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English village to build 'phone throne'

Posted : Tue, 15 May 2007 00:16:01 GMT
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LONDON, May 14 The Chivelstone Parish is shelling out about $200 to build a throne for visitors to stand on to get a cell phone signal in England's East Prawle Village.

Up until now, mobile phone users in the remote village have literally had to stand on an old wooden bridge to get enough signal to make a call, The Daily Mail reported Monday.

Because the parish has been receiving complaints that the bench, which is across from the public bathrooms, is getting damaged, they have decided to build a special "phone throne" for villagers to and visitors to make mobile telephone calls. "Opposite the village green and just a few yards down from the public toilets is a wooden bench and villagers have found that if they climb onto it and face in the right direction they can make a call," said one fed-up villager. "Unfortunately so many of them have been doing it that the bench has been getting damaged," he added. East Prawle has a population of less than 200, two pubs, a shop and a park.

Copyright 2007 by UPI


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