From Derren Brown’s ‘Trick of the Mind’ series, here is the result of one of his mind tricks played out in a phone box at South Bank, London:
Art in a phone box
An art gallery in a phone box! What a great idea.
“We believe the Gallery on the Green is the smallest public art gallery in the world. Certainly it is the only one to be open 24/7 and filled to capacity at least twice a day!!”
For more details on the Gallery on The Green, Settle, UK, click here.
Liverpool Cathedral
This box can be found inside Liverpool Cathedral, England. It was placed here as a memorial to Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, the designer of the red telephone box (thanks to Rodhullandemu for the image, via Wikipedia).
New TV, Old film
The Americans: S1 E1, set in the 1980s.
The Americans: S1 E4. Spies and phones go together. This is just one of a number of examples in the series.
The Boys from Brazil: 1978.
Dungeness, Kent
Coins not accepted in this corner of Kent.
Local history
I was working in the stores for the Bexleyheath Heritage Trust yesterday and came across this old telephone switchboard…
History
While in Bern (lovely city) we visited the Museum of Communications. Here are some shots of historical phone equipment.
Switzerland
We recently spent a few days in Switzerland. There weren’t many phone boxes about but here are a couple. Note: check the destination of one of the local buses.
Bern
Bern
Bern
Thun
Thun
Police Box
I’m not sure why it’s taken me so long to include the classic police box/TARDIS on the blog. Here is a garden shed variety…
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