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Post office delivers books cash
10:00am Friday 12th March 2010
A BURY post office is proving popular for more than sending letters and parcels.
For customers can buy second-hand books at Ainsworth Road post office for just 50p each.
Lesley Franks, who runs the shop, decided to fill a basket with used books and sell them for charity.
Customers liked the idea so much that they started donating their own books too.
The scheme has raised £885 for Bury Hospice in just two years.
Mrs Franks, aged 53, said: “The customers love buying the books. It’s good to recycle them once they’ve been read.”
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