Police Public Call Box

So, this is where the TARDIS design stemmed from; a piece of street furniture from way back when. Talk about them and post up your photos here.

TARDIS Builders :: General :: The Police Public Call Box :: The Continuing Saga of Crich... « Page 4 of 5 » Jump to page   Go     Author Topic: The Continuing Saga of Crich... (Read 5,110 times) Timegirl Administrator member is offline Joined: May 2005 Gender: Female Posts: 989 Location: not in a galaxy far far away Karma: 106 Re: The Continuing Saga of Crich... « Reply #90 on Mar 13, 2006, 7:52pm » Is this the refurbished Crich box in DWM this month? Such a small picture - I'm not sure Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Latest animation: 2001: A Who Odyssey http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXnV1UNbTuM Mark Lord President Wants a real Police Box... member is offline Joined: Apr 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 905 Karma: 382 Re: The Continuing Saga of Crich... « Reply #91 on Mar 14, 2006, 3:53am » I too thought this TG, but in the end I decided not. I can't remember why, when I do I'll let you know Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged purpleblancmange Guest Re: The Continuing Saga of Crich... « Reply #92 on Mar 14, 2006, 3:58am » Unfortunately I think that is a stock photo as I'm sure I've seen this one before. I hear they've painted the box with the same kind of light blue as used on the Glasgow boxes... oh well, never mind eh. Watch out for the Matrix Data Bank in the next issue of DWM. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged davidpk212 Time Lord member is offline Joined: Jul 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 137 Location: Somewhere near nowhere Karma: 5 Re: The Continuing Saga of Crich... « Reply #93 on Mar 25, 2006, 10:21pm » I thought it was. It seems to have the right environs, and the colour seems OK... Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged The gownwearer is coming... Mark Lord President Wants a real Police Box... member is offline Joined: Apr 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 905 Karma: 382 Re: The Continuing Saga of Crich... « Reply #94 on Mar 26, 2006, 11:34pm » I remembered now!!!! The reason I decided (after much eye-scrunching) that this was an old picture, was that the roof stacks appear a slightly different colour blue to the rest of the box as it indeed was prior to the refit. Also (when I last visited) there was a little plaque on a stick explaining a little history about this box which was situated roughly before where the breese-block thing is on that photo. Granted, this could have been re-located. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged mantawrays Castellan Has a TARDIS, all lovely like... member is offline Joined: May 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 176 Location: Bristol Karma: 1,053 Re: The Continuing Saga of Crich... « Reply #95 on Apr 5, 2006, 2:27pm » Someone's been to Crich... http://groups.msn.com/thetardisbuildersg....567115825236680 Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged The Mantawrays - Bristol surf and drag www.myspace.com/mantawrays kiwidoc Administrator member is offline Joined: Apr 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 417 Location: Christchurch, New Zealand Karma: 6,017 Re: The Continuing Saga of Crich... « Reply #96 on Apr 27, 2006, 12:57pm » Some reports of the restoration/opening are starting to filter out on news sites - I was directed to this one care of Google News Alerts - http://www.ripleytoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=797&ArticleID=1467491 Nothing terribly clever or even accurate perhaps but it's in the news! - glen Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged The TARDIS Library - http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/~trekker/policeboxes policeboxnut Castellan member is offline I am going to build a TARDIS. Yes I am Joined: Nov 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 167 Location: Kent, England, Karma: 50 Re: The Continuing Saga of Crich... « Reply #97 on Jun 5, 2006, 5:11pm » I've just come back from Crich - pics to follow.................... Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged "It's only significant if you find significance insignificant" - Slipback Mark Lord President Wants a real Police Box... member is offline Joined: Apr 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 905 Karma: 382 Re: The Continuing Saga of Crich... « Reply #98 on Jun 6, 2006, 12:53am » Oooooo.... Waiting with baited breath.... Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged policeboxnut Castellan member is offline I am going to build a TARDIS. Yes I am Joined: Nov 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 167 Location: Kent, England, Karma: 50 Re: The Continuing Saga of Crich... « Reply #99 on Jun 6, 2006, 8:34am » I thought about resizing these but then i thought - naaaaah....it was a beautiful day and ideal for snaps. The nice lady at the ticket office let me in as a child which I thought summed it up!! « Last Edit: Oct 22, 2009, 1:15pm by Scarfwearer » Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged "It's only significant if you find significance insignificant" - Slipback policeboxnut Castellan member is offline I am going to build a TARDIS. Yes I am Joined: Nov 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 167 Location: Kent, England, Karma: 50 Re: The Continuing Saga of Crich... « Reply #100 on Jun 6, 2006, 11:14am » couldn't figure out how to resize them so they are now url's. Enjoy... « Last Edit: Jun 7, 2006, 8:58am by policeboxnut » Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged "It's only significant if you find significance insignificant" - Slipback Mark Lord President Wants a real Police Box... member is offline Joined: Apr 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 905 Karma: 382 Re: The Continuing Saga of Crich... « Reply #101 on Jun 6, 2006, 9:56pm » They look great, looks like you had fantastic weather for the visit too. Cheeky, I know, but any chance of you sending me a copy of the huge pictures taht are mentioned? I won't distribute them. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged policeboxnut Castellan member is offline I am going to build a TARDIS. Yes I am Joined: Nov 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 167 Location: Kent, England, Karma: 50 Re: The Continuing Saga of Crich... « Reply #102 on Jun 7, 2006, 8:21am » I would but the urls seem to have disappeared. But yes you can have them - send me your e-mail if you have messenger... Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged "It's only significant if you find significance insignificant" - Slipback purpleblancmange Guest Re: The Continuing Saga of Crich... « Reply #103 on Jun 7, 2006, 8:40am » Quote: I would but the urls seem to have disappeared. But yes you can have them - send me your e-mail if you have messenger... Never fear, they are still here - check out page 4 of this particular thread, very last posting, and there are the URLs to the large pictures you posted... and very nice they are too. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged policeboxnut Castellan member is offline I am going to build a TARDIS. Yes I am Joined: Nov 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 167 Location: Kent, England, Karma: 50 Re: The Continuing Saga of Crich... « Reply #104 on Jun 7, 2006, 9:03am » Silly me - I just cannot figure out anything to do with technical stuff like that. Even when I try it doesn't seem to work. Oh well. I'll tell you something though, I'm moving house shortly and the place i'm buying has a big garden - ample to accomodate a 10 foot wooden box!!!! I feel a build coming on..... Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged "It's only significant if you find significance insignificant" - Slipback teletran Castellan member is offline A long shank knave with a mighty nose Joined: May 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 345 Location: Perth, Western Australia Karma: 12 Re: The Continuing Saga of Crich... « Reply #105 on Jun 20, 2006, 5:45am » Hi all I'm back working on my 3d-max police box and am just about to go on my other computer and burn a CD so I can show you what I've been working on but in the meantime if you go back to page 3 and look closely at the Critch photos that mark posted (the ones with the horse) you can see that the frame of the pull to open sign was originally white like the Barnett box suggesting that the pre restoration paintwork was not the original although it seems likely to have been done using the correct paint. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged I suppose you could take the normal precautions against an atomic blast. Sticky tape on the windows and that sort of thing. mantawrays Castellan Has a TARDIS, all lovely like... member is offline Joined: May 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 176 Location: Bristol Karma: 1,053 Re: The Continuing Saga of Crich... « Reply #106 on Jun 20, 2006, 9:42am » Quote: if you go back to page 3 and look closely at the Critch photos that mark posted (the ones with the horse) Eh? Is the Crich box the wimbledon common box? I didn't know that. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged The Mantawrays - Bristol surf and drag www.myspace.com/mantawrays teletran Castellan member is offline A long shank knave with a mighty nose Joined: May 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 345 Location: Perth, Western Australia Karma: 12 Re: The Continuing Saga of Crich... « Reply #107 on Jun 20, 2006, 9:56am » Mark said "the" box not "a" box so I just assumed it was the same one, you'd probably need to see the door to be sure. