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Perthshire public asked to name mobile library vans to mark 100th anniversary of service

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Perth and Kinross is asking the public to name its three mobile library vans to mark the 100th anniversary of the service. After a century the mobile library continues to bring books and more to local communities, with three vans making over 100 stops across the region every two weeks and travelling tens of thousands of miles each year.The service has been operating since 1921 with the original mobile library a converted Ford van.The first library van held between 800 and 900 books, visited towns and villages across the region.Mobile library drivers Omar, Ted and Scott (a previous mobile library champion) are familiar faces to many, having brought books to more than one generation.

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