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Originally Posted by David Tilley
I don't really think people were basically any more honest than now Alan. A lot of it was that people kept an eye on the phone boxes and didn't want them damaged. Few people had a telephone in their home in those days (50s) so it was in their own interest to look after them and their kids knew it so left them alone.
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Many were also located next to sub post offices rather than in the middle of nowhere or in rough estates, as increasingly became the case in the 70s as the post and telecoms businesses drifted apart.
Paul