I found this phone box in Fordwich.Here are some facts about the red telephone box:
- According to Ofcom "there are 67,000 phone boxes in the UK".
- The original idea came fram a design called K1 and later it was redesigned by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott mid 1920's.
- 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!
- 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.
- For photos and more history of phonebox visit http://heritage.elettra.co.uk/phonebox/variants.html
- Do you want to buy a phone box? Where to buy one
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Your red phone boxes are just so cute!
I think we've done away with public pay phones already, at least in the streets—I haven't seen one in decades! I guess they just get vandalized or stolen here. =(
Oh great post and fascinating information. I love the British phone box in Britain but do find it strange when people buy them and put them in, say, a California garden.Love your photo.
The red phone booth is almost as iconic for Britain as the Golden Gate Bridge is for San Francisco!
Are they big enough for 2 consenting adult to engage in sexual intercourse on a rainy day?
Hilda
We are very lucky down in Kent as we don;t have much vandalism in comparisson to other places.
Jilly
Thanks. I think we have similar taste because I love your photos too.
Louis
Very true... they are very different in nature but are so symbolic.
Annonymous
I'm not sure but I would say it depends on how slim the adults are. It is surrounded by houses with lots of children around so I would say not very responsible thing to do in such a place, even in a rainy day.
I can't remember the last time I saw a public pay phone. Most here have been removed. These are very pretty, I think. Iconic was a great word, Louie!
Hi Rose, All but gone round here. People bought them and had them installed in the Bath Room as a Shower.This the origin of the term Trunk Call. Like the Photo. Great. (:
We have so precious few here now. They have been replaced by those faceless glass boxes. I do adore them, and post boxes. Real picture postcard image and informative text.
I love the red phone boxes- to me that personifies England!
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