Comments on: The Long Night Of The Phone Booths

By: Mathilde Grange

Mathilde Grange — Fri, 17 May 2019 17:36:02 +0000

I miss phone booth. Spanish phone booths had nothing to with the KX series, but they weren’t very different. By the way, great pictures.

By: Gary Arber

Gary Arber — Fri, 17 May 2019 16:50:16 +0000

The old telephone boxes provided a vital service when emergencies occurred.They had the emergency button which put you through when pressed, without having to fumble for cash, an instant 999. Also the mobile phone has become too complicated for old people with gnarled stiff hands and failing eyesight.
Gary

By: Dave R

Dave R — Fri, 17 May 2019 16:04:38 +0000

Yeah, the KX series was definitely a backward step aesthetically, but I find that the years have given these disliked 80s boxes a poignancy of their own. Maybe it’s just those windows into a past that’s recent but utterly gone – phonecards for heaven’s sake – or maybe it’s just the plangent quality of these beautifully composed shots. Love a bit of melancholy, me. Thanks for sharing.

By: Paul Loften

Paul Loften — Fri, 17 May 2019 13:32:02 +0000

Proof ,if ever we needed it that the removal of the red phone box, specially with the phone which had buttons A and B which returned your money , was about the greatest mistake ever made in human history. Change is not always for the best