Telephone Kiosks making NEWS! BREAKING NEWS! [1] Desert desserter...   [2] A different angle... [3] Paleface meets the Redskins... [1] No, they haven't actually gone the whole hog and developed an invisible kiosk. This WAS the site of the only phone booth in the 1.5-million-acre Mojave National Preserve, until removed by Pacific Bell . Read about it HERE. [2] Forget the Tower of Pisa and check out this listing, listed building, in Petersfield, Hants. Click the pic to find out more! Daily Express, 17/02/03. [3] The town of Hull has it's own phone network - Kingston Communications; BBC News item, Monday, 6 March, 2000. Read about it HERE.   [4] BT, can you spare a dime? Source: GEEKZONE [5] "It wasn't me, wise Guy!" [6] Mobile madness! [4] Cash machines - yet another use for our doomed domed friends. Read about it HERE. [5] Kiosk vandalism on Bonfire Night; BBC News, November 5, 2003. Read about it HERE. [6] The demise of a British icon - British Telecom plan to scrap 10,000 phoneboxes because of lost revenue as a result of mobile phones. BBC News, Friday, 27 August, 2004. Read about it HERE. [7] Welsh boxes scrapped.   [8] Christmas Box for Tom Jones.   [9] Record Breakers! [7] 1 in 5 call boxes in Wales are to be scrapped; BBC News, August 5th, 2004. Read about it HERE. [8] Nicholas Cage returns Tom Jones' Jubillee Kiosk as a Christmas present after purchasing the singer's LA home where it had stood beside the swimming pool. Read about it HERE. [9] "A Belfast theatre group has broken the world record for the number of people that can fit into a phone box. Fourteen people squeezed into a phone booth on Edinburgh's Royal Mile at 1300 BST on Tuesday, beating the previous record of 12 set in Germany in 1997," as reported in Pakistan's DAILY TIMES. COMMENT: I guess the demise of the traditional payphone kiosk has become inevitable due to the popularity of mobile phones. However, I have wondered, over recent years, just who at BT was orchestrating the proliferation of KX100 boxes (often in groups of four) when such a change in telecommunications was evident. Music-downloading, Wi-Fi, and ATMs may delay the extinction of the phonebox, but perhaps only continuing mobile phone health scares can reverse their demise. If you are interested in preserving Britain's phoneboxes, join a forum or campaign at RED 4 HERITAGE (below). DISCLAIMER: All opinions expressed in the text are mine alone, unless otherwise stated, and are not necessarily shared by any of the other contributors. Ian McPherson is NOT responsible for the content of external sites linked to, either directly or indirectly, from Kiosk Korner. Kiosk Korner © Ian McPherson, 2004.