MKMFaithful
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Random thought on a Tuesday evening but Hull's cream phone boxes are one of the most unique things about this city and I'm worried they're slowly disappearing.
For anyone who doesn't know, Hull is the only city in the UK that has its own telephone network. Kingston Communications, now KCOM, has been providing phone services to Hull since 1904. Because of this Hull never had the red phone boxes that everyone else in Britain had. Ours were cream coloured and completely unique to the city.
Most of them have been removed over the years because nobody uses phone boxes anymore. But the ones that are left should be preserved. They're part of Hull's identity. Visitors always photograph them because they've never seen a cream phone box before. They're quirky, they're ours, and they tell a story about Hull's independence that goes back over a century.
I'd love to see the council give them listed status or at least commit to maintaining the ones that are still standing. Paint them up, put a plaque on them explaining the history, make them part of a heritage trail through the city. It would cost next to nothing and it would preserve something genuinely unique about Hull.
Or are they just old phone boxes and I'm being sentimental?
For anyone who doesn't know, Hull is the only city in the UK that has its own telephone network. Kingston Communications, now KCOM, has been providing phone services to Hull since 1904. Because of this Hull never had the red phone boxes that everyone else in Britain had. Ours were cream coloured and completely unique to the city.
Most of them have been removed over the years because nobody uses phone boxes anymore. But the ones that are left should be preserved. They're part of Hull's identity. Visitors always photograph them because they've never seen a cream phone box before. They're quirky, they're ours, and they tell a story about Hull's independence that goes back over a century.
I'd love to see the council give them listed status or at least commit to maintaining the ones that are still standing. Paint them up, put a plaque on them explaining the history, make them part of a heritage trail through the city. It would cost next to nothing and it would preserve something genuinely unique about Hull.
Or are they just old phone boxes and I'm being sentimental?
