1. I want to talk a bit about the birdhouse libraries of Regina.pic.twitter.com/FzkYdgKV5Z
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1. I want to talk a bit about the birdhouse libraries of Regina.pic.twitter.com/FzkYdgKV5Z
2. One of the peculiarities of Regina, Saskatchewan is that the locals use birdhouses to store their books.pic.twitter.com/COZ8DrbLhk
3. People mistakenly think these are part of some sort of Free Little Library movement. That's an error.http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/saskatchewan/book-exchange-catches-on-in-regina-1.1173508 …
4. While they might now be used to share books, the actual origins of this go back to the misplaced Anglophilia & Bardology of late 1900s.
5. Frank Dewdnoy, first mayor of Regina (1882-1904) share the Victorian passion for amateur birding & Shakespearepic.twitter.com/a47o0eUshi
6. Upon becoming Mayor, Dewdnoy put in town charter an ambitious program to bring every bird mentioned in Shakespeare to Regina.
7. To further the plan, Dewdnoy had the town finance building of hundreds of birdhouses in the city's core.
8. The Shakespearen birds were brought in mass in 1897 to mark Victoria's Diamond Jubilee
9. Unfortunately, the founders of Regina hadn't factored in climatic differences between Saskatchewan & England. Many birds died. A horror.
10. The residence of Regina were left with many empty, forlorn birdhouses, mute testaments of their folly.
11. As a kind of mourning ritual, Reginans started storing their books in these now useless birdhouses. At first Shakespeare, then all books
12. Over time, the tragic origins of these bookhouses were forgotten & they evolved into free libraries to share books.
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