Those neglected and iconic old red phone boxes

Although this article is set in Oxford, I think it rings true for London as well.

Who uses phone boxes?
Payphone use has halved in three years, says BT, mainly due to mobile phones. So who still uses them?
By Tom Geoghegan
BBC News Magazine, Oxford
Last Updated: Wednesday, 6 February 2008, 06:26 GMT

Much like the Routemaster bus, the red phone box is associated with an age of innocence, despite the vandalism, the prostitutes' calling cards and the urinating that blighted it.

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Photography by Chris Osburn © 2007