The Red Telephone Box

News on the telly covered the sad fate of the red telephone box in Britain. With the advance of the communication era, they face a sad plight of ‘extinction’. To many, the red telephone box is as symbolic of Britain as fish and chips!

Well, we have our very own red telephone box in Cameron Highlands (opposite Ye Olde Smoke House)! Here are a couple of photos taken in 1992 and another two in 2007.
It's a sight for sore eyes now, obviously neglected. I wonder if there are other red telephone boxes in Malaysia? (Yes, that young chap in the white t-shirt is the same little boy with his granddad in the earlier pic!)

Can we save a piece of history?
Read on!http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3333543/Communities-rally-round-to-save-the-traditional-red-telephone-box.html

http://www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk/news/Tractor-blockade-phone-box-stand/article-391059-detail/article.html

http://www.newtownabbeytoday.co.uk/news/DIALLING-UP-A-PLAN-TO.4639951.jp

http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/features/-The-Italian-connection.4610938.jp