Kare Design Mirror London Telephone 167x56cm

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Long list unveiled for national vote on public's favourite example of Great British Design". BBC. 18 November 2016.

The Telephone Box War – Wizard of New Zealand". 1 February 2004. Archived from the original on 1 February 2004 . Retrieved 31 March 2018. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link)

The necessity for these landmarks may have become non-existent in the modern era, but it's perhaps reassuring to know that they're going on to enjoy a second life. Phone boxes have always been unprofitable, even in their heyday, and more so following the collapse in usage; vandalism was common, and boxes full of money an invitation to theft. [41] Adoption [ edit ] Feb 10 Tu – Margaret Thatcher – House of Commons PQs". margaretthatcher.org. Margaret Thatcher Foundation . Retrieved 20 April 2014.

Several of these distinctive telephone boxes have been installed on the Norman, Oklahoma, campus of the University of Oklahoma, where they continue to serve their originally intended function. Elsewhere in the United States, a few have also been installed in downtown Glenview, Illinois, and Glencoe, Illinois. There is also one outside the British Embassy in Washington, D.C. A red telephone box can also be found on the Courthouse Square in Oxford, Mississippi. Two are in use in Tennessee: one is on the square in Collierville, Tennessee, and the other is located next to Pepper Palace in The Village Shops shopping centre in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. [61] A telephone box sits outside The Poppy & Parliament restaurant on the courthouse square in Huntsville, Alabama. [62] Usage elsewhere [ edit ] Imitation British-style box used as the entrance to a jazz club in Havana, Cuba

Brown, Mike (3 March 2023). "Hull's cream-coloured phone boxes given Grade II-listed status". The Guardian . Retrieved 3 March 2023. From 1926 onwards, the fascias of the kiosks were emblazoned with a prominent crown, representing the British government. The red phone box is often seen as a British cultural icon throughout the world. [1] In 2006, the K2 telephone box was voted one of Britain's top 10 design icons, which included the Mini, Supermarine Spitfire, London tube map, World Wide Web, Concorde and the AEC Routemaster bus. [2] [3] In 2009, the K2 was selected by the Royal Mail for their "British Design Classics" commemorative postage stamp issue. [4]

The K8 featured a single large glass panel on two sides and the door. While improving visibility and illumination inside the box, these were vulnerable to damage. There were two versions, the Mk1 and the Mk2, differing mainly in the detail of the roof and the surround of the 'TELEPHONE' opals.The K6 has since become a British icon, but it was not universally loved at the start. The red colour caused particular local difficulties and there were many requests for less visible colours. The Post Office was forced into allowing a less strident grey with red glazing bars scheme for areas of natural and architectural beauty. [24] Ironically, some of these areas that have preserved their telephone boxes have now painted them red. The paint colour used most widely today is known as "currant red" and is defined by a British Standard, BS381C-Red539. [25] Kiosk installation: the early years [ edit ] With continued demand for K6 kiosks, siting them was more widespread than ever before. A purpose built kiosk trailer was designed from 1953 to reduce the running costs of cranes. [26] Numbers installed [ edit ] There was some standardisation that followed. The National Telephone Company (NTC) had three types of kiosks known now as the ‘Norwich’, ‘Birmingham’ and ‘Wilson’ patterns. We are fortunate enough at Avoncroft to have the last known ‘Norwich’ Kiosk which is currently awaiting conservation.

Is this the tiniest library in Cheshire?". Cheshire Life. 10 September 2013 . Retrieved 14 June 2014.Thames Town, an imitation English town on the outskirts of Shanghai, includes red telephone boxes. [68] In 1980, in preparation for privatisation, Post Office Telephones was rebranded as British Telecom (BT). In February 1981, it was announced that all the red telephone boxes would be repainted yellow, which was BT's new corporate colour. There was an immediate public outcry; the Daily Mail launched a campaign "against the yellow peril" [30] and questions were asked in Parliament. In the House of Lords, the Earl of Gowrie, the Minister of State for Employment, called on BT "to abandon this ridiculous scheme". [31] In the House of Commons, Mark Lennox-Boyd MP asked Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher if she would treat the decision "with the greatest possible dismay". Thatcher, who was responsible for the privatisation, would only say that she could "see my honourable Friend's point". [32] Shortly afterwards, BT announced that only 90 of the 77,000 remaining traditional boxes had been painted different colours "as an experiment" and that no final decision had been reached. [30] During 2009 a K6 in the village of Westbury-sub-Mendip in Somerset was converted into a library or book exchange replacing the services of the mobile library which no longer visits the village. [45] [46] [47] Similar libraries now exist in the villages of North Cadbury in Somerset, Great Budworth in Cheshire, [48] Little Shelford and Upwood in Cambridgeshire and some 150 other locations. [49] One such box was donated by Cumbernauld's town twinning association and installed as a library in Bron, France. [50] The Telephone Box Book Exchange in Cutnall Green opened in June 2016. Telephone box libraries – a gazetteer". Association of Independent Libraries. 8 November 2013 . Retrieved 13 June 2014.