FCF AA BOX Challenge 2019-Just Jersey left!

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white exec wrote: 10 Aug 2021, 09:54 Have we Google Earthed the Jersey box?

Street View last visited 2010, satellite view too indistinct or obscured by trees. Certainly not one of the uncared for ones. :-D
NewcastleFalcon wrote: 24 Jul 2019, 00:06 Yes we await a post from an FCF Member with an original photograph of the Trinity Box on Jersey to complete the challenge. In the meantime, I have discovered a few paragraphs from a study of the history of the telephone Kiosk in Jersey posted up in the "What do you know about Jersey?" thread, link below...
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"Finally, there is a single example of a preserved AA Box, No. 687 (figure 20), located opposite Trinity Church. This box is constructed from hardwood and when in use it contained a telephone to connect to the AA emergency switchboard. These boxes were often fitted with subscriber type coin collecting boxes, although earlier some simply contained a single telephone that was connected via a private circuit directly to the AA offices. Access was only available to AA members, who were provided with a Yale type key to enable access. Originally a number of these boxes were installed around the island during 1953 including number 686 at St Ouen’s Bay, at Gorey on the corner of Rue a Don and Gorey Village, and at St John near the church. Some of these were replaced by steel pillar style telephone mounts starting in February 1977. This latter type became favoured by the AA needing lower maintenance before being finally abandoned by the organization in 2002 because of the rise in mobile telephone usage by motorists. The Trinity box was saved as a result of a campaign by local residents in April 1988.
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Right - Who's got the FCF drone at the moment?? :monkey:
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Pretty confident it will still be there. Locals took action to preserve it in 2010, and in 2015 this phot was taken (flickr)

https://flic.kr/p/scX9Jp

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Edit July 23rd 2016 saw this pic taken

https://flic.kr/p/KpcyW9
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Not the Jersey box, but for Rover P6 appreciators, this chap on flickr has a nice gallery of AA Box spotting in his Rover :-D

this is a nice one Flick on the arrow to the right a few times and up comes Cullen in Davie Country! Pic 3,4,5 etc

https://flic.kr/p/sk3uiv

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July 2019 on this google street view from this angle,
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I can't get past the sheaves of Flickr cookies consents, Neil, so gave up.
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white exec wrote: 10 Aug 2021, 20:55 I can't get past the sheaves of Flickr cookies consents, Neil, so gave up.
I'm sure the flickr links went through a phase of just embedding, but you are right all you get is a quick flash, then up pops the cookie palaver! Nice photos though :-D edit. Slight change in url does the embedding :-D



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Thanks for the tweak, Neil.
Some splendid photos there (and so many too). Managed to snap just about every S1 and S2 P6 colour at the rally.
Many fabulous condition cars.
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I reckon this could be an AA box in an original location. Date 1948
Wonder where it is... :?:

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Easy peasy - lemon squeezy.

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Just rediscovered my pics of the Aysgarth Box from 2016 on the back of Skull's recent ones here
Skull wrote: 14 Jul 2022, 22:04 (PS Neil Is it you that likes AA Boxes ?)

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I've found a new AA box, even though its laying down! :-D
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Must be tired.
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I remember when they used to salute you - but I think a few must have fallen off.

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I know it's been in this thread before but I'm just delighted I've finally seen an AA Box in the wild :D
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There's one in the Beamish Museum but that one is very much in captivity...
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