Category: Old Stuff

Bit of a ramble today to update about what will be coming for future phone box posts!

I’m up to date with the phone box logging as it stands, but have quite a few boxes in my notes that for various reasons I wasn’t able to photograph. I have plans to ‘collect’ some of them later this year but for now I have logged everything (bar one or two photos for which I need to do a bit more research).

The long-promised phone box map – if you’ve been following for the last few months you’ll know that all phone box posts are now complete with coordinates, so they’re ready to go once I start working on this project! The question is when I’ll have time to do so, but I might be able to get a better sense of that during an upcoming writing retreat.

After a multi-year break I am back marathoning Doctor Who again, so there will be an eventual return to my sub-series of ‘The Wrong Phone Box’ posts. I also have one or two videogame phone box features in the planning.

I also still need to do this book review I promised over four years ago 😬 plus at least one post about other phone box paraphernalia I have in the house!

Lots in the pipeline, but it will be a bit quiet for the next few weeks. Hoping to keep sharing progress though!

Following my discovery of the black K-series homage phone box in Middlesbrough, sparking a memory of the one in Bradford, I realised I was also running past one with my running club every Sunday!

(Coordinates 54°97’21.4″N, 1°61’71.1″W.)

Still not got round to researching these, but I will!

And we’re done! The final four boxes that needed coordinate links have had them added today: here, here, here and here.

I suppose I’d better get back to making that map soon!

Coordinate links added for five more phone boxes today: here, here, here, here and here. All still in one piece as far as I can see!

Five more to go (I think).

Another five phone boxes updated with coordinate links today: here, here, here, here and here. A happier session this time round, with all five boxes still in place and one having become a defibrillator box!

10 more to go.

Across the road from last week’s phone boxes, I also found one of these more modern black phone boxes (as previously seen in Bradford) that pay homage to the original K-series design!

(Coordinates 54°57’62.3″N, 1°23’39.9″W.)

I’ll need to do some more research on when these ones were installed!

I spotted this lovely smart row of five when in Middlesbrough this last weekend!

(Coordinates 54°57’60.9″N, 1°23’34.8″W.)

They look like more of a decorative piece in this location next to the town hall. Great to see them being maintained so nicely!

A bit of news on a phone box auction this week.

Phone boxes are expensive! I’d still love one for my garden though 😀

Back to the prep for the long-awaited phone box map while I’m taking a break from new boxes. Today I’ve added coordinate links for the Upper Street boxes from November 2016: here, here, here, here and here. (Plus a sad realisation that one of them is no longer in situ!)