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On 22 August 1902, Kingston upon Hull Corporation was granted a licence under the Telegraph Act 1899 to operate a municipal telephone system in the Kingston upon Hull area, opening its first telephone exchange on 28 November 1904 at the former Trippett Street Baths, Wincolmlee: Link In 1911 the Post Office took over the National Telephone Company's system, but Kingston upon Hull Corporation was permitted to retain its own service. Since then, it provided the only municipal telephone service in the country. In 1987, it became Kingston Communications (Hull) plc, still owned 100% by the Council. In 1999 the company was partially floated on the stock exchange. In 2007 its name was changed to KCOM Group plc. On 4 April 2016, the company moved all of its brand under a single KCOM brand name. KCOM was acquired by MEIF 6 Fibre Ltd, a business unit of Macquarie Group, in August 2019. Further information in Wikipedia: Link KCOM's history: Link

The K6 cast-iron telephone kiosk was designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott (1880-1960) in 1935. Lacking the royal crown and cream-painted, unique to the former Hull Corporation Telephone Department.

Further information:
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Giles Gilbert Scott: Link

The Addison Act of 1919 gave impetus to the building of Council houses. Built to address housing shortages and relocate residents from the city’s overcrowded Old Town, Preston Road Estate, often referred to as the East Hull Estate or ‘corned beef island’, is a large residential area built by Kingston upon Hull Corporation between 1921 and the 1940s. Designed by City Architect Andrew Rankine, the estate was built with pantile-roofed brick buildings along short, curved roads, often featuring mature tree landscaping.

Significant redevelopment in the early 2000s included renovating older homes, demolishing others, and establishing a community centre:
• The Freedom Centre: Link
• Preston Road Housing Development: Link
• Land: Wyton Grove/Ryehill Grove/Exeter Grove: Link
• Housing: Bilton Grove, Portobello Street, Marfleet Lane: Link

The estate is roughly bounded by Portobello Street and Hopewell Road to the north, Marfleet Lane to the east, the former Withernsea branch railway to the south, and Southcoates Avenue and Southcoates Lane to the west.

Further reading:
Wikipedia: Link
Portrait of East Hull by Mary Fowler, 1991, pp. 50-51
Corned Beef Island: Recollections of life in Hull: Link
Hull's 'ghost estate' | ITV News: Link