Kare Design Mirror London Telephone 167x56cm

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Red telephone boxes are also found across Malta, some islands of the West Indies such as Antigua, Barbados, as well as in Cyprus, showing that the colonial influence is still present. Some of those telephone booths are being used as internet kiosks. [ citation needed] Sadly, those numbers started to dwindle shortly after, with just 21,000 reported to be left standing today. Left in a battered, rusting and flaky state, the abandoned kiosks find love once more thanks to Unicorn Restorations, who own the largest phone box graveyard in the country. 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. These easily-spotted, brightly coloured boxes were once adored by Brits; by the time the 1980s rolled around there were more than 73,000 dotted around.

Elements of the design were simplified and streamlined, in keeping with the " moderne" aesthetics of the 1930s. The Grecian fluting was removed from the door and window surrounds, and the previously separate pediment and frieze were merged.The Post Office chose to make Scott's winning design in cast iron (Scott had suggested mild steel) and to paint it red (Scott had suggested silver, with a "greeny-blue" interior) and, with other minor changes of detail, it was brought into service as the Kiosk No.2 or K2. From 1926 K2 was deployed in and around London and the K1 continued to be erected elsewhere. The K5 was a metal-faced plywood construction introduced in 1934 and designed to be assembled and dismantled and used at exhibitions. It is not known how many were produced, and there is little evidence they ever reached more than prototype stage. A replica (constructed using the original drawings) can be seen at the Avoncroft Museum ( Bromsgrove, Worcestershire), as part of its National Telephone Kiosk Collection. On saving the phone box and having it reinstated on Greenwood Road, Andy said: "Naturally, I was delighted that the phone box returned but it has been the work of the 'Friends of 632 3003' that has made into something very special. It is now Britain's equal smallest museum".

Kay, Thornton (8 August 2012). "BT's old red telephone boxes, kiosks (or booths) to be sold off". SalvoNews . Retrieved 31 January 2014. In 2012, BT helped celebrate the 25th anniversary of the free-phone charity ChildLine by commissioning eighty artists to design and decorate full-sized K6 replicas. These were displayed in public spaces across London and then auctioned by Sotheby's as BT Artboxes. Artists included Peter Blake, Willie Christie, David Mach, Denis Masi, Zaha Hadid and Ian Ritchie. Equally suitable for use indoors or out, we think a single panel would look fantastic at the end of a corridor or a long thin garden. A group of two or three would look fantastic hung together against a larger wall. Linge, Nigel; Sutton, Andy (2017). The British Phonebox. Stroud, England: Amberley Publishing. p.15. ISBN 9781445663098.Telephone box libraries – a gazetteer". Association of Independent Libraries. 8 November 2013 . Retrieved 13 June 2014.