The iconic Red phone box is making a come back, this time round – combined with a cash machine. Pictured is Kelly McQuafe using one of the cash machines in Peterborough Cambridgeshire. December 18 2010. There are currently around 12,500 red phone boxes nationwide but over 6,700 are in danger of closure due to a rise in the use of mobile phones. many sold off or decommissioned BT recently revealed that usage of its payphones has halved over the last two years and the telecommunications giant is searching for alternate uses. Earlier this week engineers replaced a phone box in the centre of Peterborough, Cambs., with a red kiosk converted to hold an ATM machine. The box is the second of its kind in the country and if successful it could enable thousands of red boxes to be saved from closure. See masons copy MNPHONE 19 Dec 2010.
