Surrey village gives unloved red telephone box a ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ makeover
Don't you just love Britain?
By Will Stroude
With just three days to go until RuPaul’s Drag Race UK lands on BBC Three, everyone’s understandably getting rather excited about all things RuPaul.
One Surrey village appears to be getting in the spirit more than most however, after villagers decided to give a RuPaul-inspired makeover to an old red telephone box.
Yep, passers-by have been suprised to discover that the unloved old phone box in the small village of Compton has been given a new lease of life with the visage of Ru himself along with some eye-catching accessories.
With a thatched weave, bauble earrings and stunning gold outfit, the Compton village phone box is serving the strongest lewks of any public landline in the South East of England.
We can hear Ru now: “Red phone box, in this week’s maxi-challenge you were dialled-up to a 10, and on the runway you were anything but phone-y. Condragulations m’dear, you’re this week’s winner…”
The Compton phone box is quickly become something of a local icon after villagers decided to put the disused public telephone to good use.
She’s a certified ally, too: Earlier this summer the phone box was pictured sporting rainbows and an exotic headdress made of ferns as it celebrated LGBTQ Pride and the 50th anniversary of Stonewall.
The latest looks are a far-cry last year, when villagers decide to turn the dilapidated phone box into something residents could be proud of.
Posts on the phone ox’s official Instagram page explain: “Until last year Compton phone box was unloved, the phone didn’t work and even BT wanted to scrap it.
“Thankfully in May last year one Compton resident decided enough was enough and started his own personal restoration program to return this phone box to a thing of pride for the Village.”
Well, guess now all there is to do is to await the Compton phone box’s inevitable appearance as a contestant on Drag Race UK season 2…