History of Hull's cream phone boxes - and a Hollywood connection

While the Post Office, which ran most of the national network, was rolling out red phone boxes in the 1920s and 30s, Hull was ...
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Reviving History: Haggis Designs Launches Indiegogo Campaign to Preserve and Innovate Iconic British Red Telephone Boxes

In the heart of the United Kingdom, the iconic red telephone boxes are quietly fading away, with over a thousand set to disappear this year alone.Haggis Designs recognizes the urgency of the situation ...
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Calls for 'iconic' phone box to return

A fight to bring back an "iconic" piece of a town's history continues two years after a car crash destroyed a Grade II listed K8 phone box. Hailed as an emblem from the "swinging 60s", the loss of ...

'A classic British icon': Red phone booths get new lease on life thanks to former Calgarian

They may not be used for their original purpose much anymore, but a former Calgarian says those iconic red phone booths scattered around London are a perfect fit for a new business venture. "We have ...
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Chance to nominate community heroes to have iconic cream phone boxes named in their honour

Sporting legends Tommy and Lewie Coyle have joined forces with KCOM in a search to find Hull’s 'Hometown Heroes'. Former Commonwealth boxing champion Tommy and Hull City captain Lewie launched the ...
The Economist

British telephone boxes are getting a facelift, of sorts

Few things are as quintessentially British as a red telephone box. In Covent Garden, in central London, tourists queue to pose for selfies with the analogue receivers. But locals are more familiar ...
Weston Mercury

Red telephone box destroyed in crash could be replaced

A Somerset village whose red telephone box-turned library was hit by a car is looking to acquire a replacement.