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  • 2 no Original British Blue Tardis Police Box

     A very rare Mk 3 Metropolitan Police Telephone Box. 2 no  Fully refurbished Mk 3 Original Police ( Tardis ) Call Boxs Available for saleThe overall design looks more from the art deco era, there are original from the 1930s/1940sThis model is identified by the 3 small metal casement windows located on 3 sides of the box.There is also a small access window  located next to the door to allow access to the internal telephone.The box has a single wooden seat inside with small cupboard situated below telephone compartment.Light located on top of box which would have flashed as a signal to officers indicating that they should contact the station. Would have originally been painted blue which was the standard for all British Police Call Boxes.  Each Box before sale will be sandblased and repainted inside and out.A new hand made timber door with Yale Lock will be fitted to each Police BoxAll the glass will be removed and replaced with new.4 New police signs will be fitted.A new public infomation board will also be fitted to exterior.A original METAL ST JOHNS AMBALANCE SIGN WILL BE REFITTED to each doorThese English Police Boxes are now extremely rare with only a very few remaining in private collections or museums.The reason so few remain is because they were made of precast reinforced concrete and weigh approx 3 3/4 tons.When they were removed from the streets of the UK they were normally just broken up where they stood and then removed.  What where UK street police call boxes?Police boxes are telephone kiosks located in many public place for the use of members of the police, along with members of the public to contact a police station in a emergency Unlike an ordinary callbox, its telephone is located behind a hinged window so it can be used from the outside, and the interior of the box is, in effect, a miniature police station for use by police officers.Police officers also used the boxes to take a break from their beat and have a cup of tea and a snack whilst being contactable.The "TARDIS" and the Dr Who BBC Television SeriesThe BBC science-fiction television series Doctor Who features a time machine, the "TARDIS" disguised as a Mackenzie Trench-style police box. Doctor Who was originally transmitted from 1963 to 1989; as police boxes were phased out in the 1970s, over time the image of the blue police box became associated as much with Doctor Who as with the police. The series was revived in 2005 and a police box continues to feature prominently in almost every episode.A Police Box is still being used in the latest 2010 series but of coarse the BBC use lightweight plastic ones which have being renewed and modified over the years.Why were they used?The typical police box contained a telephone linked directly to the local police station allowing patrolling officers to keep in contact with the station, reporting anything unusual or requesting help if necessary. A light on top of the box would flash to alert an officer that he/she was requested to contact the station Members of the public could also use the phone to contact a police station in an emergency.By 1953 there were 685 police boxes on the streets of London. Police boxes played an important role in police work until 1969-1970, when they were phased out following the introduction of personal radios. As the main function of the boxes was superseded by the rise of portable telecommunications devices very few police boxes remain in Britain today. Some have been converted into High Street coffee bars. These are common in Edinburgh, though the City also has dozens that remain untouched — most in various states of disrepair. Edinburgh's boxes are relatively large, and are of a rectangular plan, with a design inspired by the city's abundance of neoclassical architecture. One police box situated in the Leicestershire town of Newtown Linford is still used by local police today.There is an original one still to be seen in the Chatham Dockyard museum.Pictures of a fully refurbished Police Box for sale will be posted here soon.Please call or email us for any futher information.Full UK and Worldwide delivery is available.
     A very rare Mk 3 Metropolitan Police Telephone Box. 2 no  Fully refurbished Mk 3 Original Police ( Tardis ) Call Boxs Available for saleThe overall design looks more from the art deco era, there are original from the 1930s/1940sThis model is identified by the 3 small metal casement windows located on 3 sides of the box.There is also a small access window  located next to the door to allow access to the internal telephone.The box has a single wooden seat inside with small cupboard situated below telephone compartment.Light located on top of box which would have flashed as a signal to officers indicating that they should contact the station. Would have originally been painted blue which was the standard for all British Police Call Boxes.  Each Box before sale will be sandblased and repainted inside and out.A new hand made timber door with Yale Lock will be fitted to each Police BoxAll the glass will be removed and replaced with new.4 New police signs will be fitted.A new public infomation board will also be fitted to exterior.A original METAL ST JOHNS AMBALANCE SIGN WILL BE REFITTED to each doorThese English Police Boxes are now extremely rare with only a very few remaining in private collections or museums.The reason so few remain is because they were made of precast reinforced concrete and weigh approx 3 3/4 tons.When they were removed from the streets of the UK they were normally just broken up where they stood and then removed.  What where UK street police call boxes?Police boxes are telephone kiosks located in many public place for the use of members of the police, along with members of the public to contact a police station in a emergency Unlike an ordinary callbox, its telephone is located behind a hinged window so it can be used from the outside, and the interior of the box is, in effect, a miniature police station for use by police officers.Police officers also used the boxes to take a break from their beat and have a cup of tea and a snack whilst being contactable.The "TARDIS" and the Dr Who BBC Television SeriesThe BBC science-fiction television series Doctor Who features a time machine, the "TARDIS" disguised as a Mackenzie Trench-style police box. Doctor Who was originally transmitted from 1963 to 1989; as police boxes were phased out in the 1970s, over time the image of the blue police box became associated as much with Doctor Who as with the police. The series was revived in 2005 and a police box continues to feature prominently in almost every episode.A Police Box is still being used in the latest 2010 series but of coarse the BBC use lightweight plastic ones which have being renewed and modified over the years.Why were they used?The typical police box contained a telephone linked directly to the local police station allowing patrolling officers to keep in contact with the station, reporting anything unusual or requesting help if necessary. A light on top of the box would flash to alert an officer that he/she was requested to contact the station Members of the public could also use the phone to contact a police station in an emergency.By 1953 there were 685 police boxes on the streets of London. Police boxes played an important role in police work until 1969-1970, when they were phased out following the introduction of personal radios. As the main function of the boxes was superseded by the rise of portable telecommunications devices very few police boxes remain in Britain today. Some have been converted into High Street coffee bars. These are common in Edinburgh, though the City also has dozens that remain untouched — most in various states of disrepair. Edinburgh's boxes are relatively large, and are of a rectangular plan, with a design inspired by the city's abundance of neoclassical architecture. One police box situated in the Leicestershire town of Newtown Linford is still used by local police today.There is an original one still to be seen in the Chatham Dockyard museum.Pictures of a fully refurbished Police Box for sale will be posted here soon.Please call or email us for any futher information.Full UK and Worldwide delivery is available.
    £15,000.00

