Old English Phone Box

English Phone Box, I even remember the "A" "B" buttons but what did they do?

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Maybe they were used by Dr. Who?

Press button A to put your call through when answered. Press button B to get your money back if your call wasn't answered.

phone boxes are meant to be RED!

BigBouncyBall wrote in post #4775845
phone boxes are meant to be RED!

I was about to say precisely these words, but decided to read comments first

BigBouncyBall wrote in post #4775845
phone boxes are meant to be RED!

That depends where you are!

In both Kingston-upon-Hull and on the Island of Guernsey the local authorities never gave up control of the phone service to the Post Office who painted them red. And even then some of their boxes were painted gray where the bright red was felt to spoil the area!

But in Hull the phone boxes are cream while on Guernsey they used to be Yellow but are now blue. Also in London a private telecoms company has added its own black ones to the mix.

Because of the treatment in the photo it feels like one of KC's cream boxes, though you can tell it is not because the ones in Hull do not have the crown on the dome.

Michael.

I've got a green one near me! Here it is (not my photo):

http://www.geograph.or​g.uk/photo/45359

Mike

lol - one of the great hollywood icons has been dashed! All phoneboxes in the UK are red on TV!

By the way, when was the last time you saw anyone use a phonebox. I genuinely can't remember?! Everyone uses mobile phones these days.

I saw someone using a phone box recently on the way home from the pub.

He wasn't using it to make a phonecall though!

Mike

Mike-DT6 wrote in post #4793772
I saw someone using a phone box recently on the way home from the pub.

He wasn't using it to make a phonecall though!

Mike

Hope it was the green one! That's just wrong.