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THE WORLD’S SMALLEST COMMUNITY CENTRE? The residents of Bushley, near Tewkesbury, have found a new use for their redundant public call box. It is to become the new focal point for the community - and it only cost the villagers £1.00! Bushley’s sharp-thinking parish council acted swiftly when it heard that British Telecom were planning to remove their red telephone box. Councillors thought that the iron and glass cubicle could be put to good use, and contacted BT to ask if they could keep it. They were told it could remain if they stumped up the princely some of one pound sterling. Bushley’s new public amenity No referendum or small lending library. going as to how the box fund raising efforts were Bushley want to install a will be used. needed, so the box was table and display public A village in Yorkshire purchased and is now set information, news from uses its former call box as to become one of the the community - and a tiny grocery store; smallest community even a collection point for another location near amenities in the realm. Tewkesbury Direct! Worcester has its as a Discussion is now on-
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