Re: End of an Era?
I too have wondered when the last POA payphones were in use, I would have thought about 1988 and was surprised that some were still in use in the 1990's. These would have been renters' coinboxes of course, the last public POA's went in 1987.
Interesting fact about POA coinboxes: international calls were only possible from them to European countries and not further afield. However in around 1986 international dialling from the now dying POA's was extended to North America. Quite why, I am not sure as you would need a sackful of 10p pieces and each would only last a few seconds.
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