BT red telephone box converted to cash machine and public phone.

Red Telephone Box with cash machine!

BT red telephone box converted to cash machine and public phone.
BT red telephone box converted to cash machine and public phone.

The  traditional  red telephone box from 1926 onwards,   with a prominent crown representing the British Government, which used act as a  British Telecom public telephone Kiosk designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, was a familiar sight on the streets of the United Kingdom, Malta,  Bermuda and Gibraltar. The colour red  complies with BS3981C-539 known as “currant red” was chosen to make them easy to spot. This British cultural icon ( The culture of the United Kingdom is the pattern of  symbolism and human activity often associated with the United Kingdom and  its people. It is influenced by the UK’s history as a  major power, developed country, which stands for a liberal democracy  representing, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland—each of which has distinct customs, cultures and symbolism), has been upgraded as cash machine as well as a public telephone at the London’s famous Portabello Road.

Although they stopped production with the advent of theKX series in 1985, many still survived and stand in Britain.