How Britain’s beloved red telephone box was saved from extinction
In 1985, British Telecom decommissioned Gilbert Scott’s famous kiosks. Then the Thirties Society stepped in ...
Should we think of Sir John Soane as a Modernist?
A new exhibition posits that the 19th-century architect was a maverick forerunner of 20th-century aesthetics. His house in ...
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Norfolk village battles to keep its WORKING red phone box
A Norfolk village is battling BT's plans to disconnect its red phone box, even though only nine calls were made from it last year.
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Battersea Power Station Last Generated Electricity In 1983 So Why’s There Chimney Smoke?
The former turbine halls now house an upscale shopping mall ... with its much-loved building designed by celebrated architect Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, designer of Britain’s red telephone ...
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The FULL list of planning applications in Buckinghamshire
Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...
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Ten facts on Liverpool
Liverpool's Walker Art Gallery is the national gallery of the North and houses one of the best ... It was designed by Giles Gilbert Scott in 1904. The city has a second cathedral - the ...
Throwback Thursday: 100 years ago, several die of influenza in county
Dec. 12, 1918 The eastern part of Scott County is seeing a recrudescence of influenza and several deaths this week. It is scarcely noticeable in Jordan and vicinity. Sunday was almost ...
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Melissa Gilbert agrees that Little House on the Prairie was ‘woke then’
Actress Melissa Gilbert expressed her support for “other interpretations” of the Little House on the Prairie series. Gilbert played Laura Ingalls Wilder, the second-eldest daughter in the 200 ...
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Villagers at war with BT over their last working phone-box: Locals launch campaign to stop iconic red K6 being disconnected - despite it only making NINE calls last year
Elderly villagers battling to save their iconic red K6 telephone box insist they won't be fobbed off with a mini-library or a defibrillator – they want a working phone. BT has told them it wants ...