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This was the moment a piece of Saddleworth's history was brought crashing to the ground following a crash.

A silver Vauxhall Astra ploughed into an historic red telephone box in Dobcross on Wednesday afternoon (October 15).

The incident took place at the junction of Ladcastle Road and Dobcross New Road.

Greater Manchester Police says no one was hurt following the collision and no arrests have been made.

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The vehicle involved suffered 'minor damage', GMP says.

But an image from the scene shows the phone box came off far worse.

The UK's red telephone boxes date back to the 1920s.

Following British Telecom's privatisation, the iconic structures were phased out for their boxier replacements in 1985, which b

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