Wow, that's interesting - I've never seen a phone box with a post box attached. I didn't know there was such a thing.
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Wow, that's interesting - I've never seen a phone box with a post box attached. I didn't know there was such a thing.
The K4 was basically a K2 (like the large one at the Town Hall) with modifications.
they are rare and were nicknamed the Vermillion Giant!
the others are in Whitley Bay, Frodsham, Humberside and Somerset.
there's also one due for restoration in Bury and I've heard there's one tucked away in Bewdley somewhere.
they never caught on as the noise of the stamp machine interfered with phone calls. Plus damp weather could affect the stamp machine and stamps stuck together on the roll.
only 50 were made.
I do like my phoneboxes and postboxes and trains and buses :ninja:
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...orak-thumb.jpg
Thanks for info Quincy.
I second that emotion. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by lindylou
no problemo :PDT_Piratz_26:
Some of these telephones are Listed Buildings. It seems odd that all of the K6's are not Listed Buildings, unless the Council are unaware of the others. Here's the Listed ones:
Exchange Street West (Town Hall pair), High Street L15 , Lime Street, Rodney Street, St Johns Lane.
Dear all,
Greetings.
I came across this thread and have a few pictures to add.
The pictures are all of the 'classic' metal style kiosks, i.e. the K2 and K6 (no examples of the K4 kiosk
were ever installed in Merseyside and no K8 kiosks remain.
To my knowledge, in the Liverpool (L) postcode area, there are at least 31 examples in 28 locations.
I will attempt to post these up by postcode area.
Not all of these have a working telephone and some are on private land and may not be accessible
at all times and/or visible from public roads. The examples on private land are not necessarily
painted the standard BS381C 538 Post Office Red Cherry or BS381C 539 Currant Red.
L1, Cathedral, City centre
Attachment 22296
L1, Lime Street, City Centre, GII Listed (x2)
Attachment 22297
L1, Rodney Street, City centre, GII Listed
Attachment 22298
L1, St John's Lane, City centre, GII Listed
Attachment 22299
L1, Entrance to Queensway Tunnel, City centre
Attachment 22300
L2, Exchange Street East L2, Town Hall, GII Listed. The kiosk nearest the camera is a K2,
one of only three K2 kiosks still in use outside Greater London.
Attachment 22301
L2, Mathew Street (Inside the Cavern Club)
Attachment 22302
L6, Hampstead Road, Fairfield
Attachment 22303
L7, Catherine Street/Myrtle Street
Attachment 22304
L8, Catherine Street/Little Catherine Street
Attachment 22305
L9, Longmoor Lane
Attachment 22306
L9, Rice Lane, Walton
Attachment 22307
L12, Almonds Green, West Derby
Attachment 22308
L12, Town Row/Mill Lane, West Derby
Attachment 22309
L15, High Street, Wavertree, GII Listed
Attachment 22310
L17, Waverley Road, Lark Lane
Attachment 22311
L18, Rosedale Road, Allerton
Attachment 22312
L21, Bridge Road, Litherland
Attachment 22313
L21, Litherland Park, Litherland
Attachment 22314
L22, Rockland Road, Waterloo
Attachment 22315
L22, St. Johns Road, Waterloo
Attachment 22316
wow! :handclap:
L25, Grange Lane/Belle Vale Road, Gattacre
Attachment 22317
There is allegedly a K6 kiosk at the Sefton Meadows Garden Centre in Sefton Lane, L31, although
I don't have a photograph of this.
L35, View Road, Rainhill (x2)
Attachment 22318
L37, Formby Point Caravan Park. Non-standard green with a non-standard door.
Attachment 22319
Attachment 22320
L39, Halsall
Attachment 22321
L39, Moor Street, Ormskirk
Attachment 22322
L40, Scarisbrick. A poor picture taken from a moving car!
Attachment 22323
L69, Mount Pleasant, University
Attachment 22324
I've re-posted this, as the previous post didn't seem to attach it's attachments - apologies!
L25, Grange Lane/Belle Vale Road, Gattacre
Attachment 22325
There is allegedly a K6 kiosk at the Sefton Meadows Garden Centre in Sefton Lane, L31, although
I don't have a photograph of this.
L35, View Road, Rainhill (x2)
Attachment 22326
L37, Formby Point Caravan Park. Non-standard green with a non-standard door.
Attachment 22327
Attachment 22328
L39, Halsall
Attachment 22329
L39, Moor Street, Ormskirk
Attachment 22330
L40, Scarisbrick. A poor picture taken from a moving car (I wasn't driving!)!
Attachment 22331
L69, Mount Pleasant, University
Attachment 22332
These pics are great, cheers for sharing ;)
The Frodsham Box...
Dear All,
Just for your information, the K6 Telephone Kiosk on Hampstead Road, Fairfield, L6 has been removed (and not replaced) within the last couple of weeks. It was pictured in my post (#88). The last photograph I have of it was dated 2nd March 2011.
Lets hope all the others are still intact!
Cheers,
Mark
great to see them,well done guys
Dear All,
Just spotted this today.
Attachment 23206
It appears to be in the yard behind The Tunnel Furniture Company on the corner of Tunnel Road / Chandos Street, L7.
If it does belong to them and it's not too expensive, I'm buying it!
