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On the little screen
Various appearances
Here’s another story I’ve just come across:
In Vermont, pay phones return free of charge in cellular dead zone
by: AMANDA SWINHART, Associated Press, 22 Jul 2025
TUNBRIDGE, Vt. (AP) — An electrical engineer by trade, Patrick Schlott has spent countless hours tinkering with new and old technology. But it wasn’t until he found himself living in rural Vermont that he realized his penchant for repairing old pay phones could provide a public service.
“I realized, wow, there’s no cell service for 10 miles (16 kilometers) in either direction,” he said. “The community could really benefit from something like this.”
For the full article please go to ABC4 Utah: https://www.abc4.com/news/national/ap-vermont-engineer-revives-pay-phones-for-free-calls-in-areas-with-poor-cell-service
A Hull post box and a telephone kiosk have been painted gold…
From the BBC, 12 August 2012
Luke Campbell: Hull honours Olympics boxing gold medallist
A Hull post box and a telephone kiosk have been painted gold to honour Olympic boxing champion Luke Campbell.
The 24-year-old beat the Republic of Ireland’s John Joe Nevin in the bantamweight final on Saturday to win the gold medal. KC, which runs the city’s telephone network, has painted the kiosk nearest to his boxing club gold in his honour. Royal Mail has painted a post box near the fighter’s Hessle Road home, as well as issuing a commemorative stamp.
For the full article please go to the BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-19232488
Phone box as art
This installation appeared in my town of Gravesend. This image is from promotional material from the Estuary Festival – https://www.estuaryfestival.com/
Phone box baby
A man abandoned as a baby in a phone booth 64 years ago is about to meet his birth mother…
Read the full article on the Daily Mail – https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-6079245/Man-abandoned-baby-phone-booth-meet-mother-taking-ancestry-DNA-kit.html
How much for a Mark 6 in 1971?
source: Science Museum archives
Local news
Residents left briefly without power after tractor hit telephone box near Kent village
By Mary Harris, 10 Jun 2025
A tractor hitting a telephone box in a village near Maidstone left customers briefly without power. Kent Police was called to near Mereworth at 1.10pm on Monday (June 9) after the incident…
For the full article please go to Kent News: https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/residents-left-briefly-without-power-10253585
Reader Contribution
Thanks to Shiraz for these wonderful photos, taken on the streets of London:
This, I’d love to try – Luckett Phone Box Red
Phone box chat
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