delivered straight to the rooms of those living in care homes.
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Edinburgh Libraries - 125 years
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