Tag Archives: UK
Art connections
Screenshots: Covid 19 viewing
More screen time is ahead of me in the coming months. I’m normally don’t sit in front of the TV for too long but as I’m trying to do my civic duty and not leave the house, this will be difficult. Here’s a few to start the next phase with:
I like that in Supergirl we see a photo of a couple on someones phone with the indication that the photo was taken in the UK, thanks to the iconic, red phone box in the background.
Telephone Kiosk collection (6) – various
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Tagged heritage and history, UK
UK locations
Smithfields in London
My husband sent me the top photo, from Smithfields market, as he walked home this Christmas Eve. Then I saw the following article online, from that morning, also at Smithfields:
Telephone Kiosk collection (5) – Police boxes
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Telephone Kiosk collection (4) – the K series
K1 
K2 
K3 
K4 
K5 
K6 
K7
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Telephone Kiosk collection (3) – RAC
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Telephone Kiosk collection (2) – AA sentry boxes
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Music box
I was listening to Radio 6 this morning and came half way into an interview with Pete Paphides. They were talking about his new book “Broken Greek”. What caught my ear was him talking about how, when he was young (I gather the ’70s as ABBA was mentioned) he would get money from his Mum to go to the phone box outside the fish and chip shop and listen to music. There was a 3 digit number you could ring that would play a different pop song every day. How fabulous.
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Tagged music, UK, urban