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UK phone booth defibrillator conversions began before COVID pandemic | Fact check
The U.K. phone booth conversion program predates the COVID-19 vaccine and the pandemic itself, which began with an outbreak of the illness in China in December 2019. A British non-profit and an ...
How Britain’s beloved red telephone box was saved from extinction
In 1985, British Telecom decommissioned Gilbert Scott’s famous kiosks. Then the Thirties Society stepped in ...
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2 local communities repurpose phone booths
There's another phone booth in our region that has been upcycled. A couple turned an antique British phone booth into a free library in Jackson Township, Monroe County. The owners came across the ...
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How city plans to keep listed phone boxes pristine
Forming the longest row of phone boxes in the country ... were set up in the late 1800s, the red booths became a symbol associated with the UK following their design by architect Sir Giles ...
Metropolitan Police criticised after man jumped to his death in station
The Metropolitan Police has been warned following the death of a man who jumped off a phone booth inside a police station, having spent 18 hours in the waiting area. Peter Jones, 68, climbed onto the ...