I love the little solar panel on this box in Whitstable.
Category Archives: Geography
A few new images for the blog
Lerwick news
I was listening to a Mark Steel’s In Town podcast and this news item was mentioned:
Person freed from Lerwick phone box by firefighters
from Shetland News 1 July 2025
A LERWICK phone box had to be cut by firefighters after a report of a person becoming trapped on Monday night.
One fire crew from Lerwick and an ambulance were called to the scene outside Freefield pharmacy at around 5.10pm, responding to a report of a female trapped in the area.
The female was taken into the care of the ambulance service.
Local reports said the person was trapped between the phone box and the wall on Burgh Road, but Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) said it had not been given details from local firefighters as to whether this was the case.
SFRS said the scene was made safe and that the phone box had been removed, before the scene was cordoned off, however the photo above shows the phone box was still in place as of Monday evening.
Firefighters left the scene at 6.21pm.
Marrakesh Telecoms Museum
On our recent trip to Marrakesh we came across this small museum in the Medina. It’s near a nice park and worth a visit.
Apopogises for the glare in the photos – there was a lot of glass about.
Not in the museum but in the Medina…
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Greenhouse phonehouse
Visited the William Morris Gallery in Walthamstow, London, yesterday. They’ve done a very cool thing with the phonebox at the front of the property – turned it into a greenhouse.
Yorkshire Dales
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?
Recent activity
Switzerland, Biel and Magglingen.
Contributions
Thanks to Shiraz for these wonderful photos, taken on London streets:
Sandwich
Today we took a drive to check out Sandwich and came across an enclosed phone box and a few standard ones. Here are a couple of photos.
A few more from around the place
‘One year +76’ march, London
A couple of weekends ago saw a march in London, in support of the Palestinian cause. These photos were sent in by Shiraz Chanawala, who attended the march. I’ve included many of his photos are they are too good not to share. Thank-you Shiraz.
