Quirky 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: Quirky

Perth, Perth and Kinross, PH1 5LD

Dunfermline, Fife, KY12 8QH

Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 9GY

Meols Station, Merseyside, CH47 8XA

Protected: Drinsey Nook, Lincolnshire

Kingston Upon Hull, East Riding, HU1 2DZ

Kingston Upon Hull, East Riding, HU3 2PF

Kingston Upon Hull, East Riding, HU7 4RN

Kingston upon Hull, East Riding, HU8 8TZ

Kingston upon Hull, East Riding, HU2 8BQ

Kingston Upon Hull, East Riding, HU3 6PZ

Cottingham, East Riding, HU16 4LQ

Kingston Upon Hull, East Riding, HU1 1UH

Hambleden, Buckinghamshire, RG9 6RX

Coln St Aldwyns, Gloucestershire, GL7 5AA

National Payphone Museum, Worcestershire, B60 4JR

Guiting Power, Gloucestershire, GL54 5TZ

Chelmorton, Derbyshire, SK17 9SH

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Introduction

Boxes visited

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Phone Boxes Visited by Month / Year