tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20340207.post1411304641581046603..comments2024-03-18T09:41:44.450+00:00Comments on Phil's Workbench: K8 Telephone Kiosk shockUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20340207.post-47681360480779767382014-05-19T15:32:28.274+00:002014-05-19T15:32:28.274+00:00In Canada, they replaced the old telephone booths ...In Canada, they replaced the old telephone booths with wall mounted ones with no doors whatsoever.<br />Most of these are now gone as well, as most people have switched to mobile phones.Jackofallhobbieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06461830980241218802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20340207.post-74950176511577426182014-05-19T12:25:17.703+00:002014-05-19T12:25:17.703+00:00The Twentieth Century Society have an article abou...The Twentieth Century Society have an article about the K8 on their website:<br /><br />http://www.c20society.org.uk/casework/the-k8-kiosk-last-of-the-great-red-boxes/<br /><br />Although a lot of these boxes have been removed, I suspect that rather more than a dozen of them survive - even if many are empty, or being used for other purposes.<br /><br /><br />Returning to your blog, I liked the photo of a K8 in Birmingham.<br /><br />Aside from the fact that some people (motorists as well as pedestrians) might find junctions like this one rather intimidating, it's also interesting to note the scale of everything.<br /><br />Even from this close up, the phone box is still dwarfed by Tricorn House.<br /><br />It's probably best if I don't suggest that there might be Five Ways of putting these phone boxes together ...Huw Griffithsnoreply@blogger.com