I miss the old payphone in Heswall Lower Village.

Back in the day it was very useful.

Living just a few hundred yards away, I could walk down, call my wife in our house and say, "I'm sorry. Forgive me. Please let me back in."

And with that her heart would melt and she'd call the locks man and tell him he didn't have to change them after all.

But the mobile age put paid to the kiosk, and it was decommissioned by BT and put up for adoption.

The Heswall Society stepped forward and adopted the box in 2018, supported by almost £500 in generous donations from readers of Heswall Today, now Heswall Nub News.

The money helped pay the legal fees involved. These were incurred because, unlike most kiosks, the village box does not stand on land owned by the local council.

Now the Society has given the kiosk a new lease of life as a book exchange, with neat shelving and a variety of reading material on offer.

Thanks to the readers who suggested the kiosk could also be home to old DVDs of the movies 'Dial M for Murder', 'Phone Booth' and 'Phone Call From A Stranger'. Any other suggestions gratefully received.

This year marks the centenary of the British telephone box. In 1921 the first white K1 call boxes appeared, fashioned from concrete, and evolved into the cast iron red phone boxes that became so familiar on our streets for so long.

The iconic British red phone box was the result of a competition held in 1924 to design a telephone box suitable for London Metropolitan Boroughs.

Architect Giles Gilbert Scott took the honours and the box, known as the K2, started to be installed in London two years later. It was the Post Office's idea to paint them red. Because of the expense of manufacturing them, not many K2's went beyond the capital.

Hence the Lower Heswall box is a K6. Introduced in 1935 to commemorate the silver jubilee of King George V, it was a smaller version of the K2 and was installed across the country.

It is the most recognised box, if not as coveted as its predecessor.

Giles Gilbert Scott was no stranger to much larger projects - Liverpool's Anglican cathedral is based on his design.

So now you can borrow a book from a piece of architectural history.

Thanks to everyone who made it happen.