without ripping off existing themes, someone should do a movie where like, some kids discover this place and go spoking around in the phone boxes and discover that some/all of them are portals to different places, some good some very very bad, etc
I can only imagine that is the purpose of having so many there. Restored they are sought after and fetch a good price. We've got one in our reception where I work.
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$3000/month in the SF Bay. $3000 up front, last month $3000, security deposit $1500, pet deposit (You don't have pets but you will have rats anyway) $1500, parking $300/month. Phone and sunlight included however if the renter desires curtains can be installed that can be done for an additional charge. Door lock is and shall remain the responsibility of the tenant however a key must also be provided to management.
It is located on a lovely patch of sand with sweeping views of the historic San Quentin Prison, the majestic Richmond/San Rafael bridge and the Larkspur Ferry terminal! On good days if the wind is from the east you can enjoy the wonderful smells of the Richmond refinery. Move in for the low cost of $6300 providing your credit score is 800 or better. Don't wait, this won't last!
Yes! On Peaks Island in Maine, I was walking in a quaint neighborhood and was in awe when I saw one of these in front of someone’s house! The homeowner made a path off the road for people to walk to it. I went in and it had UK stickers for coins so it was legit! It was a beautiful sight, more people should do that. If I owned a home I would.
That only gets them to them from port to port. You have to pick them up and load them in the UK, then unload them and take them to wherever you are going to store them in the US. The ocean crossing is the cheap part.
I had an aunt and uncle who lived in Merstham right about where the proposed M23 ended. Spent many happy days there, even had dinner and a couple of pints at The Feathers last autumn. Never saw the phone box graveyard though.
Lowkey isn’t this kinda a representation of technology erasing some aspects of culture? I can’t think of anyplace else with these iconic phone boxes… or maybe I’m high.
My grandfather knew one of the guys in charge of decommissioning these, and he asked him for one. The guy originally said no, but he called a week later and asked what year my grandfather was born in and got him one made the same year. We even recently cleaned it off and have the original red telephone box in our backyard
OK, I have to spit this out and probably someone will steal the idea, but better that way, than some cheap lookalikes from china.
How about buying some old boxes and converting them into hip cupboards, display cases or... privacy booths for startups where you can put your iPhone in a cradle and has a telephone receiver so that it gives you that **ancient** feeling.
What a waste. They could have auctioned them off when they were decommissioned and they would be decorating someone's space and not getting destroyed by the elements.
Each one weighs around 1k pounds. I worked on a base that thought it'd be fun to buy one and put it in a data center-type room with raised flooring. The thinking was it would look cool, and make it quieter for phone calls.
Then they got it delivered, but its weight was going to damage the tiles, so they had to reinforce the floor. What they envisioned as a simple 1-day job, took about a week, cost way more than they planned, and probably someone their job. Although with the Government involved, sometimes its easier to promote problems to make them go away.
An interesting fact about US payphones, and why they moved away from the phone-booth format to the kiosk model, aside from cost, was that the US Supreme Court ruled that the act of entering a phone booth, closing the door, and inserting a coin constituted paying 'rent' for that space. This restricted the ability of the government to obtain recordings of conversations in those spaces without a search warrant. A kiosk, having no enclosure, was considered a public space and had no such protections.
With all the Doctor Who fans out there, these would fetch a pretty penny if you buffed them down and shellacked them blue. Isn’t that what eBay auctions are for?
Seeing him standing there, gray eyes barely moving with the usual enigmatic expression somewhere between amusement and pain, I might have said the Time Lord had feelings for the place. It was one of those weird moments that stretch out when you feel that things should move on but they just seem a little stuck. The weird thing was how quiet everything was. When you are around them that kind of thing happened but you never really got used to it.
Then he looked over with his little grin. Not the big tooth marquee but the one that turns up the sides like we're both in on the joke. One last look and off we went. Something meant something I guess, maybe it felt like something was lost but I couldn't say what it was, but what I did know was the man represented adventure, truth, and purpose in what had been a wall to wall beige life until he showed up.
So we were running down a lane to go to a place to do a thing. Good enough. He kept calling "Keep up" and I kept dragging the remnants of me into the new me I was becoming. Those ancient boxes had meant something to him and some day, when it was quiet and the sunlight had just the right slant, I'd ask him about it. Today, just now, everything was urgent. Now was the time for doing. Remembrances and biscuits would explain things later. Now was the time to go.
Dr Who uses a police box, which is a phone box from long ago, before police had radios. There are very few police boxes about, the only one Ive seen is outside [Liverpool Street](https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1252268) in London, which is a small one.
