Flew into Toronto yesterday so the focus right now is on trying to stay awake. I hope to visit the Toronto phone box again once my brain is back in gear, but that will have to wait till next week!
Tag: Red Phone Boxes
Phone Box Thursday: State of the Phone Box
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!
Phone Box Thursday: Newgate Street, Newcastle upon Tyne
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!
Phone Box Thursday: Corporation Road, Middlesbrough
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!
Phone Box Thursday: Dunning Street, Middlesbrough
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!
Phone Box Thursday: Phone Box News
A bit of news on a phone box auction this week.
Phone boxes are expensive! I’d still love one for my garden though 😀
Phone Box Thursday: Midgar Phone Boxes
Geth has been playing Final Fantasy VII Remake this week. Final Fantasy VII is not set in the UK (far from it!) so we were pretty surprised to see some familiar-looking phone boxes in the game.
This is far from the first red phone box I’ve seen in a videogame (I’ve featured Professor Layton in the past and Disney Dreamlight Valley more recently, and at some point I’ll do a post on the Mass Effect 3 phone boxes) but certainly the first I’ve seen that’s not pertaining to the UK in any way!
These FFVII ones are even covered in flyers, just like real phone boxes 😀