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Yorkshire Dales

Posted on October 26, 2025 | Comments Off

We had a few days in the Yorkshire Dales recently and I was happy to see that the phone box is still very much a part of the landscape.

Here are a few from the Dales in general…

Settle in particular was an excellent find (and referenced in a much earlier post on this blog) – a mini art gallery and the only speaking phone I’m aware of. The voice of George Horner, a Signalman for many years on the Settle-Carlisle Railway, can be heard by dialing the phone. His oral history stories are part of the Bill Mitchell archive and cover a variety of topics such as dealing with snow and tea-making at the signal box. Apologises for the glare on some of the photos.

An update: I found the image below in the Science Museum files. It appears to be an AA telephone handset. Perhaps it was installed inside boxes such as the Aysgarth one shown above?

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Guerrilla initiative utilising phone boxes

Posted on October 26, 2025 | Comments Off

From The Guardian, Oliver Basciano, 20 Oct 2025

Now 600 strong, the Artist Membership Project is helping young artists see exhibitions while dodging hefty entry fees at top British institutions. We meet the founder of the scheme.

On a railing, not far from Tate Modern, is a lockbox. Enter a code and inside is a membership card to the museum, enabling free access to its temporary exhibitions. You get your ticket, you return the card.

The Artist Membership Project, much to the ire of the city’s arts institutions, has been operating for three months with more than 600 members, mostly artists and recent graduates. Curator Ben Broome, who describes the guerrilla initiative as “part mutual aid project, part artwork”, estimates that those signed up have saved thousands of pounds in museum entry fees.

For the full article please go to The Guardian – https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/oct/20/clandestine-guerrilla-scheme-letting-skint-artists-mass-share-gallery-membership-cards

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Tagged art, curiosity, UK, urban

Recent travels

Posted on August 31, 2025 | Comments Off

Berlin (thanks to Mariusz – I think this is one of yours)

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Tagged Brussels, Germany, Switzerland, UK, urban

News

Posted on August 31, 2025 | Comments Off

If you originally posted any of the images taken from social media posts and wish me to remove them, please just ask. I will comply. Don’t be a dick and threaten legal action.

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Phone box chat

Posted on August 11, 2025 | Comments Off

*Thanks to Michelle for permission to reproduce this chat.*

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A Hull post box and a telephone kiosk have been painted gold…

Posted on August 10, 2025 | Comments Off

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

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Local news

Posted on June 28, 2025 | Comments Off

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

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