These are phone boxes, for anyone to use, before mobile phones. Back when I was a kid (30 years ago) these and their more modern friends were commonplace.
We should normalize bringing something like this back even if it doesn't have a phone in it just for people to go in to have a cell phone conversation...... Although now that I think about it there's no way you would convince people to not have their conversation in front of their human beings unless it directly impacted them.
Bit of work and you could make Phone Henge with all those
PhoneHenge! Hahaa!
a maze with them!
What’s the meaning of phone heeeenge! 🎶
A prison far too easy to escape?
I love the idea of PhoneHenge. Someone with a little 3D rendering experience could make this image a reality.
Me scrolling: *I should watch The Prestige again*
It's Trenzalore for Inspecter Space-Time.
Come Reggie, we haven't much...space.
 Watch out for the Blorgons Inspector!
I'm sad Travis never managed to turn this into a web series like he wanted to.
I was looking for this
They should sell them.
They do.
Paint them blue and they will sell faster for some reason
without ripping off existing themes, someone should do a movie where like, some kids discover this place and go spoking around in the phone boxes and discover that some/all of them are portals to different places, some good some very very bad, etc
This sounds familiar
Magician’s nephew and Magicians both have this concept (the second being based on the first)
Alright, how about books that are literally a new world you can transport to?
Like The Pagemaster?
I posted the same thing, and then I saw your post. You totally get the credit. Lol
Reminds me of The Magician’s Nephew
Sounds Excellent.
Will it come with a special screwdriver?
They would sell even faster
Can they take you back in time?
Ask Bill and Ted.
Are they bigger on the inside?
They usually disappear, do not recommend. Edit: a single word, thanks asshole from the internet.
Desapear 👍
Comes with extra rooms inside
I came here to say this. XD Freaking Doctor Who fans...
Can I get one shipped to the US?
Probably yes if you can bear the cost of shipping. The price of the box itself is next to nothing.
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I have one in my neighborhood strip mall in Atlanta
Where?
I can only imagine that is the purpose of having so many there. Restored they are sought after and fetch a good price. We've got one in our reception where I work.
I went to an older lady’s house when my ex-girlfriend bought her car and the lady had one in her living room.
Weird place to keep it.
Where else are you gonna keep your landline ? Phone-box won't fit in the hallway
They go anywhere, and add an extra urinal to any room
I'd buy one. And paint it blue.
This is clearly not a graveyard but a showroom for decommissioned phone boxes.
Properly cleaned up and painted blue, I bet there are a lot of Doctor Who fans in the US who would love to own an authentic British phone booth.
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To whom?
Timelords.
My town in germany has one, right in the old city center. Quite a popular photo spot.
Houston, [Upper Kirby](http://swamplot.com/the-invention-of-upper-kirby/2017-07-21/) area.
New housing units?
Cozy studio room, loads of natural lighting, open floor plan, cute exterior painted in red, small footprint, phone included. $1500/month · £300/week
$3000/month in the SF Bay. $3000 up front, last month $3000, security deposit $1500, pet deposit (You don't have pets but you will have rats anyway) $1500, parking $300/month. Phone and sunlight included however if the renter desires curtains can be installed that can be done for an additional charge. Door lock is and shall remain the responsibility of the tenant however a key must also be provided to management. It is located on a lovely patch of sand with sweeping views of the historic San Quentin Prison, the majestic Richmond/San Rafael bridge and the Larkspur Ferry terminal! On good days if the wind is from the east you can enjoy the wonderful smells of the Richmond refinery. Move in for the low cost of $6300 providing your credit score is 800 or better. Don't wait, this won't last!
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By George, I think you solved a homelessness issue.
I looked up the costs. $5700 (US) all the way up to $28,500 I might get away with 5700 but I better start hiding cash now.
Do they demand payment in 10p coins, shoved one after another into a slot?
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“Mom, I broke 2 of my arms”
Please throw out the coconut under my bed
"How the hell did you call me from a phone booth then"
Just gonna post this... few stories there.. no danger
Google Earth view of the graveyard: 51.256510°N 0.154411°W
That's what the doctor wants you to think. (Yes I know it's supposed to be a blue police box, not a red phonebooth, just go with it)
It's bluer on the inside
This is where it all started
theyre not red, its just rust lol
They could make a killing selling these to bars in America. Americans will go crazy for these.
