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Uniquely British Ltd.
 
Uniquely British Ltd.
Ross Buggins
+44 1 227 767 453
www.uniquelybritish.com
 
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Uniquely British Ltd. announces 150 restored British Red Telephone Boxes available with worldwide shipping
 
Uniquely British Ltd. are a reclamation yard who specialise in the restoration of British Red Telephone Boxes and they now have 150 available and will ship worldwide.
 
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(Free-Press-Release.com) May 28, 2012 -- Uniquely British Ltd. are a reclamation yard who specialise in the restoration of British Red Telephone Boxes and they now have 150 available and will ship worldwide. They are based in the heart of the Garden of England Canterbury, Kent. Bob Thorpe, the managing director of Uniquely British has been a reclamation yard owner for over 20 years.

With BT disposing of original Red Phone Boxes across the whole of the UK, Uniquely British have stepped in to ensure they do not rust away forever forgotten. Fully restored Red Telephone Boxes are now available for purchase. It is a chance for anyone worldwide to own their own piece of iconic British history.

Uniquely British have been shipping phone boxes to customers all across the world including, Russia, USA, France, Germany, Brazil, Bahrain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Kazakhstan, Cyprus, Italy, Finland, Norway, Portugal, and of course, all across the UK.

Before shipping, each Telephone Box is fully restored by highly skilled workers. The procedure involves sandblasting, painting, replacing any rotten wood in the door and replacing the glass and signage.
 
Uniquely British and Bob Thorpe have recently been featured in the Channel4 news and on a Russian TV new channel. These can both be seen via the Uniquely British web site.
 
For more information about owning a fully restored Red Telephone Box, visit the Uniquely British Web site. A customised shipping quote will be provided for all overseas enquiries due to the heavy weight of each Telephone Box.
 
Bob Thorpe, owner of Uniquely British, "The demand is incredible! They are being purchased to stand in the garden or by pool. Pub landlords and hotel owners are among our customers. Mostly it is the generation that used to carry coins to use these payphones. People are not paying for the box but for nostalgia."
 
Uniquely British are a Reclamation Yard based in Canterbury, Kent with owner Bob Thorpe having over 20 years of experience at the helm. They now specialise in restoring Original British Red Telephone Boxes.
 
For more information please email Ross Buggins or phone to Speak to Bob Thorpe. If Bob is not avaliable please leave a message with the office.

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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. 

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:

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

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