Skegness women celebrated in phone box in Germany

A British phone box featuring the stories of 23 women is starring in a photography exhibition in Germany.

Artist John Byford photographed and interviewed the women – aged 23 to 96 – from Skegness, Lincolnshire, for a project called Her/Sie (she).

The exhibition in Bad Gandersheim, Lower Saxony, which is twinned with Skegness, coincides with celebrations of the town's most famous daughter, the 10th Century German writer Roswitha.

Byford said: "They're wonderful stories. Some of them are very sad, very emotional. All the stories are there for people to read, and they all grace this telephone box."

People are invited to look at the photos and then scan a QR code to read about each individual story.

Byford said he wanted to represent women of all ages in his work.

"I want people to just look at these pictures, read the story, and look at the picture again – and learn a little bit about life in Skegness."

Tracy Turner, who is one of the 23 women, said she was "humbled" to have been included.

"I've been fortunate. I read the stories [beforehand], but when it comes to life it is one of the most fascinating things."

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