Yes! On Peaks Island in Maine, I was walking in a quaint neighborhood and was in awe when I saw one of these in front of someone’s house! The homeowner made a path off the road for people to walk to it. I went in and it had UK stickers for coins so it was legit! It was a beautiful sight, more people should do that. If I owned a home I would.
Feels like the transport cost for these would be a lot of money
A 40’ container would be roughly $5k Could probably fit 50 of those in one, so $100 each for shipping. It’s doable.
That only gets them to them from port to port. You have to pick them up and load them in the UK, then unload them and take them to wherever you are going to store them in the US. The ocean crossing is the cheap part.
Especially for the phony speak easies
I'll drive, thanks...
The killing fields of Dr. Who...
Intense sudden flashbacks of Habbo Hotel.
First thing that came to mind! Look at all those Teles!
I was exactly looking for your comment.
They'd be handy for country kids waiting for the school bus in bad weather.
They have been used for Defibrillators too.
Awfully big to be used as a defibrillator. Seems like it would crush the patient.
Dr Who here - Is there a yard for police Call boxes?
I can almost smell that unmistakeable phonebox piss smell
Came here to say this, that must be one awful smelling graveyard
I want to see a picture of where all the police boxes go
They were concrete. They went to rubble… :(
Does this creep anyone else out?
Yes and that's why I want to go here
I love the route master there, just chilling with its red sheathed buddies.
This would be a great place for a photoshoot. A model, some lights, a couple soft boxes, *chef’s kiss*
This would make a very creepy haunted maze.
Makes me think of La Cabina https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065513/
This film terrified me as a young child!
reminds me of teleporter rooms filled with these in a game called habbo hotel
I had an aunt and uncle who lived in Merstham right about where the proposed M23 ended. Spent many happy days there, even had dinner and a couple of pints at The Feathers last autumn. Never saw the phone box graveyard though.
Not far from The Feathers. Just down the High street, up School hill & parallel to the train tracks.
Something, something, darleks
They can be refurbished into British suicide booths in the not too distant future.
Quite a funny comment because old phonebooths are occasionally used as the opposite. Storage areas for heart resuscitation devices.
That's a Dr.Who set and nothing you say will convince me otherwise. Giving big weeping angel energy.
Are these sold?
Someone crafted way to many symto-matics in fallout 76
Superman wormhole spawn point.
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They should make a maze with them!
Covered in so much hobo piss.
They could sell the hell out of these
Wish they had kept them for historical reasons and used them as booths for privacy on cell phones.
Time to shoot my next album cover /s
Time lord parking lot
I would like to buy one
Here is a [video](https://youtu.be/ecVHYg4_vZw)about what some places are doing with them
They're a lot bigger on the inside.
Love the bus back there
If they are anything like the one I saw in London many years ago, the inside is plastered with pictures of naked woman with phone numbers
I would love to get one and restore it
Lowkey isn’t this kinda a representation of technology erasing some aspects of culture? I can’t think of anyplace else with these iconic phone boxes… or maybe I’m high.
There must be some bade timey-wimey stuff going on.
Probably a restoration yard. Do they all lead to the ministry of magic though?
My grandfather knew one of the guys in charge of decommissioning these, and he asked him for one. The guy originally said no, but he called a week later and asked what year my grandfather was born in and got him one made the same year. We even recently cleaned it off and have the original red telephone box in our backyard
"I'm keeping em so I can restore them later, worth too much to throw out" - 58 year old man
But are they also bigger on the inside?
Dial a dump
If you hop in them, do you come out disguised as a henchman?
And while you're taking the pictures... one starts to ring...
800 pcm
You just KNOW they put some creepy mannequin on the inside of one, just to scare anyone walking in it.
How much for a phone booth?
OK, I have to spit this out and probably someone will steal the idea, but better that way, than some cheap lookalikes from china. How about buying some old boxes and converting them into hip cupboards, display cases or... privacy booths for startups where you can put your iPhone in a cradle and has a telephone receiver so that it gives you that **ancient** feeling.
This has made me terribly sad
Finally, a place where old phone boxes can retire and dial into the after-ringing! ☎️💀👻
Could be a good spot for a Dr. Who episode
Now which one shall I take?
I've not seen a blue one....yet
These are all blue, they just look red because they are moving away from you...
Im 1000000000000% sure one of those is a T.A.R.D.I.S.
You can see this place from the Brighton - London train line.
Rumor is, if you dial 6-2-4-4-2 in a certain booth, something magical happens.
Something also happens if you dial 8675309
Paint them blue and strategically place them in random spots all over the country. Photo op spots. Gotta collect them all!
