New uses for Britain's red phone booths

For some British the quintessential red phone booths may be getting obsolete, thanks to mobile phones. But some crafty people have found a way to repurpose them.

At one point there were around 90,000 red phone booths across the UK, but today there are just 35,000.
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At one point there were around 90,000 red phone booths across the UK, but today there are just 35,000.

A visit to the UK would not be complete without a selfie next to one of the country's iconic red phone boxes. 

But thanks to mobile phones, thousands of these traditional booths have disappeared from British streets. 

But as TRT World's Sarah Morice discovered, some are being saved by crafty people who have found a way to repurpose them.

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