Local people making their corner of rural Britain unique
This week
SaturdayÌý30 August
Repeated ThursdayÌý4 September
Helen Mark goes on the road with Herefordshire's Mobile Library Service
The mobile library van, like so many rural services, is under threat. Internet delivery services, the popularity of gaming, increases in fuel costsÌýand the decline in the popularity of reading itself have meant that theÌýservice is underÌýpressure to prove its necessity. Could we see a future where the van full ofÌýreading matter is no longer needed, who uses the service now and will they still be borrowing books in years to come?
In Herefordshire the library van has a long history stretching back to it's earliest incarnation as a bread van. The two mobile libraries cover the length and breadth of the county,Ìýserving some of the most remoteÌýspotsÌý from the Malvern Hills to the Black Mountains. Here the van remains a lifeline for rural communities and even a meeting spot on wheels.
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