Throw Back Thursday I Need to Make A Phone Call

Hello Ed - definitely a novelty but I do see phone booths on occasion but they are definitely rare.  

Hi Ed- you brought back memories of when we were looking for our first home in Florida. We were always looking for a payphone so we could call our agent. 

the british phone booths were the best - so colorful and just charming

They used to be everywhere, and now... no more.

Good morning Ed - that certainly is a blast from the past.  I remember the banks of phones on the streets in New York.

Good morning, Ed... I remember when I started in real estate in NYC we all walked around with quarters in our pockets to use on public phones to pick up voice mail messages, etc. That was before the days of cell phones.

Your last line struck me, taking a picture of a phone with a phone, haha.  I hope that you will have a wonderful day!

Good morning Ed,

Great throw back post.  The phone booths  in England were the best looking ones! A

Having worked at the "phone company," I do indeed remember phone booths! 

Thanks for sharing your observations.

We did quite well before everybody had cell phones.

My office was cutting edge in '86. All agents had beepers and if your beeper went off, you had 10 minutes to find a pay phone and call in to get your lead.

A FUN piece of memorabilia that may never return again in the United States Ed. Thanks for the smile!

Ed Silva - This is the best throwback Thursday post I've seen to date. Yes! I remember phone booths well. Of course, the ones I used were not as bright and beautiful as the red booths from England (or UK). Besides privacy in door enclosure phone booth, I think what I liked best about them was the person you were trying to call didn't have caller ID and everyone (if they could) did pick up the phone! A phone ringing in any household was a merry sound and nobody wanted to miss a call (until Voice Mail and recordings came along). 

I remember when cell phones became popular in TX before I became a REALTOR. I thought talking in public on the phone while shopping was rude and unprofessional. I often thought whether or not the person on the other end knew the person they were talking to was loud and I could hear everything. There were many personal calls I wish I didn't hear. Oh, how times have changed. I MISS privacy. 

A family member was doing some remembering the other day.  His first job out of college was with the phone company.  He went around and collected the coins in those pay phones.  That job doesn't exist in today's world.

Ed finding a closed in phone booth like that back in the day would have been a real treat.  Most of them were wide open, and I could hardly keep my papers from flying all over the place.  And then there were those COLD Winter days.  Hard to forget those memories.

Ed, these phone booths in England were so cool, and remember taking photos of them too!