Telephone Kiosk Interest

planenut · 16th February 2016, 09:19

The standard telephone kiosk was a lifesaver in it's time, to an extent some communities still think of it as such but that's more in relation to it's new content, so this item is interesting

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-32315904

When I was at Universal Studios Orlando last month, though it is part of the Harry Potter attraction, it was amusing to me to see people having their photographs taken, standing by one of our telephone kiosks.

ratchet · 16th February 2016, 09:28

They used to be available for a few hundred quid.

At the time many were converted into showers or fish tanks........... I wouldn't fancy my chances of getting one into my bathroom though

stevenicks · 16th February 2016, 10:32

There is one in a small village close to Brecon, it has the old black phone and A and B buttons. It also has an original phone book. It is located in a front garden next to the pavement and secured with a padlock.

macafee2 · 16th February 2016, 13:20

They are like the old routemaster busses, an icon, part of Britain.
The new phone boxes never had the charector of these old red ones.

macafee2

trebor · 17th February 2016, 20:41

There is one outside a building I work in in London when I have to be down there, my boss works there full time and reckons he is one of the most photographed people on the planet as he has to go outside to smoke and stands by it so gets in the background of hundreds of photos taken by tourists from all over the world.

Avoncroft museum has a great collection of old ones

reworht · 18th February 2016, 10:01

We've got a slightly different one just up the road at Fangdale Beck in Bilsdale:

..... a green one. Originally painted that colour to avoid spoiling the National Park with a large blob of red in the countryside

planenut · 18th February 2016, 10:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by reworht

We've got a slightly different one just up the road at Fangdale Beck in Bilsdale:

..... a green one. Originally painted that colour to avoid spoiling the National Park with a large blob of red in the countryside

Is it green inside too?

trebor · 18th February 2016, 18:51

We need a Gold Olympic post box now surely

CimmaronG · 19th February 2016, 11:57

Whilst on holiday in Portugal, we visited a spa town where they had imported a telephone box, couldn't believe it when we saw it, all that way to see a phone box...

reworht · 19th February 2016, 17:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by planenut

Is it green inside too?

That's a very good question - next time I go to Helmsley I'll stop and check

16th February 2016, 09:19	#1
planenut Regional Secretary Rover 1.8T Tourer Join Date: May 2007 Location: Heathrow Posts: 6,971 Thanks: 1,551 Thanked 2,036 Times in 1,264 Posts	Telephone Kiosk Interest The standard telephone kiosk was a lifesaver in it's time, to an extent some communities still think of it as such but that's more in relation to it's new content, so this item is interesting http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-32315904 When I was at Universal Studios Orlando last month, though it is part of the Harry Potter attraction, it was amusing to me to see people having their photographs taken, standing by one of our telephone kiosks.

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stevenicks This is my second home MG ZT 180 Auto / Rover 75 2.0 Diesel Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Brecon. Posts: 7,465 Thanks: 3,297 Thanked 1,666 Times in 1,264 Posts	There is one in a small village close to Brecon, it has the old black phone and A and B buttons. It also has an original phone book. It is located in a front garden next to the pavement and secured with a padlock. __________________ "You're Not Laughing Now Are You?" Steve

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trebor This is my second home Rover 75 CDTi Connoisseur SE & MG ZT Saloon 190 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Coven Posts: 12,523 Thanks: 526 Thanked 1,877 Times in 885 Posts	There is one outside a building I work in in London when I have to be down there, my boss works there full time and reckons he is one of the most photographed people on the planet as he has to go outside to smoke and stands by it so gets in the background of hundreds of photos taken by tourists from all over the world. Avoncroft museum has a great collection of old ones __________________ www.midlandsnanomeets.co.uk Robs Car Gallery Coven near Wolverhampton WV9 2000 Cowley Built Rover 75 2.0 V6 Club SE/ Atlantic Blue/ Sandstone/Walnut (daily driver) 2003 Land Rover Freelander 1 TD4 HSE Helsinki Blue/Black Leather (swmbo daily driver)

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