25 Red British Telephone boxes now in stock

by Administrator 1. February 2012 14:53

Uniquely British is pleased to announce that they now have 25 reclaimed telephone boxes in stock.  These are ready to be restored and delivered.  The price per box is £2,250. 

Telephone Boxes

 

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What would you use a red British telephone box for?

by Administrator 1. February 2012 10:04

At Uniquely British we sell red telephone boxes,  but we don't often get to find out exactly what people will be using them for.  So we've started asking people what they would like to use them for.

  1. Show Cubicle for a hot tub shower
  2. Fish Tank
  3. As a working phone box
  4. Tool Shed
  5. Community book exchange

If you have any more ideas then just email us and we will add them to the list.

See our current Red Phone Boxes here http://www.uniquelybritish.com/Item/BRITISH_RED_K6_TELEPHONE_BOX.aspx

We've also had some interesting art work submitted:

 

  

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25 Facts about British red phone boxes - 1 for every box we have in stock!

by Administrator 1. February 2012 00:59

Our 25 British Telephone Boxes can be found at http://www.uniquelybritish.com/Item/BRITISH_RED_K6_TELEPHONE_BOX.aspx

Here are the facts:

1.  There is a red telephone box outside of the British Embassy in Washington.

2.  The K6 was the most used version of the red telephone box, with 73,000 of them in place in the 1980's.

3.  Many K6 doors are made from teak wood, not metal.

4.  The K6 telephone box is held together with exactly 200 screws.

5.  2,500 red telephone box have been given grade II listed status.

6.  The K5 telephone box never went into production.

7.  Around 14,000 red K6 telephone boxes are still on the street of Britain today.

8.  A purpose built telephone box trailer was built for installing the red phone boxes to reduce the reliance on cranes.

9.  The designer of the phone boxes originally wanted them to be silver.

10.The intended silver colour was changed to red to make the British phone boxes easier to spot.

11.The Royal Fine Art Institution played a leading role in commissioning the design on the British Phone Box.

12.In Scotland they use the Scottish Crown as a symbol on the telephone boxes.

13.Only 12 of the K8 versions of telephone boxes remain in Britain.

14.Israel have imported 10 British telephone boxes for use in one of their cities.

15.Uniquely British have delivered British Telephone boxes to America, Canada and France.

16.Kingston upon Hull was not under the Post Office control so had their of type of Telephone Boxes.

17.The GPO (General Post Office) - who originally ran the British phone network, was created in the 1600's.

18.In 2009 a K6 Telephone box was converted into a library book exchange and drop off point.

19.The K4 box had a stamp machine and post box built in.

20.The original material for the K6 telephone box was mild steel but later changed to cast iron.

21.Shower cubicles for hot tubs are a common use for reclaimed British Telephone Boxes.

22.The K6 Telephone box was designed for the Silver Jubilee of King George V.

23.Before the K6, telephone boxes were made from concrete

24.K1 and K2 boxes were mainly installed only in London.

25.Police call boxes were an evolution from phone boxes in the era before wireless communication. 

Our 25 British Telephone Boxes can be found at http://www.uniquelybritish.com/Item/BRITISH_RED_K6_TELEPHONE_BOX.aspx

 

Line art created at www.photolinedrawing.com

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Uniquely British has a great range of products from all across Britain. Just browse through the categories below to get an idea of the great British products we have on offer.

We now have 25 phone boxes in stock ready to refurbish.

We specialise in Phone Boxes, Post Boxes, and Lamp Posts.

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