The Adventures of Pearl !!! Host list post's #22 and #23

[r8shell]

I introduced Pearl to a couple of local ladies in Sheffield today

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Standing on the shoulders of giants

Shoulders of giants, indeed. Thanks for showing Pearl around, and posting all the pics, Jack.

 

[Fodderwing]

More wonderful photo journalism Jack. Thank you sir. Pearl is not gonna want to leave Leeds.

I'm afraid to say what those green boxes remind me of. But it's not "police" boxes or phone booths!

I was thinking it but wasn't gonna say it... but since you brought it up... But seriously, I don't get it. Do you run up, open the door and................ and what? Is there a cop sitting inside just waiting? Do you rush in and lock the door behind you? ?????????

 

[Jack Black]

Thanks for the kind words folks

But seriously, I don't get it. Do you run up, open the door and................ and what? Is there a cop sitting inside just waiting? Do you rush in and lock the door behind you? ?????????

It's a TARDIS Dwight!

 

[Jack Black]

 

[JB in LV]

Many wonderful pics, and I was also going to ask about the Police Box sign. Thank you Jack Black .

 

[JohnDF]

Hey, what's that's that I see outside Sheffield Town Hall?!

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Awesome! You think anybody would get mad if you painted them blue?

 

[JohnDF]

But seriously, I don't get it. Do you run up, open the door and................ and what? Is there a cop sitting inside just waiting? Do you rush in and lock the door behind you?

You knock on the door and politely ask for the Doctor.

 

[Jack Black]

Awesome! You think anybody would get mad if you painted them blue?

I'm surprised it hasn't happened John! So far as I know at least! They were pretty common when I was a kid, maybe they were different colours in other towns?

Edit - Some interesting info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_box

You knock on the door and politely ask for the Doctor.

 

[Fodderwing]

Thanks Jack! I feel a little more educated on the subject now. There was a similar system here but without the enclosure. Just a boxed phone one could use for a direct line to the p.d.

 

[JohnDF]

Thanks Jack! I feel a little more educated on the subject now. There was a similar system here but without the enclosure. Just a boxed phone one could use for a direct line to the p.d.

Still very popular on college campuses.

 

[Jack Black]

Thanks Jack! I feel a little more educated on the subject now. There was a similar system here but without the enclosure. Just a boxed phone one could use for a direct line to the p.d.

It seems the US led the world

"The first police telephone was installed in Albany, New York in 1877, one year after Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone. Call boxes for use by both police and trusted members of the public were first installed in Chicago in 1880, initially housed in kiosks to protect the inner signal boxes from the weather and to limit access to them so as to discourage false alarms. In 1883, Washington, D.C. installed its own system; Detroit installed police call boxes in 1884, and in 1885, Bostonfollowed suit. These were direct line telephones usually placed inside a metal box on a post which could often be accessed by a key or breaking a glass panel. In Chicago, the telephones were restricted to police use, but the boxes also contained a dial mechanism which members of the public could use to signal different types of alarms via telegraph: there were 11 signals, including "Police Wagon Required", "Thieves", "Forgers", "Murder", "Accident", "Fire" and "Drunkard"."

We still have some boxed telephones on the motorway (highway) here, in case of breakdown, though in the age of mobile telephones they are perhaps less important than in the past

 

[JohnDF]

Edit - Some interesting info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_box

Informative link, thanks for posting it. Your town's police box was in there as well as a good write up about the TARDIS.

 

[Jack Black]

Adding Pearl content!

 

[Jack Black]

Pearl is on her way to her new destination, but here's a few pics of her from our trip to the attractive North Yorkshire market town of Skipton, on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales, on Saturday

 

[JohnDF]

Pearl is on her way to her new destination, but here's a few pics of her from our trip to the attractive North Yorkshire market town of Skipton, on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales, on Saturday

Thanks for being such a good host to Pearl. Also, thanks for taking us along on some great journeys. It was very enjoyable.

 

[Jack Black]

Thanks for being such a good host to Pearl. Also, thanks for taking us along on some great journeys. It was very enjoyable.

Thank you for the kind words John, it was fun to have Pearl stay

 

[hamsco]

Jack Black Thanks you for the trip thru Sheffield and beyond. The info no the police box was very interesting.

 

[Fodderwing]

Jack Black You were a great host to Pearl Jack. Thanks for taking us with you as you showed her the sights.

 

[veitsi_poika]

Pearl is on her way to her new destination, but here's a few pics of her from our trip to the attractive North Yorkshire market town of Skipton, on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales, on Saturday

Thanks for all the GREAT pictures Jack... been a wonderful story watching Pearl and her travels

So quick question... should we consider Randy "Father of Pearl"?

 

[Mason Knives]

Thanks very much to all of Pearls hosts, its been a fascinating and informative read! Brilliant in fact