Monday, 16 September 2019

END OF AN ERA AS BT PREPARES TO 'HANG UP' ON NINE TELEPHONE KIOSKS

AT least nine telephone kiosks are set to disappear from the streets of the Grimsby area  in the coming weeks.

BT has notified  North East Lincolnshire Council that, subject to no overriding objections,  it intends to remove those at the following locations:

* Bethlehem Street
* Yarborough Road
* Louth Road
* Second Avenue
* Laceby Road
* Cromwell Road


The same fate beckons for the kiosk in Healing plus  those in  Station Road, New Waltham, and Middlethorpe Road, Cleethorpes.

Says a BT spokesman: "Overall use of payphone has declined by  over 90 per cent in the last decade, and the need to provide them for use in emergency situations is diminishing all the time.

"As long as there is network coverage, it is now possible to call emergency services using a mobile provider."

The company says the redundant kiosks  will be made available - for just £1 each -  to community groups "as an asset that local people can enjoy".

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