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.
Junior Good Citizens
I came across an article in an edition of the ‘BT Today’ magazine, dated August 1991. Here, children (very cool kids from their fashion sense) are being taught how to be good citizens by using the phone to call the police when they come across trouble.
Sir Giles Gilbert Scott
Sir Scott designed the red phone box and while in Scotland I came across anther of his designs – a church tower in Oban, seen below.
Scotland
Lots of phone boxes still around in Scotland. Here are some from Mull and Skye.
Friends and phone boxes
New category
I’ve been playing Candy Crush for probably over a decade and now have found another game to become a little obsessed over – Ghost Detective. Here are some screenshots featuring a phone box – hidden or not.
Leeds social history
The above photo comes from a Guardian article ‘Road to ruins: Peter Mitchell’s crumbling Leeds – in pictures’.
Ahead of myself
I recently came across the following post on FB:
Just now, as I was bringing an old suitcase downstairs, I realised I had placed this same image front and centre on a hatbox that I had covered with postcards (c.1992):
I think I might have done this c. 1992, meaning I was getting ahead of myself. I didn’t start photographing phoneboxes until c. 1997.
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