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   Brewgonia | Aug 29, 2007 09:26pm | #1

   Try looking up Dr Who or Tardis!

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   Lataxe | Aug 29, 2007 09:51pm | #2

   Baw,

   What kind of telephone box does she mean? 

   The old red ones were scrapped by the General Post Office (Now British Telecom) many years ago.  However, some olde villages and other scenic spots were allowed to keep theirs, as "traditional".  Is this the type of box required?

   The new telephone kiosks are not very attractive - can't imagine why anyone would want one of those.  They are all grey and glass, a design of the most tedious and bland kind.  Still, taste is a weird thang.

   Incidentally, the Dr Who wassock uses a London police telephone box as his Tardis, not an ordinary telephone box.  These too are all gone now as the rozzers have them lapel radio doofahs.

   In all events, I doubt you will find a plan for any of these boxes so you may need to get a few photos from someone who passes the requisite structure in daily life.

   Lataxe

   PS Perhaps you could recommend a nice cabinet instead?

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   bawoodworks | Aug 29, 2007 09:54pm | #3

   She wants classic red telephone box made a little bigger so she can sit down in it.  I have a photo and may have to just do the best I can from that.

    

   BA

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   mufti | Aug 29, 2007 11:25pm | #4

               Don't forget to include the smashed panes of glass, the obscene graffiti and the vile smells, all of which were part of the experience of using the box.

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   PADDYDAHAT | Aug 29, 2007 11:43pm | #5

   M, you mean like the Bell  telephone urinals(with a bifold door for privacy) that we used to have in certain areas of larger cities? Alas progress turned them into alcoves on a post with a weather proof phone,

   To the poster, there is a real red booth in Lyndenhurst NY. a sister town thing I think. If you fill in the basics in your profile we will know more of our ability to help you- like photos etc. Paddy

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   boysie39 | Aug 31, 2007 11:19pm | #13

   Lataxe, Did you ever notice that when you went to use one that although there would be nobody in sight,even out in the country,as soon as tou dialled your number there would be somebody outside waiting to get in. Regds. Boysie Slan Leat.I'm never always right  but i'm always never wrong. Boysie

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   KiddervilleAcres | Sep 01, 2007 04:45am | #14

   boysie,

   You know, now that you mention it, the same thing happens to me when I connect to Knots with my dialup connection.

   The wife needs to call someone, son need to use the phone.  Guess I should be thankful and wait till they all retire for the night.

   Maybe I should spend more time in the woodshop and less time in here?  NOT, this is too much fun.

   Regards,Bob @ Kidderville Acres

    

   A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!

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   Lataxe | Sep 01, 2007 06:41pm | #16

   Boysie,

   I try never to phone people up as I know that the infernal instrument is invented by the divvil.  If it wasn't illegal and hurtful to the talking-addicts, I would break them all up with a lump hammer, especially them mobile thangs that annoying people bellow into whilst you are trying to savour your coffee or read the next hilarious chapter of "The Fountainhead".

   The thought of a disembodied voice fills me with a nameless dread, even though bodiless writing on this screen is a Fine Invention.  Perhaps it's the store-and-forward nature of email and similar that appeals to me, whilst the need to make conversation without body language, second by second, is not an art I can manage too well.

   Lataxe, a phonophobic

   PS As to sitting in a phonebox to read or write - shudderrrrr!

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   Hastings | Aug 30, 2007 12:44am | #6

   bawood:

   There a few things that could be more desirable or pleasing than a telephone box in one's living room. I am sure you will have other customers clamoring for one, particularly after they have cast their eyes on the first one.

   Since they are four symetrical sides with a top, mass production will be a snap. Don't tell your client, though, as she may ask for royalties.

   Good luck with your venture.

   Hastings

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   ukalf | Aug 30, 2007 11:43am | #7

   Not seen plans but if one of the sites linked from this one:

   http://www.redphonebox.info/phonebox.htm

   can't help, I doubt anyone can.

   Cheers, Alf

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   bawoodworks | Aug 30, 2007 06:51pm | #8

   Thanks Alf, sent the site on to my client.Bruce

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   BruceS | Aug 30, 2007 11:31pm | #9

   Want to write off a business trip to Walt Disney World in Fla?   In the world showcase of EPCOT center there is a Red phone booth at the GB showcase.  tape measure, paper and pencil.  ;-)

   Work Safe,  Count to 10 when your done for the day !!

   Bruce S. 

    

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   stevemorris | Aug 31, 2007 04:32am | #10

   there's one on private property in my city in plain sight from the street, i ight be able to help

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   bawoodworks | Aug 31, 2007 08:34pm | #11

   Thanks.  After more discussion, my client wants the feel of the London Telephone box, altered to be able to sit down and also have a desk so I'm going to have to come up with my own design anyway.Bruce

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   stevemorris | Aug 31, 2007 09:28pm | #12

   no problem, the tele. box is situated in the front yard of a local bed and breakfast/antique store, si m sure the owner would be open to a little publicity and photos

   i grew up in london england, and this booth looks authentic

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   mufti | Sep 01, 2007 06:30pm | #15

              These links should give you some detail:-

   http://unicornkiosks.com/red-telephone-kiosks.html