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Lots of tv viewing lately
More than a phone box
I’ve been watching season 1 of the tv series Anne Rice’s ‘Talamasca‘ and the iconic red UK phone box plays a big role as part of the drop box system:
Some more tv scenes
You can rely on an Agatha Christie production to have a telephone scene.
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Yes, it’s wrong to vandalise a phone box but…
I found an short folk horror film from 1978 on You Tube called ‘Tarry Dan Tarry Dan’ (Scarey Old Spooky Man). It focuses on a small group of mid-teen boys who at one point are discussing the elderly tramp who is well know in the village. At 29 minutes in, they say the following, with the second boy making fun of the first…
“There’s something evil about that old guy. I can feel it. Sense it somehow”
“Yeah, yeah, he vandalises phone boxes didn’t you know”
The 1970s was definately a more innocent time…in some ways. The story is really quite disturbing and I doubt it would be seen fit for children these days.
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I love the little solar panel on this box in Whitstable (hard to see in the photo though).
Images taken by me watching tv:
Phone boxes bring people together
Here is an excellent little story, in the form of screenshots, from Susan Calman, appearing recently on QI.
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Recent snippets
I’ve been squirrelling away phone things…
Some recent TV
On the little screen
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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