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Exhibition area 1 - police box and pillars
Inside the "Tardis" police box
Exhibition area 1 - K7, KX100, and Booth 7A
Exhibition area 1 - Mercury cabinet
Exhibition area 1 - K8, roadside assistance boxes and K6
Exhibition area 2 - K4, K5, K3, K1 Mk 236 and K2
Exhibition area 3 - K6s and K1 Mk 235
Inside the unit automatic exchange 13 (UAX13)
Inside the telephone exchange electronic 2 (TXE2)
The K8, the first kiosk on view, was introduced in 1968. They were made with the Post Office's traditional cast iron, with a cast aluminium door. They were more resistant to attack than earlier kiosks, and around 4000 K8s were installed.
You can then see some of the roadside assistance boxes provided by the AA and the RAC, before an unusual K6, painted in grey and red.
Designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, the K6 was commissioned to mark the Silver Jubilee of King George V in 1935, and so became known as the Jubilee kiosk. Despite the popularity of the red telephone box today, they were not universally welcomed when they were first introduced, and there were many requests for other, less strident colours. It was finally agreed that red should remain the usual colour for most sites but that Dark Battleship Grey with red glazing bars could be used in areas of outstanding natural beauty.