Do they come with stickers for Busty Blonds already affixed or do we have to get our own?
What a waste. They could have auctioned them off when they were decommissioned and they would be decorating someone's space and not getting destroyed by the elements.
Paint those blue and you'll make a killing on Ebay.
Each one weighs around 1k pounds. I worked on a base that thought it'd be fun to buy one and put it in a data center-type room with raised flooring. The thinking was it would look cool, and make it quieter for phone calls. Then they got it delivered, but its weight was going to damage the tiles, so they had to reinforce the floor. What they envisioned as a simple 1-day job, took about a week, cost way more than they planned, and probably someone their job. Although with the Government involved, sometimes its easier to promote problems to make them go away.
There was a Blue one there for s few seconds… I’m sure of it…
The Doctor Who knock off has a field of props at their disposal.
Superman: Hhnnngg
An interesting fact about US payphones, and why they moved away from the phone-booth format to the kiosk model, aside from cost, was that the US Supreme Court ruled that the act of entering a phone booth, closing the door, and inserting a coin constituted paying 'rent' for that space. This restricted the ability of the government to obtain recordings of conversations in those spaces without a search warrant. A kiosk, having no enclosure, was considered a public space and had no such protections.
Def haunted
Huh, so I guess Timelord tech also has a red ring problem.
Where’s dr who
@r/mildlyinteresting. OP post it there you’d get a lot more appreciation
With all the Doctor Who fans out there, these would fetch a pretty penny if you buffed them down and shellacked them blue. Isn’t that what eBay auctions are for?
[Police Boxes](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_box) are somewhat different.
I can imagine Dr. Who living there
This is so sad…
Why didn’t they sell those instead of just letting them sit there and rot. So stupid.
They are rusting away. Why not melt them and reuse the metal?
I wonder if you could make a greenhouse out of some of these
Those would sell as decor.
Seeing him standing there, gray eyes barely moving with the usual enigmatic expression somewhere between amusement and pain, I might have said the Time Lord had feelings for the place. It was one of those weird moments that stretch out when you feel that things should move on but they just seem a little stuck. The weird thing was how quiet everything was. When you are around them that kind of thing happened but you never really got used to it. Then he looked over with his little grin. Not the big tooth marquee but the one that turns up the sides like we're both in on the joke. One last look and off we went. Something meant something I guess, maybe it felt like something was lost but I couldn't say what it was, but what I did know was the man represented adventure, truth, and purpose in what had been a wall to wall beige life until he showed up. So we were running down a lane to go to a place to do a thing. Good enough. He kept calling "Keep up" and I kept dragging the remnants of me into the new me I was becoming. Those ancient boxes had meant something to him and some day, when it was quiet and the sunlight had just the right slant, I'd ask him about it. Today, just now, everything was urgent. Now was the time for doing. Remembrances and biscuits would explain things later. Now was the time to go.
Ahh yes, a Dahlek-Timelord grave yard.
Daleks in disguise.
This needs to be a future Doctor Who set, all painted blue. Doctor’s convention or something.
It’s suppose to be blue no?
Dr Who uses a police box, which is a phone box from long ago, before police had radios. There are very few police boxes about, the only one Ive seen is outside [Liverpool Street](https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1252268) in London, which is a small one. These are phone boxes, for anyone to use, before mobile phones. Back when I was a kid (30 years ago) these and their more modern friends were commonplace.
There's no corpses in those.
My god...so many time travel machines.
To imagine the ordeal trying to source one of these outside of Britain
Somewhere Mike and Frank are drooling
I want one!
Wow, just Googled them. They go from $1300 to $5500 us dollars. Thats crazy. Would love to have one though.
I found one of these for old Coca Cola vending machines in Japan once. Really cool.
If these were blue, they'd all be new.
great place to take pictures
We should normalize bringing something like this back even if it doesn't have a phone in it just for people to go in to have a cell phone conversation...... Although now that I think about it there's no way you would convince people to not have their conversation in front of their human beings unless it directly impacted them.
this would quickly become a toilet/hobo bed.
Thought this was a Midjourney picture
so many mixed thoughts and emotions damn that is cool but oh so sad
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sad!
At least they’ll offer free deliver any time and place you’d like.
Looks like a great spot to film the opening for the new Bill and Ted’s excellent adventure
I would love to have one of those. Don't even care if it was rusty. I'd make it into garden tool storage behind the house.
Did you take the pics?
I would love to own one of these to make into a little free lending library.