Derbyshire Archives - Page 5 of 8

Hello and welcome to the K6 project, a personal adventure to travel the length and breadth of the UK finding old red telephone boxes, the k6 used to be everywhere before mobile telephones became the prevalent form of telecommunication.

Finding working red phone boxes are a challenge. As BT battles to control its costs the boxes are quickly disappearing from public sight.

This British icon has become history as public phone boxes disappear, but there is a future as they get adopted and repurposed.

I want to find out what those new purposes are, who adopted the boxes and what stories lay behind its usage (both previously and today)

I have been visiting local telephone boxes and have found may varying usages from defibrillator site, recycling centres, local book exchanges or local village guide booths.

In rural Britain the usage of the boxes appear ‘local centric’ and its these that I wish to explore in greater detail, both here online, as a database and social media for a more personal look at the box its use and location.

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Category: Derbyshire

Bakewell, Derbyshire, (Left Box), DE45 1DB

Crich Village, Derbyshire, DE4 5HZ

Moorwood Moor (private box), Derbyshire, DE55 7NU

Moorwood Moor (public box), Derbyshire, DE55 7NU

Wessington, Derbyshire, DE55 6DQ

Hilcote, Derbyshire, DE55 5HT

Blackwell, Derbyshire, DE55 5HY

Alfreton, Derbyshire, DE55 7BR

Golden Valley, Derbyshire, DE55 4ES

Protected: Codnor, Derbyshire

Pentrich, Derbyshire, DE5 3RE

Upper Hartshay, Derbyshire, DE56 2HW

Broadholme, Derbyshire, DE56 2JE

Belper Lane End, Derbyshire, DE56 2DL

Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 1BJ

Little Eaton, Derbyshire, DE21 5AA

Little Eaton, Derbyshire, DE21 5DD

Quarndon, Derbyshire, DE22 5JB

Dove Holes, Derbyshire, SK17 8DU

New Mills, (Hayfield Rd), Derbyshire, SK22 4PJ

New Mills, (Park Road), Derbyshire, SK22 4NZ

New Mills, (Union Road) Derbyshire, SK22 3EL

New Mills, (High St), Derbyshire, SK22 4DE

New Mills, (Mellor Road), Derbyshire, SK22 4DW

New Mills, (Hayfield Road) Derbyshire, SK22 4HX

Birch Vale, Derbyshire, SK22 1DF

Hayfield Village, Derbyshire, SK22 2EP

Little Hayfield, Derbyshire, SK22 2NL

Hayfield, Derbyshire, SK22 2EU

Spinnerbottom, Derbyshire, SK22 1AA

Rowarth, Derbyshire, SK22 1EF

Charlesworth, Derbyshire, SK13 5HA

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