You may recall that during the Scottish Independence Referendum I posted this picture of the phone box outside our house:
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| Happier times back in 2014 |
Well it has gone! Some men turned up with a lorry this morning and took it away. It was pretty tatty so this wasn’t unexpected but usually there is a notice that phone boxes are going to disappear before they snaffle them (as it is possible to “adopt” them) but the first I knew of this was the workmen digging the foundations out. It was then rather unceremoniously lifted on to the truck.
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| GONE! | |
So that's another bit of local history gone for ever. At the rate these are going they will soon be as rare as the old Police boxes. Apart from anything else, the telephone box was a useful landmark when explaining the peculiar numbering system on our road. I'll miss the old thing.
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