1/27/2024 0 Comments Biff has the phoneboxBiff was confused, why would he need an appointment with a secretary he told her. As Biff made small talk with the secretary she asked him “What can I do for you Biff, did we have an appointment?”. A week later three IT consultants would turn up at Morty or Edgar's firm and start work and Biff was happy.Īs ties and lapels grew thinner so did Biff’s book of business, what was going wrong? Biff started to get the first clue when he turned up for a meeting with Morty and he saw the secretary sitting behind the desk in Morty’s office. Life was so simple back then, Biff would meet with Morty or Edgar and have lunch and over last cocktail pass along copies of a few resumes. Back in the day Biff used to call on his best client’s Morty and Edgar, they had no fancy title like Procurement Director or Sourcing Manager they were buyers. Biff has seen a lot of changes to his job over the years, most of which he really doesn’t understand. Our hero has been in the IT sales business since the punch card and three Martini lunch days. Even more intriguing though is that in Scotland this could be replaced by the Scottish Crown.This story starts with our hero, lets call him Biff. When new they featured the Tudor Crown of King George VI, a motif that changed to St Edwards Crown when Elizabeth took the throne. The use of crowns on the K6s is also of note. ![]() The classical look of the K2 was scaled back slightly for this smaller version, but there remain many similarities. It is the K6 that is the typical phone box, the one that you are certain to have seen at some point in your life. ![]() The result was the K6, the first kiosk that could be found in both big cities and tiny hamlets. There was still no standard kiosk that could be used throughout the country and King George Vs Silver Jubilee in 1935 prompted the GPO to try again at standardisation.Īgain the architect was Giles Gilbert Scott, who was tasked with making a K2 that was the size of a K3. The cast iron K2 proved that this material was more durable than the easily broken and stained concrete used on the K3. The first of the K series of kiosks appearing in 1920. In 1912 the General Post Office (GPO) took over the operation of phone boxes and started the process of complete standardisation. Of interest to note is that lots of these boxes required payment to enter, and some even had attendants! We are fortunate enough at Avoncroft to have the last known ‘Norwich’ Kiosk which is currently awaiting conservation. ![]() The National Telephone Company (NTC) had three types of kiosks known now as the ‘Norwich’, ‘Birmingham’ and ‘Wilson’ patterns. There was some standardisation that followed. These came in multiple shapes and sizes and often looked like decorative Arbours with thatched roofs and stained glass. But the history of these boxes, or kiosks to give them their proper name, is much more interesting than the casual observer may think.Įarly phone kiosks were strange devices that were more like garden sheds than the phone boxes we think of today. ![]() The telephone box is as much an icon to Britain as the Houses of Parliament. Courtesy Avoncroft Museum Nick Sturgess, Head of Collections and Interpretation at Avoncroft Museum, takes us through their wonderful collection of K telephone boxes dating from the 1920s through to the 1980s
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