Red phone boxes in Yorkshire more likely to have non-phone uses now

That just shows that their chameleon circuits are still working, and they are blending in against the background.

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Hmm, there might be something in that:
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In the little villages near where I grew up, many fo the phone boxes now hold a defibrillator.
Even growing up in the 80’s, and not getting a mobile until I was almost 20, I only remember using a phone box about half a dozen times.

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From the YouTube description: “The classic K6 phone booth has been standing idle in the heart of Birmingham ever since demand for their usage declined in the 1980s.”

The accent was the immediate clue, followed by him saying it was in Birmingham… Brummies not so keen to be mistaken for us soft Southerners! :grin:

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Maybe they should put cell phone signal boosters and wifi in them.

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