KIOSKS
EARLY TYPES


In the UK, before the introduction of the standard GPO Telephone Kiosk, there were numerous local styles of kiosks including those from private companies such as the National Telephone Company (NTC).  Most of the local styles were replaced after 1936 by the Kiosk No. 6.

Click here for the 1924 kiosk competition

Nottingham - Wilson A (1909) Rustic style in Blackburn (1907)
   
Norwich Style
(Installed in the East Coast districts)
Wilson A
   
Birmingham style Rustic style in Eastbourne
   
GPO K1 Kiosk Mark 234 (1922 - 1929) GPO K1 Kiosk Mark 236 (1929 onwards)
   
John Burnet
(1924 competition entry)
Robert Lorimer
(1924 competition entry)
   
Birmingham Civic Society
(1924 competition entry)
Metropolitan Boroughs Joint
Standing Committee
(1924 competition entry)
   
GPO K2 Kiosk (Giles Gilbert Scott)
(1924 competition entry winner)
GPO K3 Kiosk Mark 1 (1929 to 1934)
   
GPO K3 Kiosk Mark 2 (1934 onwards) NTC Cast Iron Kiosk
Holborn, London (1898 - Picture dated circa 1908 or later)
   
Wilson B (1905) NTC in Scotland (1908)
   
 
Kiosk at Pittencrieff Glen, Dunfermline (1938)  

 

Wilson C Kiosk on the platform of Gosport Road Railway Station, Portsmouth (1905)

 

 
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