We had a few days in the Yorkshire Dales recently and I was happy to see that the phone box is still very much a part of the landscape.
Here are a few from the Dales in general…
Settle in particular was an excellent find – a mini art gallery and the only speaking phone I’m aware of. The voice of George Horner, a Signalman for many years on the Settle-Carlisle Railway, can be heard by dialing the phone. His oral history stories are part of the Bill Mitchell archive and cover a variety of topics such as dealing with snow and tea-making at the signal box. Apologises for the glare on some of the photos.
An update: I found the image below in the Science Museum files. It appears to be an AA telephone handset. Perhaps it was installed inside boxes such as the Aysgarth one shown above?
