Fish and Chips

A few days ago we all went to Herne Bay for an evening by the seaside. We walked along the sea for a little, then went for some greasy (very) fish and chips and after we played on the slot machines near by.

Very traditional and fun.

Telephone Box

I found this phone box in Fordwich.

Here are some facts about the red telephone box:

1. According to Ofcom "there are 67,000 phone boxes in the UK".


2. The original idea came fram a design called K1 and later it was redesigned by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott mid 1920's.


3. They painted it red to make it more visible but a lot of people hated it so much that some areas such as conservation areas, painted their phone boxes in less conspicuous colours. They have now re-painted it in red - to keep within the traditional style!


4. BT, looks after most phone boxes in the UK (64,500) and they say the average annual running costs per phone box are £1,673 and around 42 per cent of its phone boxes are profitable.
   
5. For photos and more history of phonebox visit http://heritage.elettra.co.uk/phonebox/variants.html


6. Do you want to buy a phone box? Where to buy one

Morris Dance

Morris dancers in Canterbury yesterday.