Category: Old Stuff

It’s another of Mum and Dad’s phone box spots!

(Coordinates 56°23’36.5″N, 4°42’86.4″W.)

Interestingly, there are several photos of this phone box online that indicate it was only turned into a defibrillator box at some point between 2016 and 2018. Trossachs Pier is in the middle of nowhere and there seems to be a lot of cycling and other activity going on, so this could be a very useful development.

Another one from Loch Katrine next week.

This is another phone box that Mum and Dad spotted while on holiday – this time in Canada.

(Coordinates 44°17’69.7″N, 81°63’68.2″W.)

When UK councils first started getting rid of red phone boxes, a lot of them got sold abroad as tourist attractions, which is why you sometimes find them outside the UK. Better that someone appreciates them this way than they get thrown into the creepy red phone box graveyard (although I have to confess I would like to visit that graveyard one day).

Something closer to home next week!

Update 2nd April 2026: added coordinate link (and, interestingly, the sign on the side of the pub had changed by 2024).

Today’s phone box is one that Mum and Dad found in Dumfries and Galloway.

(Coordinates 54°91’64.3″N, 3°96’43.2″W.)

Interesting to see that only one of the ‘Telephone’ panels at the top has been replaced with a ’90s-era replacement panel – usually you find that all four get replaced so that it matches more neatly. The phone box is generally in okay condition, but the paint on the door has got very worn.

Incidentally, Google Street View’s image is from April 2009 – that’s nearly a decade ago, so I suppose the Google cars don’t get out into the Scottish countryside very often! – and it’s nice to see that between 2009 and 2016, the phone box’s door was put back on. Well done, Dumfries and Galloway council – nice to see an attempt at phone box upkeep! Maybe you could give it a new coat of paint as well, though?

Update 2nd April 2026: updated coordinate link (the Google cars did eventually return in 2021!).

This is another phone box that Dad spotted while travelling!

(Coordinates 54°99’32.9″N, 1°45’08.2″W.)

You can’t quite get into the ferry terminal on Google Street View, but you can just about see the phone box from the parallel road.

Despite the fact that it’s a local phone box to me, I’ve not seen this one in person, due to the fact that I don’t travel by ferry very often. If I ever do, I’ll look out for it!

Update August 2025: it’s been moved to a different part of the terminal!

Update 2nd April 2026: updated coordinate link.

I’m moving onto a series of pictures of phone boxes that Dad has sent me in the course of his and Mum’s travels. This first one is from Dundrennan in Dumfries and Galloway.

(Coordinates 54°80’88.6″N, 3°94’75.4″W.)

This phone box goes beautifully with the pretty church behind it. Rural boxes in the middle of nowhere, like this one, tend to be less at risk from councils attempting to ‘modernise’ things, so you still see lots of them about.

Update 2nd April 2026: added coordinate link.

This is my most recent phone box find. I spotted it the day we arrived in Bognor for Electric Dreams.

(Coordinates 50°78’65.3″N, 0°67’55.7″W.)

I like phone boxes on railway platforms – they really cheer up the space.

From next week, I’ll be going through a few older phone box photos!

Update 26th March 2026: added coordinate link (you can just see the phone box in the background behind the ‘Welcome’ sign).

Bit of an unusual example to start 2019, as this ‘phone box’ is a sort of artistic replica of a classic K6.

(Coordinates 53°79’27.7″N, 1°75’67.5″W.)

I’m not actually sure what its function is, or why it’s only got two sides, but it is quite aesthetically pleasing!

Update 26th March 2026: added coordinate link.

It’s our last phone box post of 2018, and the last in the series of phone boxes from Islington for now!

(Coordinates 51°53’60.9″N, 0°10’36.7″W.)

You can see from the background that these ones are part of a ‘red phone box/red postbox’ double feature, which is always nice.

We’ll move somewhere else for our first phone box of 2019!

Update 26th March 2026: added coordinate link.