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Originally Posted by Gremlin
In my previous life as a tanker driver I was based in Kingston on Hull for a dozen years.
The City had its own telephone system and exchange.
They residents had free calls between others on the system but paid for calls which were routed to other parts of the Country. The phone boxes were white back then, as in your photo.
The City is called Kingston and sits across the river Hull which at times is just a muddy creek. Hence. “Kingston on Hull”
It’s 35 years since I was last there so I’ve no idea if the same telephone system survived.
The City is on the banks of the river Humber.
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That shoud read "Kingston upon Hull"