The history
of London street furniture
Vlad Chivanov
Class 7 b
London
London is one of the most
beautiful cities in the
world, a city of contrasts
and style. There are
items that you can’t
imagine London without.
Red telephone boxes,
pillar - boxes and the
famous red buses make
this city unforgerttable.
Why red?
The Tudor rose is a
traditional heraldic emblem
of England and Hampshire,
which is also called the
Tudor rose, or rose of
Union. The rose is the
emblem of the English of
the Tudor dynasty, who
reigned from 1485 through
1603 year, and has become
since then a symbol of
England. It is portrayed in
the double-roses: the white
flower on top of scarlet.
Red phone boxes
The red phone box, like
red double-decker
became the symbol of
London a long time
ago. Great Britain is
one of the first
countries which made
street phones for
citizens.
First phone boxes
The first standard design
was released in 1921,
called Kiosk no.1, or K1. It
was made of three
concrete sections, with a
wooden door and glass
panels in the door and side
pieces. The kiosk was
painted in various colours
to suit local conditions and
sometimes required a sign
on the roof to make it more
visible.
Sir Giles Gilbert
The red telephone kiosk was
designed by Sir Giles Gilbert
Scott at the request of the
Post Office in 1924. Scott’s
original design was, painted
silver. The model was called
K1. But when the final model
was completed it was made
of cast iron, painted red, so
that it can easily be seen in
the fog. It was called
K2.These boxes began to be
installed in 1926 in London,
while the earlier K1 model
Red post boxes
Red Post Boxes can be
seen all around London
and the rest of the UK.
The most common box
seen in London is the red
Pillar Box.
First pillar-boxes
In 1856, Richard Redgrave
of the Department of
Science and Art designed
an ornate pillar box for
use in London and other
large cities. In 1859 the
design was improved, and
this became the first
National Standard pillar
box. Green was adopted
as the standard colour for
the early
The Royal cipher
On every post box in the
UK, the Royal cipher can
be seen of the reigning
monarch at the time of
the installation. It is
made up of the Christian
(first) name of the King
or queen together with
the letter R which
stands for Regina
(Queen) or Rex (King)
ER for Elizabeth
Regina 1952 -
present day
GR for George Rex (GeorgeV)
1910 - 1936 or 1936- 1952
Thank you
for your attention
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