A TINY Scottish community is celebrating after beating BT's attempts to remove its solitary red phone box – which has had no calls made from it for three years – by barricading it with their cars.
A TINY Scottish community is celebrating after beating BT's attempts to remove its solitary red phone box – which has had no calls made from it for three years – by barricading it with their cars.
good call: Kilmuir resident John Hill said the action to save the phone box showed the strength of feeling about the local landmark in the Black Isle community. Picture: peter Jolly
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David Ross Highland Correspondent
Villagers in Kilmuir on the Black Isle launched the campaign of direct action on the day the communications giant sent a lorry and crane to remove the old-fashioned box from its picturesque location within sight of the Kessock Bridge.
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