West Midlands Archives - The K6 Project

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.

The K6 Project

Category: West Midlands

Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD1 1RF (Kiosk 1)

Coventry, West Midlands, CV1 2EG (Right box)

Coventry, West Midlands, CV1 2EG (left box)

Harborne, West Midlands, B17 8QJ

Bournville, West Midlands, B30 2AB (left Box)

Bournville, West Midlands, B30 2AB (right box)

Stourbridge, West Midlands, DY8 1QH (right box)

Stourbridge, West Midlands, DY8 1QH (left Box)

Lower Penn, West Midlands, WV4 4UR

Darlaston, West Midlands, WS10 8AB

Wednesbury, West Midlands, WS10 7DA

West Bromwich, West Midlands, B70 8DZ (left Box)

West Bromwich, West Midlands, B70 8DZ (right Box)

West Bromwich, West Midlands, B70 8LU

Perry Barr, West Midlands, B42 2LF

Perry Barr, West Midlands, B42 1TY

Fordbridge, West Midlands, B33 0DB

Chelmsley Wood, West Midlands, B37 7NY

Catchems Corner, West Midlands, CV7 7GF

Hampton in Arden, West Midlands, B92 0AA

Knowle, West Mildands, B93 0LL

Bickenhill, West Mildands, B92 0DP

Pinketts Booth, West Mildands, CV5 9AY

Berkswell, West Mildands, CV7 7BA

Meriden, West Midlands, CV7 7LN

Barston, West Midlands, B92 0JS

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Phone Boxes Visited by Month / Year