UK Red Phone Booth Graveyard

[TelePlay]

Found on the interweb (copied text, not mine)

"The Red Telephone Box Graveyard in Carlton Miniott, a small village in North Yorkshire, England, is a unique and nostalgic location that showcases the history of public telephone boxes in the United Kingdom. Designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, these iconic red telephone boxes once lined the streets of the UK, Bermuda, Gibraltar, and Malta. However, as technology advanced and mobile phones became more widespread, these public telephone boxes became obsolete and were eventually removed from the city streets."

[MMikeJBenN27]

What a shame.  But, if nobody uses them, I guess there isn't much point in keeping them in service.

Mike

[ka1axy]

IIRC, they will accept offers, but it's on you to move it (and they are quite heavy...solid British cast iron)

[countryman]

https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/history/gallery/phone-box-graveyard-outside-small-6473645

[FABphones]

Screenshot of article text.

[AL_as_needed]

Even in decay they are quite stately pieces. Nice that there is a possibility for some to be purchased and restored / reused. I doubt any such place exists on our side of the pond. Most of our booths and boothets were probably shipped out over seas to become cheap appliances.

[Kellogg Kitt]

It is nice that some of them are being restored and repurposed instead of simply being thrown into the landfill.

[tubaman]

It is nice that some of them are being restored and repurposed instead of simply being thrown into the landfill.

Indeed, the one in my village now houses a defibrillator.

[AL_as_needed]

Indeed, the one in my village now houses a defibrillator.

Thats an interesting idea, still serving as a life line in a new capacity.

[MMikeJBenN27]

Would be nice if some folks of considerable means would bring some of these over to this country and put working pay phones in them and have them in their places of business.  Might give public telephones a new lease on life.

Mike