I have posted before on Canna's red phone box, once a communications oasis in a large area of the Hebrides with no mobile phone coverage (see this link). On many occasions it was the only place I could call home during a Hebridean cruise.
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| The Canna box (about three years ago) |
It was not only myself that found the phone useful. In 2009 a 100+ million dollar business deal was concluded here (see this link).
Sadly, the phone, installed in 1955, was not destined to reach its 60th birthday. On a visit to Canna last month I found the box to be derelict and rusting away. What was once an iconic site in the isles will soon look like the moldering boxes on Scarp and Soay.
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| Canna box - August of 2015 |
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| Canna Box
Update: When I visited Canna in May of 2016 I was happy to see that the phone box had been repaired.
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