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jammycaketin

Why are there British red telephone boxes in Lille?

I'm currently living in Lille, northern France, and I've noticed a few of the old British red telephone boxes here, e.g. there is one in the centre of the town, in Rue des Tanneurs, just off Rue de Bethune/Rue du Sec Arembault. I was wondering if anyone can tell me why they're here and how they got here please? Thank you!
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There is also one in the grounds of a building in Roubaix, near Lille. Two British phone boxes in the same area of France seems unlikely to be a coincidence to me.

    



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Raph
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It's a question of fashion. All the North of France is "occuped" by lots of British people and it's the way to greet 'em (I'm @ Lille too)


bigandy1005
some of them were auctioned off, so its not suprising that they may be seen in other countries.


nonconformiststraightguy
Because the French Mayor wanted to thank the British for liberating them during the war!


phlepalud
Parce que c'esttrès chic


geminipetelondon
I saw one in Buenos Aires a couple of years ago. I suspect that they are now all over the world. I know many were bought by Americans (no surprise there) and I did here tell of a company that was converting them into shower cubicles although I have never actually seen one of those.


Jeff2smart
because they are.



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