Can you adopt a kiosk? West Norfolk communities invited to take on old phone boxes for new uses Published: 07:00, 16 March 2021
Dozens of villages in West Norfolk are being urged to adopt their old phone boxes for alternative uses in a new drive by BT.
Many communities have already paid just £1 each to take control of their old kiosks for a variety of projects, such as the development of a mini-library in Snettisham last year.
Now, BT has issued a list of dozens of sites in West Norfolk and neighbouring districts which it says are available for different usage, as part of a review of its estate.
Could you adopt a red phone box? Achilleas Papakitsos (centre) serves coffee to customers from a phone box in Guildford. Originally from Greece he was made redundant from his job as a waiter and with a friend, Lily Deluca, purchased a phone box and set up the Lily London coffee kiosk. Gillian Anderson 16 March, 2021 12:03
BT today revealed that five of its iconic red phone boxes in the Derry City & Strabane District Council area are up for grabs as it urges local communities to take advantage of a scheme to help transform them for the 21st Century.
Redundant phone boxes, once a lifeline of communication before the arrival of mobile phone networks, have been transformed into everything from defibrillator units and mini history museums to art galleries and book exchanges.
Could you adopt a phone box?
BT is urging the public to engage in a scheme to help transform them for the 21st century.
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29 traditional red phone kiosks are available to adopt in Mid Ulster and Causeway Coast and Glens as part of a new scheme run by British Telecom (BT) in an effort to redesign the phone boxes for 21st century use.
Community groups can adopt a kiosk as part of the company s Adopt a Kiosk scheme, while they can also be adopted by registered charities or individuals who have a payphone on their own land.