Leon · @Lebol
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Due to #BBC budget cuts, the #TARDIS relative dimensions have been reduced!
(#DoctorWho joke! 🤣)
#bbc #tardis #doctorwho #policebox #history #london #tvshows
This Is My Glasgow · @thisismyglasgow
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Police box on Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow. While we now think of police boxes as being blue, in Glasgow red was the traditional colour.
In the days before radios and mobile phones, these boxes allowed patrolling officers to keep in touch with the local station as well as allowing members of the public to contact both the police and the fire bridage in case of an emergency.
#glasgowhistory #policebox #sauchiehallstreet #glasgow
This Is My Glasgow · @thisismyglasgow
1226 followers · 1830 posts · Server mastodon.scotThe style of box shown in this picture replaced the original ones in the 1930s and unlike other parts of the UK, Glasgow police boxes were traditionally painted red rather than blue.
#glasgow #policebox #tarids #glasgowhistory #barrowlandspark #macfarlaneandco #saracenfoundry
#saracenfoundry #macfarlaneandco #barrowlandspark #glasgowhistory #tarids #policebox #glasgow
This Is My Glasgow · @thisismyglasgow
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Police box beside Barrowland Park on the east end of Glasgow. Invented by Charles Eggar, a Glasgow fireman, police boxes first appeared on the city's streets in 1891.
The original signal boxes were hexagonal and made of cast iron by the Macfarlane and Co Saracen foundry. A similarilty in design strongly suggests it was based on a men's urinal already produced it that company.
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#glasgow #policebox #tarids #glasgowhistory #barrowlandspark #macfarlaneandco #saracenfoundry
#saracenfoundry #macfarlaneandco #barrowlandspark #glasgowhistory #tarids #policebox #glasgow
Paul Wicks · @paulwicks
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The lens from Mooncrest Models #SciFi and #Fantasy arrived today. This is a #model #PoliceBox not a #DoctorWho #Tardis of course (the door opens outwards) #WorkInProgress
#scifi #fantasy #model #policebox #doctorwho #tardis #workinprogress
Jim Donegan ✅ · @jimdonegan
1344 followers · 3362 posts · Server mastodon.scot#TARDIS vs #PoliceBox - An appreciation of the differences
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1r4WzVJhEGI&ab_channel=WeTravelbyNight
#DoctorWho #DrWho #TARDIS #TheTARDIS #Whoniverse #Who #Blender
#blender #who #whoniverse #TheTARDIS #drwho #doctorwho #policebox #tardis
Jim Donegan ✅ · @jimdonegan
1344 followers · 3361 posts · Server mastodon.scotThe #PoliceBox - A Primer & Guide
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuLak8gPwhY&ab_channel=WeTravelbyNight
#who #whoniverse #TheTARDIS #tardis #drwho #doctorwho #policebox
LordWoolamaloo · @LordWoolamaloo
448 followers · 506 posts · Server mastodon.scotNocturnal TARDIS
https://www.flickr.com/photos/woolamaloo_gazette/52596047457/in/dateposted/
#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #EdinburghByNight #NightPhotography #photography #TARDIS #PoliceBox #Scotland #Ecosse #nuit #night
#night #nuit #ecosse #scotland #policebox #tardis #photography #nightphotography #edinburghbynight #edimbourg #edinburgh
Steve Riddle · @riddsteve
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Photo of the day of year or is it of the month, anyway, July. Big month, featuring daughter Charlie's graduation with a 2i in Illustration from Arts University Bournemouth. Lovely day, with reception on the beach and loads of photos, but I don't post family pics on socials so here's an old police box in Boscombe high street.
#Photography #PhotoADay #July #Boscombe #PoliceBox #Tardis #Summer #Graduation #Illustration
#photography #photoaday #july #boscombe #policebox #tardis #summer #graduation #illustration
💚🌲💙ssfckdt⭐⭐🏆👑 · @ssfckdt
64 followers · 423 posts · Server mastodon.cloud@jeffcliff @HackerRadioShow ah ah ah but #doctorwho uses a #policebox, not a #phonebooth
you're thinking of #inspectorspacetime
... or #billandted.
#doctorwho #phonebooth #inspectorspacetime #policebox #billandted
LordWoolamaloo · @LordWoolamaloo
321 followers · 217 posts · Server mastodon.scot
Winter sunrise shining through skeletal TARDIS (chap has stripped down old police box to restore, but work seems to have paused for a while)
#Edinburgh #Polwarth #sunrise #photography #TARDIS #Edimbourg #Scotland #PoliceBox
#policebox #scotland #edimbourg #tardis #photography #sunrise #polwarth #edinburgh
Simon Jerram · @Rankersbo
36 followers · 50 posts · Server mastodon.greenOK random one
Do users of repurposed Police Boxes have to replace the original doors in order to put serving hatches (eg Coppuccino), or are they allowed to modify them?
#glasgow #policebox #streetarchitecture
Paul Dykes · @paulodykes
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Next week, a final few Hillingdon boxes. Until then, here’s the Flickr album with maps http://bit.ly/ghost-monuments
My website https://ghostmonuments.co.uk/hillingdon
And GMs on IG https://instagram.com/ghost_monuments/
#ghostmonuments #policebox #policeboxes
Paul Dykes · @paulodykes
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Back on the map for the final one in this batch – on Uxbridge Road in Southall, near the junction with Delamere Road, just west of Hayes Bridge over Yeading Brook.
#ghostmonuments #policebox #policeboxes
Paul Dykes · @paulodykes
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However, an old map shows it as being on the east side of Uxbridge Road outside an old pub that’s now an Afghani cuisine restaurant called Shiraz. So, here is my rainy-day Ghost Monument at that alternate location.
#ghostmonuments #policebox #policeboxes
Paul Dykes · @paulodykes
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It keeps being complicated for a little longer, and then we’re back on the map. Box X48 is described as being “Uxbridge Road, west side 20 yards east of Church Road – Hayes” – which is where I’ve placed it here, on the sunny day.
#ghostmonuments #policebox #policeboxes
Paul Dykes · @paulodykes
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However, the written description for this box places it just up Coldharbour Lane at the junction with East Avenue, which is where The Two Ronnies found it. So, here are my rainy-day composites of that location for box X49.
#ghostmonuments #policebox #policeboxes
Paul Dykes · @paulodykes
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The map shows it was on an island, so I went back on the rainy day to have another go, placing it where it was more likely to have been.
#ghostmonuments #policebox #policeboxes
Paul Dykes · @paulodykes
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Next, two locations on two days for the same police box: X49. An old photo and a vague old map show it at the junction of Station Road and Botwell Lane. My original guess was just based on the old photo.
#ghostmonuments #policebox #policeboxes
Paul Dykes · @paulodykes
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We eventually get back on the map in this week’s #GhostMonuments, but we start with an uncharted police box site in Hayes, just north of Hayes & Harlington station at the junction of Station Road and Clayton Road.
#doctorwho #policebox #policeboxes #ghostmonuments