Colonial memory: The red English telephone booth located by the side of the old clock tower in Jalan Tupai, off the main road of Jalan Kota, in Taiping, Perak still has a role to play as a photography piece although the phone does not function anymore. - Courtesy pix
SOME of Britain’s iconic red telephone booths are ringing with new life again.
Caring communities and enterprising organisations are adopting these traditional red boxes or kiosks and giving them a modern upgrade over there.
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