{"id":28190,"date":"2020-11-07T16:01:35","date_gmt":"2020-11-07T16:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=28190"},"modified":"2020-11-06T17:25:52","modified_gmt":"2020-11-06T17:25:52","slug":"one-of-britains-last-aa-telephone-boxes-saved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=28190","title":{"rendered":"One of Britain’s last AA telephone boxes saved"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"There is nothing John Bell likes more than a drive in the countryside, especially on the rural roads of Wales and it is there he came across AA Box 161 – a reminder of decades past when mobile phones and the internet were science fiction.<\/h3>\n

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…AA Box 161 – a reminder of decades past…<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

…Box 161 and its two sister boxes mark a mobility revolution in post-war Wales…<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

The BBC writes:<\/p>\n

The telephone boxes were a sanctuary for motorists in distress, where a single call meant help was on its way.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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But of the hundreds across Britain just 21 remain – and now John’s in Powys has become a protected listed building.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Box 161 has stood on the A40 just outside Crickhowell for about 60 years, its yellow paint and famous cross-gable roof design a beacon for drivers in need of help.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“I’ve always had an interest in preserving buildings, so after seeing its strikingly unique design many years later, I went away to do some research,” said John, 64, who lives in nearby Brecon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He remembered he had used it himself some 40 years ago, in the days when being a member of the AA came with a key to unlock the telephone booths.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He wrote to alert the Welsh historic monuments body, Cadw.<\/p>\n

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The AA Call Box<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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