Article in last week’s Guardian advised BT to scrap half of UK’s remaining phone boxes for all the reasons the Cricklewood Town Team have been saying for at least 7 years:
- they don’t get cleaned unless requested
- brothels use for advertising
- they smell
- have flyposting and graffiti,
- no one sees anyone in them (they have never released usage figures even to Police)
- why are there so many, especially in Cricklewood Lane where back to back in a pair.
- eyesore on street scene of Town Centre
After contacting BT, this is their response yet again.
“No phone box in Cricklewood Broadway is on this list. They get used far too regularly and usage is the main criterion we apply when considering the future of a box.
We’re more than a few months away from planning the next stage of our ongoing removal schedule. If, in the future, usage from the boxes in Cricklewood Broadway declines significantly then we’ll remove them.
All boxes in the country are considered for removal.”
Our local businesses and residents want attractive well cared-for streets and public environment that we can be proud of. It is about time BT and Clear Channel removed these unsightly phone boxes which are used for anti-social behaviour.
BT kiosks – Cricklewood – Email: payphones.crs@bt.com
8208 4173 o/s 267 Cricklewood Broadway by British Heart Foundation
8450 5171 o/s 153 Cricklewood Broadway by Nationwide Building Society
8450 9962 corner Walm Lane/Cwood Bway by Slade Court
8830 9153 o/s 11 Cricklewood Lane ) by Lucky Seven Pub
8830 9154 o/s 11 Cricklewood Lane ) 2 kiosks side by side
Clear Channel kiosks – Cricklewood – Email: feedback@nwpstreet.co.uk
8450 9875 o/s 10-12 Cricklewood Bway by Carpet Shop
8450 0141 o/s 63 Cricklewood Broadway by Costa Coffee
8452 2839 o/s 106-108 Cricklewood Bway
8830 5459 o/s 131 Cricklewood Broadway
8208 3569 o/s 195 Cricklewood Broadway by Argos
Clear Channel have replaced so far 2 kioks with these new open pedestal type which are less suspectible to ASB but they have also promised to removed some and replace with a tree.
