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mike_c

(37,115 posts) Fri Apr 24, 2026, 06:08 AM Apr 24

the Doctor is out....

Seen in Gravesend, Kent.

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the Doctor is out.... (Original Post) mike_c Apr 24 OP

What an unusual and beautiful shot, my dear mike_c! CaliforniaPeggy Apr 24 #1

thanks! mike_c Apr 24 #4

A phone booth! I miss them! CTyankee Apr 24 #2

(scrapes memory....) mike_c Apr 24 #5

That was terrifying, IIRC. I nearly ran out of the movie theatre. CTyankee Apr 25 #7

Neat photo mike_c. According to google, this red telephone box dates to 1935. George McGovern Apr 24 #3

thanks! mike_c Apr 24 #6

CaliforniaPeggy

(156,814 posts)

1. What an unusual and beautiful shot, my dear mike_c!

Reply to mike_c (Original post)

Fri Apr 24, 2026, 10:09 AM

Apr 24

I love the saint's image in the phone box. So colorful!

mike_c

(37,115 posts)

4. thanks!

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #1)

Fri Apr 24, 2026, 11:05 AM

Apr 24

Good to see you back!

CTyankee

(68,386 posts)

2. A phone booth! I miss them!

Reply to mike_c (Original post)

Fri Apr 24, 2026, 10:46 AM

Apr 24

Wasn't one featured in the Hitchcock film "The Birds"?

mike_c

(37,115 posts)

5. (scrapes memory....)

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #2)

Fri Apr 24, 2026, 11:07 AM

Apr 24

Yes!

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9UGlxlBgt5Q

CTyankee

(68,386 posts)

7. That was terrifying, IIRC. I nearly ran out of the movie theatre.

Reply to mike_c (Reply #5)

Sat Apr 25, 2026, 09:07 AM

Apr 25

George McGovern

(12,626 posts)

3. Neat photo mike_c. According to google, this red telephone box dates to 1935.

Reply to mike_c (Original post)

Fri Apr 24, 2026, 11:00 AM

Apr 24

It is a British cultural icon, known as the K6. 60,000 had been installed by 1968.

mike_c

(37,115 posts)

6. thanks!

Reply to George McGovern (Reply #3)

Fri Apr 24, 2026, 11:10 AM

Apr 24

Also the Tardis in Dr Who films. Arguably far more important than public conveniences, lol.

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