2013

ST5810 : Ryme Intrinseca: the book exchange

taken 11 years ago, near to Ryme Intrinseca, Dorset, England

Ryme Intrinseca: the book exchange
Ryme Intrinseca: the book exchange
The village phone box has been decommissioned by British Telecom but the parish has found a new use for it - as a book exchange.

A lot of ex-phone boxes, when taken out of service by BT, have been offered to the local community for £1 so that they can remain as a feature of the village. Many parish councils have taken up this offer, with quite a lot of them finding an alternative use for the kiosk.

The box stands outside ST5810 : Ryme Intrinseca: the Old Forge.
See ST5810 : Ryme Intrinseca: detail of the book exchange for a close-up.
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 other tags: Telephone Box Book Exchange Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Phone Box [4] · Book Exchange [3] · Outside [3] · Close-up [2] · Lot [2] Other Photos: · Ryme Intrinseca: the Old Forge · Ryme Intrinseca: detail of the book exchange ·
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ST5810, 73 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Chris Downer   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 19 January, 2013   (more nearby)
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Sunday, 20 January, 2013
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OSGB36: geotagged! ST 5819 1088 [10m precision]
WGS84: 50:53.7526N 2:35.7521W
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OSGB36: geotagged! ST 5819 1088
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