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[BazaJT]

Ther's one of these about a hundred yards from the entrance to work,as I was walking past it to where I park the car[no on site parking]I saw a young[early/mid twenties I'd guess]in it and he was chatting away like a good 'n.........on his mobile phone

[cam.in.head]

Probably hiding from the storm. Its bl.....dy windy here at the moment !

[BazaJT]

Been a bit breezy here all day but nowt too drastic

[Doctor Gollum]

Probably using the free wifi to use Whatsapp

[Lizzie Zoom]

The young do not know what a red phone box that sometimes is in your street actually does.

They think it is a shelter for making calls on a mobile, and know nothing about A and B buttons!!

[Andy B]

The young do not know what a red phone box that sometimes is in your street actually does.

They think it is a shelter for making calls on a mobile, and know nothing about A and B buttons!!

I'm  55 & have only ever seen one phone box with 'push button A & push button B 

[New POD]

My daughter is an university some 250 miles away.  She probably talks to my wife every other day, and Her Boyfriend a couple of times a day (he's about 200 miles from her)
When I explained how I kept in touch with her mother when I was a student in Coventry and she was a student nurse in Birmingham, she does not believe it.

First you send a letter, stating what time you expect to arrive on what day, and where you will meet, in case the phone doesn't work.
then you go to a phone box. There are 8 on the corner, but a queue of 20 people, so you walk to the next corner, and keep walking until you find an empty one. I often got a couple of miles out up into Coundon, before I found one.
Then I'd put a pile of 10ps in front of me, and dial a public phone inside the ground floor of the nurses residence. If you were lucky, someone would answer, take your phone number and go and find her.  And then she'd phone back.
If not, you might be waiting for someone to answer, or they'd answer and not have anything to write the number down, and they'd leave you waiting consuming 10ps.
 

[Doctor Gollum]

Those were the days

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

The young do not know what a red phone box that sometimes is in your street actually does.

They think it is a shelter for making calls on a mobile, and know nothing about A and B buttons!!

Do you remember the wind up phones, Lizzie?

[Andy B]

My daughter is an university some 250 miles away.  She probably talks to my wife every other day, and Her Boyfriend a couple of times a day (he's about 200 miles from her)
When I explained how I kept in touch with her mother when I was a student in Coventry and she was a student nurse in Birmingham, she does not believe it.

First you send a letter, stating what time you expect to arrive on what day, and where you will meet, in case the phone doesn't work.
then you go to a phone box. There are 8 on the corner, but a queue of 20 people, so you walk to the next corner, and keep walking until you find an empty one. I often got a couple of miles out up into Coundon, before I found one.
Then I'd put a pile of 10ps in front of me, and dial a public phone inside the ground floor of the nurses residence. If you were lucky, someone would answer, take your phone number and go and find her.  And then she'd phone back.
If not, you might be waiting for someone to answer, or they'd answer and not have anything to write the number down, and they'd leave you waiting consuming 10ps.

We did exactly the same when I was in the RN &  SWMBO was in married quarters ....

[Mister Rog]

My daughter is an university some 250 miles away.  She probably talks to my wife every other day, and Her Boyfriend a couple of times a day (he's about 200 miles from her)
When I explained how I kept in touch with her mother when I was a student in Coventry and she was a student nurse in Birmingham, she does not believe it.

First you send a letter, stating what time you expect to arrive on what day, and where you will meet, in case the phone doesn't work.
then you go to a phone box. There are 8 on the corner, but a queue of 20 people, so you walk to the next corner, and keep walking until you find an empty one. I often got a couple of miles out up into Coundon, before I found one.
Then I'd put a pile of 10ps in front of me, and dial a public phone inside the ground floor of the nurses residence. If you were lucky, someone would answer, take your phone number and go and find her.  And then she'd phone back.
If not, you might be waiting for someone to answer, or they'd answer and not have anything to write the number down, and they'd leave you waiting consuming 10ps.

We did exactly the same when I was in the RN &  SWMBO was in married quarters ....

You actually needed to be very organised. If a date and time was set to meet with someone, that was it, you stuck to it as there was no way to change things at short notice. Probably why I piss people off with exact details on some things. Yes, I know I piss people off anyway, but. . .

[Lizzie Zoom]

The young do not know what a red phone box that sometimes is in your street actually does.

They think it is a shelter for making calls on a mobile, and know nothing about A and B buttons!!

I'm  55 & have only ever seen one phone box with 'push button A & push button B 

Ah, you're only a baby Andy

Those boxes disappeared during the first years of the 60's.  I miss them

[Mister Rog]

The young do not know what a red phone box that sometimes is in your street actually does.

They think it is a shelter for making calls on a mobile, and know nothing about A and B buttons!!

I'm  55 & have only ever seen one phone box with 'push button A & push button B 

Ah, you're only a baby Andy

Those boxes disappeared during the first years of the 60's.  I miss them

Oh come on Lizzie they were a pain in the **** having to top up all the time.

Besides, you can't possible be old enough to remember them 

[Lizzie Zoom]

The young do not know what a red phone box that sometimes is in your street actually does.

They think it is a shelter for making calls on a mobile, and know nothing about A and B buttons!!

Do you remember the wind up phones, Lizzie?

Very funny

I do remember the little black generators next to some commercial phones that you used to activate an extension. I also remember the police phones boxes being very common.

[Lizzie Zoom]

The young do not know what a red phone box that sometimes is in your street actually does.

They think it is a shelter for making calls on a mobile, and know nothing about A and B buttons!!

I'm  55 & have only ever seen one phone box with 'push button A & push button B 

Ah, you're only a baby Andy

Those boxes disappeared during the first years of the 60's.  I miss them

Oh come on Lizzie they were a pain in the **** having to top up all the time.

Besides, you can't possible be old enough to remember them 

How kind 

The truth is I do and I loved them. I remember the warmth of the box with the wind and rain, that I had been dragged through by mum, beating against it's sides. The smell of the box was also something special; not urine in those days, but a mixture of paint, cast iron, concrete, leather, and Bakelite. Then there was the satisfactory and rather enjoyable sound of the coins going through when button A was pushed.  If button B had to be pushed it meant another trip to the box later!! Ah the memories!

What a luxury our first home phone was in 1965