No change needed: campaigner saves his last local phone box
Reprinted from The Guardian 24 March 2025.
BT had planned to remove the familiar red kiosk in rural Norfolk until 89-year-old Derek Harris intervened.
An 89-year-old man has won his battle to save the last remaining phone box in a village in East Anglia.
Derek Harris learned in January that BT was planning to remove the K6-style box in Sharrington, Norfolk, where he has lived for 50 years. Harris and his fellow campaigners argued it was “an iconic heritage asset” and a vital asset to the community, due to the poor mobile signal in the rural area and North Norfolk having the highest proportion of older residents in England and Wales.
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