We’ve chosen this lovely vintage GPO telephone as our favourite buy this week.

Not because it’s particularly rare or valuable, but because it’s always worth highlighting a design classic. This model doesn’t just look good – it’s solid and reliable too… and now manages to conjure up thoughts of tradition and nostalgia.

We like the warm, cream colour… and the original number for Wensleydale – an honest & reliable sounding place to match the phone itself! It’s perfectly usable today of course, although most people opt for the quicker push-button type… and mobile phones of course.

We bought it at auction – and the auctioneer’s young daughter (firmly of the iPhone generation) was very interested to know how such a contraption would have worked. “You have to turn the dial for each number?!” “You can’t move from room to room?!”. It doesn’t seem that long ago to us H is for Home oldies that mobiles weren’t in every pocket – and that this was the only option available.

Anyway, who said it’s not mobile? This model of GPO telephone has its own special carry slot, so you can wander round while you chat. Well, as far as its lead will allow, at least!