Because of its central role in the movie “Local Hero,” a phone booth in Pennan, Scotland has become one of Scotland’s leading tourist attractions. While many calls come in to this phone, however, few calls seem to go out, causing concerns that this phone would be purged along with other money-losing phone boxes throughout the country.
BT states there are no plans to remove this phone:
“A BT official spokesman wanted to make it clear that there are no plans to close the Pennan box, – or any other kiosks in Scotland.
“He said: ‘We are committed to keeping these rural boxes open. There was a five-year programme to thin out the least used boxes, but that is finished.'”
Too bad we don’t have a photo of this famous phone box. Is it really the most famous phone booth in existence? It’s debatable, but hey, why not?