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VARIOUS, BRITAIN - 1994
Mandatory Credit: Photo by NICHOLAS BAILEY / Rex Features ( 232640C )
RED PUBLIC TELEPHONE BOX, KENSINGTON, LONDON, BRITAIN
The Death of the Red Telephone Box
THE DEATH OF THE RED TELEPHONE BOX
It looks like the line is about to go dead on the humble red telephone box.
The British icon looks set to go the great telephone exchange in the sky when nearly 10,000 non-profitable payphones disappear as British Telecom cuts costs.
It means that, in the age of mobile phones, free call offers from home phones and the rise of email, the familiar call box could become a rare sight on British streets.
First installed in 1935, the boxes were painted red to match British Army tunics and have since become a must-have picture opportunity for every visitor to the UK.
But due to the decline in use, it looks like the last ring for many of them, especially in rural areas.
One box in London's Parliament Square is literally only used by tourists to capture a quintessentially British souvenir snap.
And BT recently revealed that one red box at Wixoe, near Sudbury, had only been used ONCE in a year. But locals were incensed when it was earmarked for removal.
David Smith, secretary of the parish meeting, echoed local feeling when he said the phone could go but the box must stay. He said: "We realise it is going to go as a public telephone. We just don't want the box to go - it is a landmark, part of the village. It has stood on the corner for 50 years and we are prepared to take on looking after it."
Thankfully, almost 3,000 of the UK's remaining 13,000 classic red booths have been listed for their heritage value and cannot be removed even if they are disconnected.
It may be the last call for a pay phone on every corner - but there's life in the old red telephone box yet.
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For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/NKNKMYZR (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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LONDON RED TELEPHONE BOXES FOR AUCTION - 1987
Mandatory Credit: Photo by John Voos / Rex Features ( 136935B )
RED PUBLIC TELEPHONE BOXES
The Death of the Red Telephone Box
THE DEATH OF THE RED TELEPHONE BOX
It looks like the line is about to go dead on the humble red telephone box.
The British icon looks set to go the great telephone exchange in the sky when nearly 10,000 non-profitable payphones disappear as British Telecom cuts costs.
It means that, in the age of mobile phones, free call offers from home phones and the rise of email, the familiar call box could become a rare sight on British streets.
First installed in 1935, the boxes were painted red to match British Army tunics and have since become a must-have picture opportunity for every visitor to the UK.
But due to the decline in use, it looks like the last ring for many of them, especially in rural areas.
One box in London's Parliament Square is literally only used by tourists to capture a quintessentially British souvenir snap.
And BT recently revealed that one red box at Wixoe, near Sudbury, had only been used ONCE in a year. But locals were incensed when it was earmarked for removal.
David Smith, secretary of the parish meeting, echoed local feeling when he said the phone could go but the box must stay. He said: "We realise it is going to go as a public telephone. We just don't want the box to go - it is a landmark, part of the village. It has stood on the corner for 50 years and we are prepared to take on looking after it."
Thankfully, almost 3,000 of the UK's remaining 13,000 classic red booths have been listed for their heritage value and cannot be removed even if they are disconnected.
It may be the last call for a pay phone on every corner - but there's life in the old red telephone box yet.
MUST CREDIT PICTURES BY
Stuart Clarke/Rex Features
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/NKNKMYZR (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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The Post Office Television Control Centre in London came into being when it was decided to extend the BBC Television Service to the Provinces. The function of the Centre is to operate and control the complex network of Post Office Cables and radio links used to distribute the TV programmes.
Now equipment is being installed to connect the studios of the Programme Companies, switching centres and the ITA transmitters and will be used to link up with the ITA tranmitters in the North. The London - Birmingham radio link is being modified to form the first link to the ITA transmitters in the North.
Picture shows: The Paraboloid aerial which is to be used for beaming the ITA programmes to Birmingham and the Midlands, on the roof of the Television Centrol Centre.
19 August 1955 (FOTO:DUKAS/TOPFOTO)
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