A white phone box today!
(Coordinates 53°84’11.8″N, 0°42’66.0″W.)
This is one of the famous white/cream phone boxes in the Hull area (and I think it’s the first I’ve collected). A bit of info about these boxes’ history here.
There’s an actual phone inside this one, which isn’t surprising due to the unique local history and subsequent preservation.
Another defib box today.
(Coordinates 53°67’58.0″N, 0°50’52.9″W.)
This one seems to be kept in fairly good condition in addition to being a useful home for the defibrillator.
A phone box use I don’t think I’ve seen before…
(Coordinates 53°63’77.4″N, 0°50’31.0″W.)
This one is being used as a greenhouse, or it seems that was the idea. In the Street View image from 2021, the plants looked great – but unfortunately by 2022, it looks like they’d all died from neglect 🙁 It would be good if these could be sorted out, as it did look nice originally.
Here’s an interesting-looking grey… um, platinum phone box!
(Coordinates 53°62’52.6″N, 0°48’53.0″W.)
As can be seen in the Street View link, this phone box was still red back in June 2021 – it would have been redecorated for the Platinum Jubilee (hence the platinum paint and flag-looking panels). Mum and Dad reported some bunting having been left inside.
Dad wasn’t sure if this phone box was still in its original place, but the Street View history also shows that it’s been in the same spot since at least 2009.
Another literary village box!
(Coordinates 53°52’48.4″N, 0°42’34.3″W.)
This book exchange is piled fairly high! Some generous donors in the village perhaps.
Some nice plant pots surrounding today’s phone box.
(Coordinates 52°79’84.6″N, 0°06’35.2″W.)
This one is another book exchange. Book exchanges seem to be doing quite well in small towns and villages!
We continue with our collection of East Anglian phone boxes.
(Coordinates 52°67’06.3″N, 0°36’06.3″E.)
This one is a defibrillator box, which is always a good thing! A little bit tatty but it’s great it’s found a modern-day use.
Here’s another East Anglian phone box from earlier this year.
(Coordinates 52°83’40.2″N, 0°58’51.8″E.)
This one’s in a garden so possibly privately owned (there’s a postbox next to it as well). It’s not common but it is nice to see people collecting these things.
Still moving at a leisurely pace through East Anglia.
(Coordinates 52°80’08.8″N, 0°65’05.8″E.)
Another one with a phone still inside! Seemingly next to a former post office site as well, which must have been useful back in the day.
A phone box by a lake today!
(Coordinates 52°77’25.2″N, 0°66’38.6″E.)
It looks a bit more summery in the Street View image.
This one still has a phone inside, which is nice! I’m imagining making a call while looking over the small lake on a sunny day.