A classic London sight
We are so used to the phone box in London, we pass it by without a thought. It is a perfect example of functional design, and all attempts to find a more up to date replacement have failed. Made me laugh when they discovered that traffic noise stopped them from using a plain hood.
posted by Ham at 01:24 --
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And where would Dr. Who be without one?
Michael, LOL!
Ham, today I have one last tie-in to photos from LDP. I think London and Seattle are not the only places that have these, and am wondering if others have photos form their cities.
Hope your Sunday is relaxing,
-Kim
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These phone boxes look fabulous, the colour, the windows... Very cool
Kim -- I think I saw these phone boxes in Hong Kong years and years ago.
Anyway on my recent visit home (i.e., London) a couple of weeks ago, I don't remember seeing a single one of these older phone boxes (but I did see a truly cool Victorian pillar box. Are the red phone boxes getting more rare, Ham?
I saw one by Parliament Square last month.
I heard that they were going the way of the double decker buses...is it true?
Wonderful !
Is that a swinger road ? :-)
They ripped out a lot of the old boxes, but discovered that the modern things they put in their place didn't work as well. I don't think there are any plans to replace any more, but the future of call boxes is uncertain, the income from them has plummeted as a result of the mobile phone.
Chris, what is a "swinger road"?
Eric - that's a cue for tuesday's post - all will be revealed.