Just an ordinary day in my life.... pics...

horseless carriage said:
It's in Bow, London E3. My old stomping ground.
Victoria Park was opened to the public in 1845 in order to give the East End of the city a park like Regent's Park. Victoria Park also used to have its own Speakers' Corner. You’ll find a variety of trees such as oak trees, horse chestnut trees, cherry trees and hawthorn trees across the park as well as a variety of flowers and fauna. There's a lot of information about Victoria Park on Wikipedia.
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yes I know where it is ..I used to work at the TV studios in East London years ago...
 

Another pictorial day in my life.. ( afternoon)... :giggle:..in and around the Village

The Ewes with their lambs...

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On the opposite side of the road, where the grass is always greener.. 😄

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NO Em... there's no phones in the red phone boxes any more. Many of them have been given over to house defibrillators.... ..some rural villages have set them up as free libraries, so people can swap and borrow books without having to travel into town...

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One in a village near me is bedecked with flowers inside.... .. and many of the phone boxes were put up for sale, and lots of people shipped them overseas.. or use them as small bars in their gardens
 
Em in Ohio said:
Yep - I want the one that expands upon entry, Dr. Who style!
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That's the whole point of the Tardis ...it looks like an ordinary police box..but inside it's the laboratory and flying machine of the Doctor.... :D

Here's a real one..

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....now they're used for all sorts...but not police work...
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The original interior of an old Police box
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The inside of the Tardis...

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hollydolly said:
NO Em... there's no phones in the red phone boxes any more. Many of them have been given over to house defibrillators.... ..some rural villages have set them up as free libraries, so people can swap and borrow books without having to travel into town...

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One in a village near me is bedecked with flowers inside.... .. and many of the phone boxes were put up for sale, and lots of people shipped them overseas.. or use them as small bars in their gardens
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We still have some working ones in London. I often see tourists having their photos taken in the one I pass by on my walks :) I didn't realise the ones you see in the country are no longer used as phone boxes.
 
Trish said:
We still have some working ones in London. I often see tourists having their photos taken in the one I pass by on my walks :) I didn't realise the ones you see in the country are no longer used as phone boxes.
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have they still got phones in them in the city ?... I can't say I ever noticed tbh, I must look next week when I'm there... come to think of it, it's a long time since I've seen a red box in the city, the public phone boxes all seem to be perspex...

Yes the phone boxes outside the city have all had the phones removed... in fact most of the boxes have been removed... but here in the villages, the boxes are still here..
 
hollydolly said:
have they still got phones in them in the city ?... I can't say I ever noticed tbh, I must look next week when I'm there...

Yes the phone boxes outside the city have all had the phones removed... in fact most of the boxes have been removed... but here in the villages, the boxes are still here..
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I am going to check next time to make sure it's a real phone! They were replaced by the glass ones of course but, it has been a long time since I used a public phone.

https://postcardsfromhawaii.co/home/best-red-phone-box-locations-in-london-for-photos
 
I know the ones outside ST Pauls... altho' I haven't been there for years. next week I'm supposed to be going to COvent garden so I'll look out for that one...

This from the link made me laugh....


Things to take note of when taking photos with England’s red phone boxes​

  • Don’t touch anything inside, these phone booths aren’t cleaned and often stink of urine. ( wrong they were cleaned.. but yes the late night drunks used to pee in them in some places)
  • The doors are remarkably heavy so watch out for your fingers....true...
  • There aren’t many with working phones in so don’t expect to be able to pretend to make a call ...:ROFLMAO:
 
hollydolly said:
I know the ones outside ST Pauls... altho' I haven't been there for years. next week I'm supposed to be going to COvent garden so I'll look out for that one...

This from the link made me laugh....


Things to take note of when taking photos with England’s red phone boxes​

  • Don’t touch anything inside, these phone booths aren’t cleaned and often stink of urine. ( wrong they were cleaned.. but yes the late night drunks used to pee in them in some places)
  • The doors are remarkably heavy so watch out for your fingers....true...
  • There aren’t many with working phones in so don’t expect to be able to pretend to make a call ...:ROFLMAO:
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Enjoy your trip. Covent Garden is an interesting place to visit. I haven't been there since pre-Covid so will be interesting to hear whether it is busy again.
 
Trish said:
Enjoy your trip. Covent Garden is an interesting place to visit. I haven't been there since pre-Covid so will be interesting to hear whether it is busy again.
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no I haven't been there since pre covid either... last time I was at Covent garden was summer of 2019...
 
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