Wednesday, March 02, 2011

Old BT phonebox out - and Spectrum soon I hope!

A derelict BT phone box will be removed from Beddington Gardens in the next few days. The phone box does not work and BT have agreed that it can be scrapped ahead of works to improve pavements, lighting and stopping arrangements in Beddington Gardens.

The council will also relocate two BT phone boxes that are near Boots to a new spot further south in Woodcote Road.

Two more derelict and broken phone boxes close to Barclays Bank are proving to be more tricky to remove. Despite being an eyesore and not working the owners, Spectrum are digging in their heels and asking for compensation for them! We've had problems with a similar company called Interphone in the past and I successfully got their broken phone box removed from outside Chicken Cottage. I think the Council should remove the Spectrum boxes and put them into storage for Spectrum to collect. I’d be interested to know what you think about this idea?

2 comments:

Tim Featherstone-Griffin said...

I'd rather you'd just got rid of Chicken 'Cottage'.

Colin Hall said...

Ah,well I'm afraid that is beyond my control. Sorry Tim. But I will keep on at the tatty phone boxes.