Phone boxes in Coventry, Shropshire, the Black Country and Staffordshire are being made available by BT.
Dozens of iconic red phone boxes are being offered up for adoption to communities across the West Midlands for £1 each.
Although their number and use has declined in recent years, many of them have already been repurposed by communities.Eighteen of them are in Shropshire, with two each in Coventry, Sandwell, Dudley, South Staffordshire and Telford and Wrekin.The adoption project, run by BT, is open to charities, community councils and local authorities.
Some have been turned into mini libraries, art galleries, or museums, while many house defibrillators.
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