Cheers,
Mark
Mark.
I saw it there like it is in your pic weeks ago so you can use the fact that its probably been lying about there for ages as a bargaining tool....Good Luck,
collegepudding
How deep are your pockets?
http://www.britishbits.co.uk/k6.htm
Sefton Lane (Sefton Meadows Garden Centre), L31
Attachment 23218
Sineacre Lane, Barrow Nook, L39
Attachment 23219
Dear all,
Greetings.
I hope this isn't too far off track for this thread. These are the former Liverpool (L) postcode kiosks that were 'annexed' by The Wirral in 1999 and became CH (L41 to L66).
Again, these are the 'classic' metal style K6 kiosks only.
To my knowledge, there are at least 32 examples in 30 locations. I will attempt to post these up by postcode area.
I have many other similar photographs of the other Chester (CH) areas, notably in and
around Chester itself and Flintshire/Denbighshire although these are outside the scope of this thread.
L(CH)41, Woodside Ferry Terminal, Woodside. Also featuring the wonderful Ba Ba Braille Sheep, sadly no longer there!
Attachment 23395
L(CH)41, Beckwith Street, Birkenhead
Attachment 23397
L(CH)41, Duke Street, Birkenhead
Attachment 23396
L(CH)41, Conway Street/Park Street East, Birkenhead Park
Attachment 23398
L(CH)41, Duncan Street/Hamilton St, Hamilton Sq (x2), GII Listed
Attachment 23399
L(CH)42, Mount Road, Tranmere
Attachment 23400
L(CH)42, Victoria Road, Tranmere
Attachment 23401
L(CH)44, Rullerton Road, Wallasey
Attachment 23410
L(CH)45, Grove Road/Claremount Road, Wallasey
Attachment 23411
L(CH)46, Pasture Road, Moreton
Attachment 23412
L(CH)47, Birkenhead Road, Meols
Attachment 23413
L(CH)47, Greenwood Road, Meols. This is the telephone kiosk that inspired the 1980 OMD single "Red Frame/White Light".
Attachment 23414
L(CH)47, Sandringham Avenue, Hoylake
Attachment 23415
L(CH)47, Trinity Road, Hoylake
Attachment 23416
L(CH)60, Barnston Road, Barnston
Attachment 23417
L(CH)62, South View, Bromborough Pool
Attachment 23435
L(CH)62, Park Road, Port Sunlight (x2), GII Listed.
Attachment 23436
L(CH)63, Thornton Common Road, Thornton Hough
Attachment 23437
L(CH)64, Liverpool Road, Neston
Attachment 23438
L(CH)64, Raby Road, Neston
Attachment 23439
L(CH)64, The Green, Little Neston
Attachment 23440
L(CH)64, Upper Raby Road, Raby
Attachment 23441
L(CH)64, Mill Lane/Neston Road, Ness, GII Listed.
Attachment 23442
L(CH)64, The Village, Burton, GII Listed.
Attachment 23443
L(CH)64, Puddington Lane, Puddington. No working telephone, now a community library.
Attachment 23444
L(CH)64, Dunstan Lane, Willaston Non-standard white. On private residential property, presumably no working telephone.
Attachment 23445
L(CH)64, Hadlow Road, Station. No working telephone.
Attachment 23446
L(CH)64, Neston Road, Willaston
Attachment 23449
L(CH)64, Coastguard Lane, Parkgate
Attachment 23447
L(CH)66, Chester Road, Childer Thornton
Attachment 23448
L12, Mabb Lane (inside The Fur & Feather pub). Note that this does not have any crowns.
Attachment 23470
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fairfield Mark
Did you buy it?
AngelCake,
I'm afraid not, it has already been sold!
They have put me on a waiting list should another one come in, however.
Cheers,
Mark
Thanks Mark, you've certainly been around. :PDT_Piratz_26:
Excellent work, Fairfield Mark! :handclap:
Cheers
Chris :PDT_Aliboronz_24:
Looks like most of the red telephone boxes are 'over the water'
Don't think there are that many Liverpool side.
Edit:
.. .. actually, I've just skimmed through this thread and we do have quite a few in L'pool - probably more than you realise. It just looked like there's a lot of them Wirral side.
Great photos!
L(CH)60, Village Road, Heswall
Attachment 23877
L(CH)60, Whitefield Lane/Downham Road South, Heswall
Attachment 23878
L(CH)65, Ellesmere Port Boat Museum
Attachment 23879
The last picture (OK it's not red), is still technically a kiosk. It is the K7A or "Oakham" booth which was installed from 1980 onwards at sites subject to persistent and heavy vandalism. It may not be everybody's cup of tea, however these themselves are now very scare and I believe this is the only one left in Liverpool (?).
L36, Windsor Road/Pilch Lane East, Dovecott
Attachment 23876
Does my Avatar qualify?
The Avoncroft Museum, Bromsgrove has a collection of some 32 such telephone boxes.
http://www.avoncroft.org.uk/collecti...l-collections/
CH45, Montpellier Crescent/Albion Street, New Brighton
Attachment 24314
CH45, Wallasey Village, Wallasey
Attachment 24313
CH45, Sandy Lane, Wallasey
Attachment 24315
Excellent, many thanks Mark