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Phone boxes face removal as usage declines

Hannah Lucas
BBC News
BBC / Crispin Rolfe 66-year-old Nigel Charlton in front of a white phone box, with cash machine stickers on it. Nigel has rosy cheeks and is looking into the camera, wearing thin-framed grey glasses with clear lenses, a purple t-shirt and a white panama hat with a black ribbon around it. His right arm is raised. BBC / Crispin Rolfe
Kirton resident Nigel Charlton says he believes phone boxes are "ancient"
Crispin Rolfe
BBC News

They once played a key role in communication across the UK but, over the years, many telephone boxes have disappeared. Two more could soon be gone in North Lincolnshire.

There are plans to remove the phone boxes in Kirton in Lindsey and Barrow upon Humber, which are owned by telecommunications company BT, because the firm says they are "not used enough".

The number of BT-operated payphones in the UK peaked at about 92,000 in 1992. Today, there are just 14,000 working ones left.

Kirton in Lindsey resident Nigel Charlton, 66, said he would not miss the village phone box. "They're ancient. They belong in a museum, don't they":[]}