Instructions for use
To navigate around click and drag within the panoramic image or use the toolbar located in the bottom left hand corner of the image.
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 first kiosk on view in this area is the K4, which was introduced in 1927 as a kiosk with extra facilities for buying stamps and posting letters. The intention was to provide a 24-hour post office service but, in the end, only 50 K4s were produced and they suffered from many problems, not least damp stamps.
The two kiosks shown under cover are a replica of the K5 - a kiosk intended for temporary use at exhibitions and events - and a K3 - which was introduced in 1929.
The next kiosks on view are the K1 Mk 236 and the K2. The K1 Mk 236 was the final version of the first standard kiosk, the K1. Introduced in 1921, it was quickly recognised that the K1 was not an ideal design and the K2, designed by the architect Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, was introduced in 1926. However, the size and cost of manufacture of the K2 meant the K1 continued to be used - remodelled as the K1 Mk 236.