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A phone box on the Isle of Skye.
Photograph: Tracy O'Brien
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The last phone boxes:
broken glass, cider cans and – amazingly – a dial tone
Five million payphone calls are still made each year in the
UK.
Who is making them – and why?
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UK
1927
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line
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USA
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USA
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phone boxes
UK
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https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/apr/28/
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London phone boxes
UK
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2020/apr/27/
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calss UK
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