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Old 20th Nov 2009, 4:25 pm   #10
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Default Re: 'Button A-B' and grey payphones.

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Originally Posted by AlanBeckett View Post
Were the A/B boxes really more secure, or were people just more civilised in those days?
The thieves certainly became more determined over the years. When I was living in London in the late 80s, thieves were attacking the grey STD ('beepbeepbeepbeep') boxes with petrol powered angle grinders. They would remove the entire mechanism, throw it in the back of a van and drive off with it.

Thieves lost interest as payphone usage went down and phonecard use went up, so the pickings became slimmer.

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