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TR2336 : Telephone box art installation

near to Folkestone, Kent, Great Britain

Telephone box art installation

"Ceci n'est pas une cabine téléphonique". A K6 telephone box with each glass panel has writing, supposedly by 7 to 10 year olds, relating to the disuse and destruction of the telephone box. The box has a manikin inside and the door locked.

Samples of writing…

Left side;
Art is for everyone, not just for smashing!
Please don't smash me I could be taken away.
I have memories!
Please don't smash me…

Right side;
I want to live Long. Please help me. Will you? But I need your help to do it.
Art is for everyone, not just for smashing!
Please don't hurt me! I'm not here for much longer
I am here for you
Please keep my memories, please
Stop! don't do it if you're angry. It's not going to change anything.
Please be nice to me.
Help me don't destroy me.

K2 & K6 Telephone Boxes

The iconic red telephone kiosk was the result of a competition in 1924 to design a telephone box suitable for London Metropolitan Boroughs. A design by Giles Gilbert Scott, a British Architect, was chosen. The box, to be known as the K2 was deployed in London in 1926. The post office suggested it be painted red.

The K6 was introduced in 1935, designed to commemorate the silver jubilee of King George V. It was a smaller version of the K2, and went on to be installed prolifically around the country. It is the most recognised and iconic telephone box, that many people around the world are familiar with.

Other versions of the red telephone box were designed and implemented but none were ever to survive the popularity of the K6.

Over 240,000 red telephone boxes were built between the 1920s and 1980s.
BT had replaced many red telephone boxes during the 1980s and 90s, leading to English Heritage to designate over 2000 as listed structures.

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year taken

2011

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Grid Square: TR2336, 318 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Oast House Archive (find more nearby)
Image classification^?: Supplemental image
Date Taken: Saturday, 19 March, 2011 (more nearby)
Submitted: Sunday, 20 March, 2011
Category: Telephone Box (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: TR 233 360 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:4.8217N 1:11.2519E
Photographer Location: OSGB36: TR 233 360
View Direction: NORTH (about 0 degrees)