When Did You Last Use A Public Telephone?

[naomi24]

A discussion on radio this morning about BT’s intention to remove a number of the remaining telephone boxes posed the question, ‘When did you last use a public telephone?’

Should they be abandoned – or do they still serve a useful purpose?

I can't remember the last time I used one.

[Bobbisox1]

We still have one on our village but just the box with no phone,I guess it was supposed to be iconic but I'd wager it's used as a public toilet as it's next to a pub,

[Gizmonster]

Never mind when did I last use one; I can't remember the last time I even saw one!!!

[Bigbad]

I regularly drive through a village that has a defibrillator in a telephone box.
Seems a good idea.

[sanmac]

Here's another use for a telephone booth. Scroll down to "What Are The PM's Election Options.": https://www.bbc.com/news/uk

[Peter Pedant]

Interesting idea that if Ni doesnt use a thing
then no one does....

North Manch General Hospital - both broken
no - not the service silly, the phones

A+E SHO recognised primary kleb septicaemia so all power to that doctors dong !

[Old_Geezer]

If one has no mobile, or it's not working, that's when they come into their own. But most have working mobiles these days and the network is mostly up. BT not happy upkeeping the public ones for the rare vital use.

[Peter Pedant]

Frodsham has recycled the high street
( no not the WHOLE high street silly , the phone box on the high street) as a library

for the standard ABer - Frodsham is a place ( and has a Jacobs Ladder but that I fear is a detail too far)

[The Builder]

It has been said that phone boxes provide an essential service for two sectors of society primarily.

Drug dealers

People having an affair ;o)

[davebro]

"It has been said that phone boxes provide an essential service for two sectors of society primarily."

Make that 3 sectors - those needing a pee after a night on the tiles!

[marval]

We still have one just up the road. I haven't used it for years, it mostly gets used as a shelter when it rains.

[Mamyalynne]

A couple of years ago in a Hospital reception area.

[teacake44]

16.10 How about cowboy builders ? :) :)

[Mamyalynne]

You'd never fit a horse in a phone box.

[The Builder]

Dunno to what you are referring, TC.

Actually... where I am (rural area), there are so many no-mobile-signal areas, that we need a whole lot more boxes ;o(

Seven miles from the county town, and there are more signal-less areas that signals. I've got a signal in the house, but none in the pub.

[1581960]

Rural telephone boxes are marked on Ordnance Survey maps so still useful navigation aids. But that's about all.

[Barmaid]

Not sure when I last used one but there is a working one opposite our house and it's a listed building. Only ever seen one chap use it regularly - rides up on his motorbike a

[Barmaid]

Pressed send too soon

And is on it for ages. Convinced he uses it to call his lover.

[Patsy33]

Quite a few years ago now. We have a red phone box in our village, which is used as a library for children, accompanied with patent/s. We are lucky, as it hasn't been vandalised/ misused, in the last 4 years since it started. I think it's a great idea.

[Patsy33]

^^^^^^^
Parents!

[teacake44]

I think 85% of them were used for everything other than making a call.