Old boxes have been given a new lease of life by being converted into mini-libraries, art museums, cake shops and even nightclubs.
Communities are being invited to"adopt" BT's famous red telephone boxes - as long as they pay £1.
Across England, 3,683 phone boxes are up for grabs as part of the Adopt A Kiosk scheme - and hundreds more are available in Wales and Scotland. More than 5,800 payphones have been adopted since communities by 2008, and old boxes have been given a new lease of life by being converted into mini-libraries, tiny art museums, information centres and even cake shops.People are finding all kinds of uses for the old kiosks
The scheme was unveiled in response to falling demand for the classic phone boxes, which have become a symbol of Britain.Dramatic growth in mobile phone use has seen the number of calls made from old-fashioned payphones tumble by 90% in the past decade. BT will continue to provide electricity to power the light for adopted kiosks free of charge to communities.
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