  • British Red Telephone Boxes

    Our Original Red Cast Iron Telephone Boxes are typical of what makes the British Isles unique. These along with a few other items are a great part of our long standing British heritage.Every overseas visitor to London expects to see a Red Telephone Box and a Red London Bus.In 1935 the k6 telephone kiosk was designed to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of King George V.The Classic Red Telephone Box was installed across the country to give ordanary people access to the ever popular telephone system when they could not afford to have one installed in their homes.A Red Telephone Box had a coin box to take 4 old pennies which were returned to you if you did not recieve an answer.These coin boxes are now very rare and sell for appox £300/£400There are 2 different cyphers (crowns) types which can be found on the K6. These being either the crown of King George or Elizabeth II.  Each Telephone Box before dispatch has with following refurbishedment work carried out.All the glass along with any silican/putty is fully removed.The woodern/cast iron door is removed for any repairs and reglazing.  The old Telephone signs are removed and replaced with new.All internal fittings are removed, the back board is respayed and then refitted.Each Telephone Box is fully grit blasted, after which it is primed and respayed red, the base is spayed black.The roof of the interiour is spayed white.The external crowns are hand pained in gold.Each box is then fitted the ether new ot refurbished cast iron frames to hold the glass along with new glass.Each telephone box has a working door closerThe Full restoration is carried out in our workshops.Weight: 750 KG per boxLocal Delivery within 100 miles of Canterbury laying flat on our own vehicle.£150.00. will need forklift or other means of unloading.Full UK and Worldwide delivery also available.Hihab vehicle  delivery also available.We have sent these Telephone Boxes to many strange places throughout the World  to be used for many various applications.Refurbishment time is normally approx 6/8 weeks but in busy times can be longer.We have a fast track service at extra cost.Please call/email us to place an order or for any futher information.We also sell many spares to fit within origianl Red Telephone Boxes.New Glass,Cast Iron Glass Frames,Door Straps,Frame Pins,Old and New Telephone Signs,Some Internal metal sign frames.Call for more infomation.FREEPHONE UK    0800 0433012CALL FROM ABROAD 00 44 1227 767453OPEN 7 DAYS  
    Our Original Red Cast Iron Telephone Boxes are typical of what makes the British Isles unique. These along with a few other items are a great part of our long standing British heritage.Every overseas visitor to London expects to see a Red Telephone Box and a Red London Bus.In 1935 the k6 telephone kiosk was designed to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of King George V.The Classic Red Telephone Box was installed across the country to give ordanary people access to the ever popular telephone system when they could not afford to have one installed in their homes.A Red Telephone Box had a coin box to take 4 old pennies which were returned to you if you did not recieve an answer.These coin boxes are now very rare and sell for appox £300/£400There are 2 different cyphers (crowns) types which can be found on the K6. These being either the crown of King George or Elizabeth II.  Each Telephone Box before dispatch has with following refurbishedment work carried out.All the glass along with any silican/putty is fully removed.The woodern/cast iron door is removed for any repairs and reglazing.  