Wanted: suggestions for new uses for two of Sidmouth's red phone boxes

The two red phone boxes in Sidmouth's Market Place are to be taken over by the town council after BT said they're no longer needed as public telephones.

The company has offered the council the chance to 'adopt' the boxes for a nominal charge of £1 each, and last night (Monday, April 19) councillors unanimously agreed to take up the offer.

The question now is, how could they be used? The council is inviting suggestions.

A former phone box in Sidbury has been turned into a mini book swap site. In other towns they're being used as libraries, defibrillator stations, or planters for decorative flowers.

In Kingsbridge, a phone box was decked out like a nightclub with a glitter ball, disco lights and a music system, and people could pay £1 a time to listen to songs – naturally including Blondie's Hanging on the Telephone and ELO's Telephone Line - with the proceeds going to a local charity.

What would you like to see being done with the Market Place phone boxes? Email your suggestions to [email protected]