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In celebration of the K8 telephone kiosk – Britain’s last red, cast-iron phonebox (2020)
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Linge, N., Sutton, A., Hurley, A., & Johannessen, N. (2020). In celebration of the K8 telephone kiosk – Britain’s last red, cast-iron phonebox. Industrial Archaeology Review, 42(2), 141-153. https://doi.org/10.1080/03090728.2020.1812026

Whilst every country in the world has introduced phoneboxes onto its streets, the UK stands alone in having adopted the red phonebox as a symbol of its national identity. However, that symbol is of phonebox designs produced by Giles Gilbert Scott... Read More about In celebration of the K8 telephone kiosk – Britain’s last red, cast-iron phonebox.