Ideal for medium public use. This telephone box is refurbished to the same standard as the original K6 telephone box used by BT. Recommended for private or low to medium-traffic public use. Refurbished and including new replacement parts. Metal internal glazing frames for greater glass security. Wooden telephone mounting panel. New wooden doorframe. Fitted interior light and electric board (only for those sold in the UK). White-painted ceiling (increased illumination).
Under the "Jubilee Concession", introduced as part of that year's celebrations, kiosks were to be provided in every town or village with a post office, regardless of cost. As a result of this scheme over 8,000 new kiosks were installed, adding impetus to the spread of the K6 telephone box.
In the following year, the "Tercentenary Concession" was introduced: if a local authority committed to paying £4 a year, then the normal subscription, for five years then the Post Office would install a kiosk on request almost anywhere. This scheme remained in force until 1949, and led to almost another 1,000 K6s being introduced. The "Rural Allocation Scheme" was introduced to replace it: kiosks were allocated to rural areas and installed where recommended by a rural local authority, whether likely to prove profitable or not.
The K6 was the most prolific kiosk in the UK and it's growth was:-
Date - Quantity
1925 - 1,000
1930 - 8,000
1935 - 19,000
1940 - 35,000
1950 - 44,000
1960 - 65,000
1970 - 70,000
1980 - 73,000
Under the "Jubilee Concession", introduced as part of that year's celebrations, kiosks were to be provided in every town or village with a post office, regardless of cost. As a result of this scheme over 8,000 new kiosks were installed, adding impetus to the spread of the K6 telephone box.
In the following year, the "Tercentenary Concession" was introduced: if a local authority committed to paying £4 a year, then the normal subscription, for five years then the Post Office would install a kiosk on request almost anywhere. This scheme remained in force until 1949, and led to almost another 1,000 K6s being introduced. The "Rural Allocation Scheme" was introduced to replace it: kiosks were allocated to rural areas and installed where recommended by a rural local authority, whether likely to prove profitable or not.
The K6 was the most prolific kiosk in the UK and it's growth was:-
Date - Quantity
1925 - 1,000
1930 - 8,000
1935 - 19,000
1940 - 35,000
1950 - 44,000
1960 - 65,000
1970 - 70,000
1980 - 73,000
HISTORY OF THE K6
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Phone: 01202 677244
Address: MVM Unit 7/8/9
Dawkins Road Industrial Estate
Hamworthy,
Poole,
Dorset ,
BH15 4JP.
The MvM Group
K6kiosk.co.uk is part of the MVM group.
MVM is committed to achieve and maintain standards of quality in which our customers shall have full confidence. To meet this commitment, we operate Quality Procedures approved to requirements of BSEN ISO 9001:2000 against which the Company is fully approved. Over the years MVM have been successfully involved in numerous design, build and installation projects, and consequently offer unrivalled level of experience and expertise in this field while offering a very competitive solution. We are a quality driven company with ISO9001 certification, covering design, manufacture and installations.
MVM is committed to achieve and maintain standards of quality in which our customers shall have full confidence. To meet this commitment, we operate Quality Procedures approved to requirements of BSEN ISO 9001:2000 against which the Company is fully approved. Over the years MVM have been successfully involved in numerous design, build and installation projects, and consequently offer unrivalled level of experience and expertise in this field while offering a very competitive solution. We are a quality driven company with ISO9001 certification, covering design, manufacture and installations.
QUESTIONS
Are you ISO9001 approved?
We are ISO9001 approved in design, manufacture and installations.
We are ISO9001 approved in design, manufacture and installations.
Do you have your own manufacturing facility?
We have our own fully kitted fabrication shop incorporating the latest CNC punch presses, press brakes and welding equipment including robotic welding plant.
We have our own fully kitted fabrication shop incorporating the latest CNC punch presses, press brakes and welding equipment including robotic welding plant.
Are you a BT approved supplier?
Yes. We have supplied BT with 100's of fully refurbished k6 telephone boxes for the past decade. Remeber; these kiosks are not just some museum piece but fully functioning street kiosks.
Yes. We have supplied BT with 100's of fully refurbished k6 telephone boxes for the past decade. Remeber; these kiosks are not just some museum piece but fully functioning street kiosks.
Do you keep spare parts in stock?
Yes. As BT's approved supplier we keep all spares in stock
Yes. As BT's approved supplier we keep all spares in stock
Are your installers NRSWA trained (New Roads and Streetworks Act)?
Yes. We undertake street side telephone box installations UK wide and this is an important legal requirement that allows us to operate. The training ensures our installers operate safely and undertake excavations and reinstatements to the highways approved standard.
Yes. We undertake street side telephone box installations UK wide and this is an important legal requirement that allows us to operate. The training ensures our installers operate safely and undertake excavations and reinstatements to the highways approved standard.
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The 'Jubilee Kiosk' is perhaps the best remembered example of Gilbert Scott's work (with the possible exception of Liverpool Cathedral) and is to this day fondly regarded as a typical British landmark. K6s survived the introduction of Nos. 7 and 8, but during the 1980s and early 1990s were frequently replaced with the modern KX 100 - 400 series of payphone booths. Thousands of old K6 telephone box’s were sold off at public auctions. Some were scrapped, but many more were put to a variety of imaginative and bizarre uses in private hands. However, the Department of the Environment and English Heritage worked with BT to identify kiosks, including more than 1,000 K6s, worthy of listing as being of special architectural and historical interest, mainly near existing listed buildings or in attractive town and country locations.
EXTRACT TAKEN FROM BT ARCHIVES
EXTRACT TAKEN FROM BT ARCHIVES
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