- Pearson Square
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51.519212, -0.138273 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- Sculptural arrangement ‘The One and the Many’. The inscription on the stone. The bottom line of the inscription
- Words crossed by the white lines
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WAS NO TIME MATTER
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Historical background
Red telephone box
// Standardisation of telephone communication and country's telephony in Britain was considered at the beginning of the twentieth century. It was especially difficult and expensive telephonise the countryside because of the long distances, and the way out was a system of telephone booths for public access. The First World War stopped this process for a long time, and the first standard K1 phone booth in Britain was created only in 1921. It was an elegant concrete construction with a pyramidal roof and a remarkable door sign ‘Open Always’. Only five remained, and just two on the streets. The following models made by G. G. Scott had a domed roof and were made of iron, with the exception of concrete K3. Plywood K5 was not put into production, no true copy exist even in museums. But the biggest success of sir Scott was the K6 model, everyone's favorite English red telephone booth, one of the British symbols. It was created in 1935 by the 25th anniversary of King George's V reign and had been produced for thirty-three years. Despite the appearance of more modern models and the overall reduction of the street telephone network, there still remain more than ten thousand K6 booths in the streets. Written-off booths are not necessarily thrown away, many of them are turned into art objects, mini-libraries or something else unusual, for example, shower cabins. Paddington bear called Browns from K6 booth. Harry Potter and Arthur Weasley went to the Ministry of Magic via the telephone booth K2. Now you know that too.
Present in routes of categories Lion-Pro
Passed by: 28/31 (90%).
By categories:
- Lion-Pro: 28/31 (90%)