The old Telephone signs are removed and replaced with new.All internal fittings are removed, the back board is respayed and then refitted.Each Telephone Box is fully grit blasted, after which it is primed and respayed red, the base is spayed black.The roof of the interiour is spayed white.The external crowns are hand pained in gold.Each box is then fitted the ether new ot refurbished cast iron frames to hold the glass along with new glass.Each telephone box has a working door closerThe Full restoration is carried out in our workshops.Weight: 750 KG per boxLocal Delivery within 100 miles of Canterbury laying flat on our own vehicle.£150.00. will need forklift or other means of unloading.Full UK and Worldwide delivery also available.Hihab vehicle  delivery also available.We have sent these Telephone Boxes to many strange places throughout the World  to be used for many various applications.Refurbishment time is normally approx 6/8 weeks but in busy times can be longer.We have a fast track service at extra cost.Please call/email us to place an order or for any futher information.We also sell many spares to fit within origianl Red Telephone Boxes.New Glass,Cast Iron Glass Frames,Door Straps,Frame Pins,Old and New Telephone Signs,Some Internal metal sign frames.Call for more infomation.FREEPHONE UK    0800 0433012CALL FROM ABROAD 00 44 1227 767453OPEN 7 DAYS  
    £1,875.00

  • Lamp Post and Copper Lantern

    Uniquely british east london cast iron lamp posts complete with ladder bars. A unique replica cast from an original east london street lamp post which stands approx 9ft out of the ground. Made from heavy duty cast iron which will become the antiques of the future. They come in 4 easy to assemble sections, which can be put together by one person and a set of steps. Each section is carefully machined to fit one inside the other secured with small allen ket bolts. ( Allen key supplied) the cast iron base is pre-drilled for fixing to a concrete pad stone set in the ground. (No bolts supplied) the lamp posts are primed and then finished in a black gloss finish. Can be sprayed other british standard colours. Available with victorian style real copper lantern which comes fitted with clear glass and a brass bayonet fitting bulb holder. (Not wired) lanterns can come in either a polished copper or over sprayed in black gloss. The polished copper lanterns will slowly turn green with age discreet ccvt cameras can be fixed inside our copper lamp tops. Assemble lamp post in 5 easy steps. Lamp Post and Copper lantern.  Price includes copper lantern Lamp Postheight: 112" width: 28" inc ladder bard Lanternheight: 36" width: 17" square Combined weight: 120 kg £30 delivery
    Uniquely british east london cast iron lamp posts complete with ladder bars. A unique replica cast from an original east london street lamp post which stands approx 9ft out of the ground. Made from heavy duty cast iron which will become the antiques of the future. They come in 4 easy to assemble sections, which can be put together by one person and a set of steps. Each section is carefully machined to fit one inside the other secured with small allen ket bolts. ( Allen key supplied) the cast iron base is pre-drilled for fixing to a concrete pad stone set in the ground. (No bolts supplied) the lamp posts are primed and then finished in a black gloss finish. Can be sprayed other british standard colours. Available with victorian style real copper lantern which comes fitted with clear glass and a brass bayonet fitting bulb holder. (Not wired) lanterns can come in either a polished copper or over sprayed in black gloss. The polished copper lanterns will slowly turn green with age discreet ccvt cameras can be fixed inside our copper lamp tops. Assemble lamp post in 5 easy steps. Lamp Post and Copper lantern.  Price includes copper lantern Lamp Postheight: 112" width: 28" inc ladder bard Lanternheight: 36" width: 17" square Combined weight: 120 kg £30 delivery
    £750.00

