{"id":17899,"date":"2025-02-27T05:37:14","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T04:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/27\/i-dont-want-it-to-die-one-mans-battle-to-save-the-last-phone-box-in-his-village\/"},"modified":"2025-02-27T05:37:14","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T04:37:14","slug":"i-dont-want-it-to-die-one-mans-battle-to-save-the-last-phone-box-in-his-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/27\/i-dont-want-it-to-die-one-mans-battle-to-save-the-last-phone-box-in-his-village\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I don\u2019t want it to die\u2019: one man\u2019s battle to save the last phone box in his village"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 1935, Derek Harris was born \u2013 and so was the K6 red phone box. Now, Harris is spending his 90th year ensuring this beloved local facility isn\u2019t lost<\/p>\n

The battleground at the heart of a struggle between an 89-year-old man and a multi-billion pound multinational is a small junction in a Norfolk village, where a red phone box stands. And at the red phone box, sheltering from the wind, is Derek Harris. Last month, he learned that BT (formerly British Telecom) was threatening to close the phone box in the village of Sharrington, where he has lived for 50 years, when he saw it on the agenda of the parish council meeting. \u201cI thought: \u2018I\u2019d better do something about this,\u2019\u201d says Harris.<\/p>\n

He has described it as a \u201cDavid and Goliath\u201d campaign. It is that, and \u2013 as becomes clear on this sunlit but biting February day \u2013 so much more. We will talk mortality and reprieves, heritage and value. I\u2019ll leave with a renewed sense of how it\u2019s possible to feel real affection for an inanimate object, and why having a mission matters.<\/p>\n

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\nIn 1935, Derek Harris was born \u2013 and so was the K6 red phone box. Now, Harris is spending his 90th year ensuring this beloved local facility isn\u2019t lost
\nThe battleground at the heart of a struggle between an 89-year-old man and a multi-billion pound multinational is a small junction in a Norfolk village, where a red phone box stands. And at the red phone box, sheltering from the wind, is Derek Harris. Last month, he learned that BT (formerly British Telecom) was threatening to close the phone box in the village of Sharrington, where he has lived for 50 years, when he saw it on the agenda of the parish council meeting. \u201cI thought: \u2018I\u2019d better do something about this,\u2019\u201d says Harris.
\nHe has described it as a \u201cDavid and Goliath\u201d campaign. It is that, and \u2013 as becomes clear on this sunlit but biting February day \u2013 so much more. We will talk mortality and reprieves, heritage and value. I\u2019ll leave with a renewed sense of how it\u2019s possible to feel real affection for an inanimate object, and why having a mission matters. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In 1935, Derek Harris was born \u2013 and so was the K6 red phone box. Now, Harris is spending his 90th year ensuring this beloved local facility isn\u2019t lost The battleground at the heart of a struggle between an 89-year-old man and a multi-billion pound multinational is a small junction in a Norfolk village, where …<\/p>\n

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