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Thanks Janice, that's great. I did wonder if this was one of the boxes at Coleridge Passage that was more recently converted into a takeaway coffee point. How times change. Viv.
 
pjmburns said:
try this

The Telephone Box | Kiosk No 4

The K4 kiosk was designed by the Engineering Department of the General Post Office. It used the successful design of the K2 kiosk, by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, expanded to include a post box and stamp machine; it was an automated mini-Post Office. The K4 kiosk was enormous and was half as big...
www.the-telephone-box.co.uk
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What a wonderful idea! I do not ever remember seeing one of those. Thank you Janice.
 
Well done Janet! Looks the same, but unable to see the previous photo clearly on the adjacent, wall next to the door opening, looks like an inset machine?
 
paul stacey said:
Well done Janet! Looks the same, but unable to see the previous photo clearly on the adjacent, wall next to the door opening, looks like an inset machine?
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According to Janice's site the they only produced 50 K4's. The stamp machine was noisy and interfered with telephone calls. Guess the 1930's one in #871 was very large was replaced by the one in my photo which I think is a K6...I may be totally wrong.
 

Stamp Machine on K4 Telephone Box​

Manufactured by Carron & Co of Falkirk, the boxes were unpopular because of their size (half as big again as the K2 kiosk) and because the stamp machines were excessively noisy during telephone conversations and were not weather-proof, which caused problems with the adhesive on the stamps. A single batch of only fifty kiosks was produced and installed
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mw0njm. said:

Stamp Machine on K4 Telephone Box​

Manufactured by Carron & Co of Falkirk, the boxes were unpopular because of their size (half as big again as the K2 kiosk) and because the stamp machines were excessively noisy during telephone conversations and were not weather-proof, which caused problems with the adhesive on the stamps. A single batch of only fifty kiosks was produced and installed
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I had forgotten we could get stamps from wall dispensers . I am thinking about the Cadbury's chocolate ones were navy blue.
 
That makes sense now Alan. I think there's a bus destination sign just visible behind the lampost. Cant say I remember the signs at all. Must ave gone out of use before my time.Viv
 
Vivienne14 said:
That makes sense now Alan. I think there's a bus destination sign just visible behind the lampost. Cant say I remember the signs at all. Must ave gone out of use before my time.Viv
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Your post made me remember the old bus stops, a round sign, brown here, on a pole, with a promenade type barrier.
 
Vivienne14 said:
A couple of interesting signs on this 1937 photo. I don't think I've ever seen a pillar box with the sign "Air Mail" on top (right side). Were these signs bus stops (left side) ?View attachment 186057View attachment 186058
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As Alan so rightly said they were indicative that this area ŵas required for the corporation buses to load and unload. They were on all the main streets in the City centre.
Bob
 
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