Yup - we still have a working (and officially maintained) red phone box in
our village. I've seen it used once in the 3.5 years we've lived here, but
I know before we arrived the village heritage society acted to keep it
alive. The alternative was to buy it for £1 and turn it to alternative
usage. Some places have made them into mini lending libraries, info
booths, antique display cabinets, ...
jez
On 7 September 2016 at 06:29, Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> There is not phone in the booth, it is pure decoration.
> There are still a few phone booths around in some countries, but I have
> not seen anyone using them for years.
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
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> > Yes, I noticed that as well. I wonder if the phone in there (assuming
> it has one) actually works.
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> > On 9/5/2016 3:15 PM, Moose wrote:
> >> On 9/5/2016 12:07 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> >>> I have been attending a conference at Oxford University’s Pembroke
> >>> College since Saturday. Yesterday morning I woke up early and went for
> >>> a walk around town. It was raining lightly but things improved. Six
> >>> images from that walk:
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> >>> The square where Pembroke College is located, at the start of my walk:
> >>> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-Lp29CJW/A
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> >>> A nearby street, a little later; by now the rain had stopped:
> >>> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-PFd8c9h/A
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> >> I like the red "NONSENSE" box.
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> >> No Sense Moose
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