  • Red Free Standing Post Box

    <P>Buy british! british red free-standing post boxes.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Replica of a traditional george v lamp box / post box complete with stand.</P> <P>This style lamp box was orig</P> <P>inally designed in 1940 but did not become available until 1949 due to the war.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>This design is larger than previous models but lighter as it was made from steel with a cast iron facia.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>This was one of the first boxes to be seen with the characters ' post office'.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>The lamp boxes as seen today are very similar in design but come with an eliabeth ii cypher. Often seen mounted on a single steel column stand.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>These replica boxes are available with either a 'gr' or 'er' cypher. Please specify when ordering.<BR>The embossed characters situated below letter opening comes&nbsp; highlighted in gold.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Can be sprayed another colour (black or green for example). Extra £35.00.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><STRONG>Red Post Box</STRONG></P> <P>Height: 23" (Without stand)</P> <P>Stand height: 24"</P> <P>Weight: 17kg</P> <P>Local delivery £30</P>

    Buy british! british red free-standing post boxes.

     

    Replica of a traditional george v lamp box / post box complete with stand.

    This style lamp box was orig

    inally designed in 1940 but did not become available until 1949 due to the war.

     

    This design is larger than previous models but lighter as it was made from steel with a cast iron facia.

     

    This was one of the first boxes to be seen with the characters ' post office'.

     

    The lamp boxes as seen today are very similar in design but come with an eliabeth ii cypher. Often seen mounted on a single steel column stand.

     

    These replica boxes are available with either a 'gr' or 'er' cypher. Please specify when ordering.
    The embossed characters situated below letter opening comes  highlighted in gold.

     

    Can be sprayed another colour (black or green for example). Extra £35.00.

     

    Red Post Box

    Height: 23" (Without stand)

    Stand height: 24"

    Weight: 17kg

    Local delivery £30
    £295.00

  • Red Victorian Post Box

    Replica of an original cast iron queen victoria lamp box / post box.  This design is based on an original design produced around july 1897.   These boxes where installed across the country due to the popularity of a previous trial model tested in london in 1896.   They were considered an inexpensive alternative to the pillar box.  The cipher has a 'v' and 'r' of equal length arms with an oval loop.   The front access panel comes complete with lock and a set of keys.  Could be mounted in a brick house wall or on a brick pier at front of house house.   Can also be mounted on steel or timber post, which can be supplied as an optional extra.  Posts can be made to your requirements.   We can have front a plaque made to slide in with your own family name/address/house name etc if required.   Post box can be sprayed another if required.   Weight: 20 kg £30 delivery
    Replica of an original cast iron queen victoria lamp box / post box.  This design is based on an original design produced around july 1897.   These boxes where installed across the country due to the popularity of a previous trial model tested in london in 1896.   They were considered an inexpensive alternative to the pillar box.  The cipher has a 'v' and 'r' of equal length arms with an oval loop.   The front access panel comes complete with lock and a set of keys.  Could be mounted in a brick house wall or on a brick pier at front of house house.   Can also be mounted on steel or timber post, which can be supplied as an optional extra.  Posts can be made to your requirements.   We can have front a plaque made to slide in with your own family name/address/house name etc if required.   Post box can be sprayed another if required.   Weight: 20 kg £30 delivery
    £195.00