A tribute to a much loved, oft-ignored piece of very handy street furniture.
Many thanks to teddave once and twice, Chi Bellami, Pryere, Pete Woodhead, Gaz-zee-boh, version3point1, Peter Denton, Mike King, Viramati and Miss Bugs for sharing their photos in the Londonist Flickrpool.
Flick through the Friday Photo archive.