2014

SK7759 : Telephone Kiosk and postbox at Bathley

taken 10 years ago, near to Bathley, Nottinghamshire, England

Telephone Kiosk and postbox at Bathley
Telephone Kiosk and postbox at Bathley
As with many superfluous K6 kiosks, this one has found a new use housing a defibrillator.
The postbox (ref NG23 26) is a standard EIIR lamp box on post.
Old maps show this as the site of the village pinfold.
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. The first K6 is still to be found outside the Royal Academy of Art in London.

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 with the aluminium KX100, leading to English Heritage to designate over 2000 as listed structures. Only 9400 K6's remain.

BT offered councils to 'adopt-a-kiosk' for £1 to keep local K6's in place. Many have found alternate uses as mini libraries/book exchanges & art galleries, and even for storage of heart defibrillators.


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Geographical Context: Village, Rural settlement Communications Postbox: E II R Lampbox Primary Subject: Telephone Box other tags: K6 Telephone Kiosk Village Notice Board Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Bathley House [8] · Postbox [2] ·
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SK7759, 55 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Alan Murray-Rust   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 24 July, 2014   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 28 July, 2014
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 7781 5907 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:7.3880N 0:50.3233W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 7783 5906
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Northwest (about 315 degrees)
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