The Sheringham Independent April 2021
The Disappearing Telephone Kiosk u3a Local History Group
As mentioned in the March edition we are well provided with post boxes in this area, but it is quite a different story when we come to telephone kiosks. The evergrowing use of mobile phones has made a telephone kiosk a rare sight and we are fortunate to have a working red kiosk in Upper Sheringham.
Many kiosks declared obsolete have been adopted by local communities and used for various purposes including housing defibrillators or a book exchange scheme where the mobile library service has been lost. (The village of Hurstbourne Tarrant in Hampshire has recently been in the news because ‘salacious adult literature’ was introduced into a kiosk library). It costs £1 to adopt a kiosk.
Young people today will not believe how we had to make calls before the advent of mobile phones. First of all, finding the right coins or having to stop someone in the street to ask if they had change for the telephone. Having to remember the phone numbers, complete with the exchange, perhaps with the help of the provided directories. Then dialing the number and pushing Button A to be heard, or Button B, to get the money back, if nobody answered. Continued on page 4...
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