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Local history
I was working in the stores for the Bexleyheath Heritage Trust yesterday and came across this old telephone switchboard…
TV
From the mini-series Spies of Warsaw (2013, set 1930s), staring man of the moment David Tennant…
Off topic – sort of
This article isn’t exactly about phone boxes but the first paragraph does indicate how they were once an integral part of life…
Film
Another one from cinema. This still is taken from the horror movie Creep, which is set in the London Underground. Of course it’s horror so the phone doesn’t work…
TV
All of a sudden I see loads of phone boxes on the small screen. I guess they are still an integral part of the modern world.
Vegas, (2012) S1 E5:

In the flesh, (2013) E3:

Shetland (2013):

Another from ‘Shetland’. I like this because it shows clearly why it is unlikely we will ever see the end of the phone box and landline, at least in some parts of the world.











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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