The phone box inside the fabulous Eltham Palace, London.
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SPOILER ALERT (Wayward Pines) further down the page…
More spy action…
Even in the far distant future, on a ruined earth, phones are still working…
Bletchley Park
We took a visit to Bletchley Park over the weekend. Can highly recommend it. Here in a corner by the Mansion I found a phone…
Marriage proposal
The Evening Standard (15 June 2015, p.3) reports of US tourist Stephen Jensen proposing to his girlfriend Megan Shuldes in from of Big Ben (I had just visited Big Ben with family). But for our purposes it was in front of a classic red, telephone box.
Battle
We took a trip to Battle today (think Norman Conquest 1066AD) and came across a phone box tucked into history:
New use for old style
Need juice? Mobile-charging phone boxes planned across London
This week’s best city stories from around the web explore an initiative to transform phone boxes into free mobile-charging hubs across the UK capital, critique New York’s proposed ferry network, celebrate sidewalk gardening in LA and discover the world’s first artificially-cooled outdoor plaza…
(story from The Guardian online)
In the news
I’m sure I woke yesterday to the news that the UK phone box design had won an award but I couldn’t find a recent story – this link is older news but still relevant
Design Museum adds red phone box to collection
And some more phones on tv…
Phone box library
As a former librarian I warm to this story.
Phone box library closure threat angers residents
Book lovers who turned a red phone box into a makeshift library are angry after BT threatened to shut it down due to health and safety fears…














Iconic London
This shot was used to set the scene in London, in an episode of ‘Bones’ from season 4:
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