tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163366133604455803.post2071296839560605616..comments2024-03-26T17:13:11.588+00:00Comments on Lucy Melford: Red telephone boxesLucy Melfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03124557363335770051noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163366133604455803.post-62950812652457961232015-01-27T22:27:11.470+00:002015-01-27T22:27:11.470+00:00Only vaguely. I haven't used a public phone bo...Only vaguely. I haven't used a public phone box for St least thirty years. I did use more modern public phones with number keys at stations until I got my first mobile phone in early 2001, but with a phone card that didn't run out of credit.<br /><br />Lucy<br /><br />Lucy Melfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09049627653901928427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163366133604455803.post-36061865464545349472015-01-27T21:44:10.310+00:002015-01-27T21:44:10.310+00:00Do you remember the pips when your money was runni...Do you remember the pips when your money was running out.<br />LeahAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13884470414129152738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163366133604455803.post-78369711974508330482015-01-27T21:32:02.790+00:002015-01-27T21:32:02.790+00:00Yes, the box itself can be put to other use. I fou...Yes, the box itself can be put to other use. I found one at North Stoke that was stocked with South Downs tourist leaflets. I wrote a post about it.<br /><br />LucyLucy Melfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09049627653901928427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163366133604455803.post-74405792170903630802015-01-27T21:27:24.028+00:002015-01-27T21:27:24.028+00:00Thanks, Leah! I hated making very personal calls e...Thanks, Leah! I hated making very personal calls either at home or in a public phone box. No doubt I wasn't by any means the only one. Texting and other forms of instant messaging - easy to do, and nobody can overhear - would have been wonderful back then.<br /><br />LucyLucy Melfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09049627653901928427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163366133604455803.post-46097087346297586822015-01-27T21:23:18.921+00:002015-01-27T21:23:18.921+00:00In on of my local villages the phone has been remo...In on of my local villages the phone has been removed but the villagers installed shelves in the empty box. They put books they no longer want inside so it has become a sort of library or book exchange. I think that's a lovely idea. When I was in the Brownies we always had a ten pence piece in our "be prepared" kit so we could call home! (Late 80's!) rhiannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03527941714505973207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163366133604455803.post-42032483133088150072015-01-27T21:20:39.699+00:002015-01-27T21:20:39.699+00:00I knew I was doing something wrong at the time! Ph...I knew I was doing something wrong at the time! Phoning always got me flustered.<br /><br />LucyLucy Melfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09049627653901928427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163366133604455803.post-33851490377248805552015-01-27T14:32:13.513+00:002015-01-27T14:32:13.513+00:00Hi Lucy I enjoyed reading your post about phone bo...Hi Lucy I enjoyed reading your post about phone boxes and I fondly remember using the box at the top of the street to phone my boyfriend and I used to have a piles of 2p pieces, we weren't allowed to use the phone at home it had a lock on it that I later learnt to pick with a hair grip.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13884470414129152738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163366133604455803.post-8946768484854565912015-01-27T12:44:39.451+00:002015-01-27T12:44:39.451+00:00I'm loathed to correct my dear friend, but for...I'm loathed to correct my dear friend, but for the sake of historical accuracy, needs must. On those old phones you...<br />1) inserted your 4 old pennies<br />2) dialed the number<br />3) when the call was answered, you pressed button A. If there was no reply, you pressed button B to retrieve your money.<br /><br />I recall a funny episode of Dad's Army in which Cptn Mainwaring taught Angie Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08882779021382371603noreply@blogger.com