Telephone Box

What a grey and damp day – such a contrast to yesterday.  East coast haar.  I thought it was going to clear early afternoon – but it didn’t.  Arthur’s Seat came into view, but then disappeared again.

Work was hectic – just because I had a lot of stuff to get through.  I ended up having to stay much later than I had intended as a random urgent request came in late in the afternoon.  Luckily I wasn’t rushing home tonight.  I was on the bus home, where I met a friend - the dad of one of BB’s classmates.  We got chatting about “the reading book”.

BB had basketball after school, then football training after afterschool club!  A busy lad.  He was quite worn out tonight.

Yesterday a post box – today a telephone box.  If I am on the bus home, I always pass this telephone box, which is becoming more and more dilapidated.  Designed by Giles Gilbert Scott, his design was in the classical style, topped with a dome.  Later designs adapted the same general look for mass production.  The Jubilee kiosk, introduced for King George V's silver jubilee in 1935 and known as the "K6", eventually became a fixture in almost every town and village.  Thank goodness for wikipedia!

The crown is different to the one on yesterday's post box.