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Tower Hill Box

From the @Londonist twitter feed:

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Another picture of this box at the London Victory Parade, June 1946:

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It’s a bit difficult to see, so here is the same picture with the box pointed out:

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Great find I like it Teppic...So much  of interest in this photo (which I'm guessing must be around 1960?)
e.g. 1) Why are there two coppers guarding the box?
      2) Why is that old guy wearing a dress (Ok it could be a butchers apron!)
        3) The old guy next to him looks like a Russian immigrant (Rasputin)
Just so much going on............ :o

Pete
 
Answers (possible/probable)

1: its a police box. They're not guarding it. Think about it. Bobbies on the beat and all that.

2: He's a docks / ware house worker. (I would even go as far as to say an employee at Billingsgate Fish Market - which is spitting distance from where that photo was taken (now "Old Billingsgate, and a very popular venue for the likes of me to host amazing corporate events in)

3: Rasputin is a sailor. Looking at his garb, I'd say your "Rasputin"comment probably isn't all that far from "that" part of the world.

Sometimes the (probable) answers really are that simple.

Mark
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Shamelessly stolen from the "Just an ordinary Police Box..." thread over on Roobarbs (it's a long time since I've looked in that thread). Here is a shot of Duncan Lamont from The Teckman Mystery (1954) with the Tower Hill box in the background:

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In context with that first photo, the box is fairly easy to spot.  But coming in "cold", seeing that latest "vista" shot first, I sat here wondering, "Where the bloody 'ell is it?!"  But I did spot it before seeing the earlier snaps, though it was a challenge!

Sincerely,

Bill
 
kutan66 said:
If only the Magical Mystery Tour bus had utched up a bit further before the pic was taken!
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The Magical Mystery Tour courier/coach driver, Buster Bloodvessel, was Ivor Cutler who used to teach
us music, dance, drama and poetry at Fox primary School, off Kensington Church Street in the 1960's.

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Paul McCartney and Ivor Cutler, 11 September 1967
 
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Someone posted this on Twitter a couple of days ago. Again it has probably been posted here before in the last decade.
 
One of your best finds Mikey...Well done!  :)
I was about to question it's location as it looked like a normal road with houses on the other side...... ::)
But the unique Lamp post and railings and edge of seat gives it away!  ;D
 
I don’t know how you guys hold so many images in your memory. A few years ago I read every single post in the Met Box catalogue and I still don’t know if I have seen a box picture before or not.
 
Too be quite honest Mikey..I personally don't!  ::)
I've got them all in a folder on my PC (And on my Facebook Met Box Page)
But I do need to go through them and delete some of the obscure one's (which look like a black blob in the distance!)  ;D
 
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