19/02/2015

BT Order Removal Of Phone Box 'Library'

Telecoms company BT have ordered the removal of books from a "phone box library" in South Bar, Banbury in Oxfordshire.

A note affixed to the working phone box from BT, states they are "concerned the books and shelving could cause injury if they were to fall," and gives a deadline of 03 March.

According to reports local residents have said that BT is "being silly" by asking them to remove the 40 books currently available from the 'library'.

(MH/IT)

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