They are special and it's great to see them on the streets still. I hope they are preserved or put to a new use, like the one you posted about little while ago.
They're lovely, it would be a shame to get rid of them! Plus, a payphone is always important to have around in case you drop your cell phone into one of London's many puddles :oJ
There's a particularly important red telephone box in the courtyard of the Royal Academy – on the left, just after leaving the road behind. It is made of wood and is one of seven prototypes made by the above-mentioned Giles Gilbert Scott. As far as I know, it is the only example of a listed building within another listed building. Scott derived the iconic domed roof from the mausoleum of another important architect, Sir John Soane: http://www.discoverthereallondon.com/page183.html
Do you know, it never struck me that was the reason! I can't remember the last time I used a phonebox - in the days when we did use them, they always stank of pee as I recollect...
Why are the red telephone boxes still scattered throughout London in an age when everyone has a mobile?
For tourists of course!
Also, for prostitutes.
ReplyDeleteHey, they could turn them into photo booths. Except nobody needs them anymore!
ReplyDeleteYes, of course - and we love them. :-)Dorthe
ReplyDeleteI don't have a mobile, so I might need to use one of these one day.
ReplyDeletebecause ethey are nice;)
ReplyDeleteBeacuse they are wonderful!
ReplyDeleteOh good! I truly would miss them if they were gone.
ReplyDeleteBecause they make you smile
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These telephone boxes were designed by the architect Giles Gilbert Scott .
ReplyDeleteThey are special and it's great to see them on the streets still. I hope they are preserved or put to a new use, like the one you posted about little while ago.
ReplyDeleteLet them stay! I have the one on my bookshelf, it always reminds me of London.
ReplyDeleteI love red telephone boxes. They should be compulsory street furniture in every British city, town and village!! (alongside red post boxes)
ReplyDeletethe iconic box!
ReplyDeleteThey're lovely, it would be a shame to get rid of them! Plus, a payphone is always important to have around in case you drop your cell phone into one of London's many puddles :oJ
ReplyDeleteRed phone booths, double decker buses, Royal Mail boxes, all say England to us colonials. Cool traditions that tourism keeps alive. Cute photo, Mo.
ReplyDeleteI have to admit to having little replicas of these on my shelves and pics to go with them!
ReplyDeleteMo, your first photo is classic. It is a near-monochrome, but with the pop of red on the side. Beautiful composition!!!
ReplyDeleteThere's a particularly important red telephone box in the courtyard of the Royal Academy – on the left, just after leaving the road behind. It is made of wood and is one of seven prototypes made by the above-mentioned Giles Gilbert Scott. As far as I know, it is the only example of a listed building within another listed building. Scott derived the iconic domed roof from the mausoleum of another important architect, Sir John Soane: http://www.discoverthereallondon.com/page183.html
ReplyDeleteDo you know, it never struck me that was the reason! I can't remember the last time I used a phonebox - in the days when we did use them, they always stank of pee as I recollect...
ReplyDeletePhone box must be keep, because if not, where is going to change its clothes Superman? :-)
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