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Where are all the UK red telephone kiosks?
Key takeaways
- As kiosks are decommissioned from public phone usage the risk of removal of the kiosk is very likely unless they are adopted and repurposed.
- I want to find out what those new purposes are, who adopted the kiosk and what stories lay behind its usage (both previously and today)
- I have been visiting kiosks and have found may varying usages from defibrillator site, recycling centres, local book exchanges or local village guides.
Hello and welcome to the K6 project, a personal adventure to travel the length and breadth of the UK finding old red telephone kiosks, they used to be everywhere before mobile telephones became the prevalent form of telecommunication.
As kiosks are decommissioned from public phone usage the risk of removal of the kiosk is very likely unless they are adopted and repurposed.
I want to find out what those new purposes are, who adopted the kiosk and what stories lay behind its usage (both previously and today)
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