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K6 Telephone Kiosk and GPO Wallbox - THE NEW INN, ETCHINGHILL Tel: 01303 862026

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A little bit of history ...

K6 TELEPHONE KIOSK AND GPO WALL BOX

One of our most cherished elements about the pub is the rare configuration of a K6 telephone kiosk and a 1950's GPO wall box, which stand side-by-side, adjacent to the beer garden. Together, they form a romantic, enchanting sense of times gone by, a joint-symbol of the 'high-tech' communication of yesteryear. In these days of instant messaging, sms, twitters, tweets and twits, we sometimes yearn for the slower pace of past decades - a letter from afar, or a long distance phonecall. We know they're only small, and insignificant to most people, but we love our pair of perfect pals. Here is what a representative from the Letter Box Study Group had to say about them.

LBSG Spokesperson:

'You are certainly lucky to have both a wall box and a K6 telephone kiosk side by side, as they provide an excellent photo opportunity.

The wall box carries the current Queen's cipher and would have been supplied to the GPO as it then was sometime between late 1952 and 1955. It is a size B wall box and was made by W.T.Allen of London, and cast at their foundry in Mansfield. We have details of over 90% of the Royal Mail letter boxes in use in the UK on our files, and your box is one of just over 900 of its design that we know about'.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE FASCINATING WORK OF THE LBSG

The Letter Box Study Group,
38 Leopold Avenue, Birmingham B20 1ES United Kingdom
www.lbsg.org