The old post office Blackpool.  by happypat

The old post office Blackpool.

A wet & windy Blackpool is not the place to be but I did like this row of red telephone boxes outside the old redundant post office.
When I was nursing in Blackpool Victoria Hospital this post office was a vibrant busy building exactly like the one in Preston. That too has a row of telephone boxes outside very similar to this.
The Post offices in Blackpool has moved the the WHSmith shop.

Three good things:
1. It’s taken me a good twenty minutes to suss out the retuning of our TV tonight...last time it did it automatically but not as straightforward this time...it was easy when I worked it out!
2. Trying to finish my library book before I go to the library tomorrow! Had a lovely read this afternoon.
3. My sisters birthday today. I am the eldest she is the youngest.....two brothers in between.
Great image .. How lucky was it that a red van is parked at the end of the row of Telephone boxes... fav
February 20th, 2020  
@julzmaioro Ha ha just luck Julz...I think I looked quite mad taking this photo in the pouring rain...I clicked & moved on quickly!
February 20th, 2020  
All of our pay telephones have been removed. Seems everyone has cell phones now. I love your red telephone boxes. Such a wonderful image.
February 20th, 2020  
@louannwarren Thank you Lou Ann the powers that be seem to be realising that these red phone boxes are an asset so thankfully haven’t removed them in Preston or Blackpool, I have no idea if you can still use them but I doubt it.
February 20th, 2020  
A wonderful sight , all those phone boxes Pat , So many memories of rushing into a phone box clutching a handful of coins to make a call especially when on holidays ! When the telephone boxes were made redundant ,my brother in law who was a Telephone engineer bought a phone box , and it is sitting in his garden like a mini greenhouse !!
February 20th, 2020  
Great streetie!
February 20th, 2020  
Some good reflections here! So you were a nurse! Harry is a lucky man!
February 20th, 2020  
nice
February 20th, 2020  
@maggiemae He is so Maggie....luckily he is rarely ill. I am a bit of a pull yourself together type too.... my family laugh at my brisk attitude!
February 20th, 2020  
Love the telephone boxes. These were the days!! There was one down the road from our house when I was little....it was the place to meet!! One of the coffee shops near us has one in its outdoor area, but perhaps it has been there a long time as the coffee shop used to be a post office.
The post office within shops is simply nothing like a proper post office....up this way anyway!!!
I did laugh at your comments about brisk attitude!! There's another side to you as well!!!
February 20th, 2020  
love the red telephone boxes pat and the grand theatre is looking good too
February 20th, 2020  
Bep
Great image. One of 'your' red telephone boxes features in our humble village as a little library.
February 21st, 2020  
What a fabulous bw
February 21st, 2020  
Do people still use the phone boxes? Nice composition
February 21st, 2020  
@phil_howcroft Well spotted I forgot to mention that!
February 21st, 2020  
@gijsje They do get about!
February 21st, 2020  
@jgpittenger Not sure if you can use them, I doubt it Jane. I think they are fairly redundant nowadays. Look nice though!
February 21st, 2020  
@sarah19 Apparently so Sallie, I’m just like my auntie Eva I know it myself! A lovely sight in villages the red telephone boxes are an icon aren’t they? There is one in St Michaels the next village or there was, must check today when I go past...you get used to them being there & don’t notice unless a long line of them like this. There are eight in this row.
February 21st, 2020  
@beryl A nice reminder of his working life Beryl, I know two of these phone booths sitting in gardens, Cathy’s FIL has one & some friends of ours in Retford. I can even remember the smell of them can you?
February 21st, 2020  
Looks like a very wet day in Blackpool. The telephone boxes really brighten up a dreary day.
February 21st, 2020  
Great find Are any in use?
February 21st, 2020  
Thanks for sharing
February 21st, 2020  
Great pov, a lovely street scene in the rain ☔. Fav!! 😀
February 21st, 2020  
Nicely seen! Lovely row of red.
February 21st, 2020  
Are the telephone boxes redundant as well, or still in use? Unusual nowadays to see so many all together.
February 22nd, 2020  
I love those telephone boxes.
February 25th, 2020  
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