A telephone kiosk poster described as a “big blot on the Holmfirth landscape” disappeared from public view several days after publication on the Holmfirth website.

An email from local Flush House resident Marjorie Briggs said:  ”We were quite amused by your little story about the hiker complaining about the poster in our local phone box. But even more surprised when the poster vanished just a few days after your story appeared!

“We too had noticed the poster advertising places at a Leeds Trinity College, in fact we always thought it was strange to promote this in a tiny rural area.  It appears every year, but this is the first time it’s been removed so quickly. Either it was a group of irate hikers, or BT who saw your article on the website!”

The original story, which can be seen lower down the page, also generated a few emails from Valley readers.  J Carruthers said the same offending poster showing “grinning students” can be seen in a phone kiosk in the Washpit area of Dunford Road, Holmfith.

And two readers emailed Holmfirthweb.com about a kiosk poster advertising an out of date film on Flint Lane, near Crow Edge, above Holmfirth. One of the emailers,  Richard Johnston, said:  ”Not withstanding the fact he film has already been and gone, it is quite ridiculous to promote films in a quite corner of the Holme Valley, after all we’re not in Hollywood.”