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged I suppose you could take the normal precautions against an atomic blast. Sticky tape on the windows and that sort of thing. Admin account Administrator member is offline Joined: Apr 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 1,188 Karma: 0 Re: The Continuing Saga of Crich... « Reply #108 on Jun 20, 2006, 11:43am » The Crich box, IIRC, is from Ealing Broadway, originally. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged ironageman Castellan member is offline Joined: Apr 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 459 Location: the Greta Garbo Home Karma: 159 Re: The Continuing Saga of Crich... « Reply #109 on Jun 20, 2006, 4:53pm » The Crich and Wimbledon are the same type of box though... and you CAN see the door of the Wimbledon one: ...looks a bit Crich-y to me... Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged come with us now on a journey through time and space Admin account Administrator member is offline Joined: Apr 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 1,188 Karma: 0 Re: The Continuing Saga of Crich... « Reply #110 on Jun 20, 2006, 7:51pm » Did some digging this afternoon, and found it is indeed from Ealing as I said! The proof is in the inaccurately spelled instruction plaque inside, which asks you to hold on the line for "approximatey" 20 seconds whilst you're connected to Ealing Broadway's nearest Police Station. Incidentally, the sealed, framed Police Box journal log book inside the Crich Box is blank. Last time I Dysoned out the whole box (yes, i really did!) before it's renovation I looked at the book, and there's not a thing written in it. « Last Edit: Jun 20, 2006, 8:02pm by Admin account » Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Mark Lord President Wants a real Police Box... member is offline Joined: Apr 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 905 Karma: 382 Re: The Continuing Saga of Crich... « Reply #111 on Jun 20, 2006, 11:00pm » Sorry if I caused confusion, I never intended to suggest that the Wimbledon box and Crich box were one and the same. I probably meant they were of the same design (in so much as the Barnet one isn't), if you get me. Tele-I would agree with you about the frame originally being white at the begining of the box's life, but I think it has been blue for a long while now. Looking forward to seeing what you've been up to , bring on that CD! Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Admin account Administrator member is offline Joined: Apr 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 1,188 Karma: 0 Re: The Continuing Saga of Crich... « Reply #112 on Jun 21, 2006, 12:49am » I thought it's a valid point you made Mark, that more than one box has a reversed door or a different one, and it does look like the Crich box in the picture to me, hence my digging - more to put my own mind at rest than anything! Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged mantawrays Castellan Has a TARDIS, all lovely like... member is offline Joined: May 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 176 Location: Bristol Karma: 1,053 Re: The Continuing Saga of Crich... « Reply #113 on Jun 21, 2006, 10:41am » Nice pic ironageman What a funny coincidence! It looks exactly like the Crich box! Wow I know you say there's some evidence that the box is from Earl's court Dale but you must admit the similarity is pretty uncanny with the door the wrong way round, and even the hinges are in exactly the same place. The roof is the same too. It's surprising to see so much similarity between police boxes when usually there are so many differences. So if it isn't the same box then it has been made to very exacting standards by the same contractor. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged The Mantawrays - Bristol surf and drag www.myspace.com/mantawrays Admin account Administrator member is offline Joined: Apr 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 1,188 Karma: 0 Re: The Continuing Saga of Crich... « Reply #114 on Jun 21, 2006, 2:17pm » Earl's Court? I said Ealing! - the information IIRC is inside the telephone window of the Crich box itself, when it tells you what Police Station you'll be connected to... in this case I'm sure it says Tooting... but they DO look very alike - makes me wonder just how many London Boxes had flat doors... it is of course a possiblity that the inside sign's been remade and changed - not very likely, but a possibility... Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged mantawrays Castellan Has a TARDIS, all lovely like... member is offline Joined: May 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 176 Location: Bristol Karma: 1,053 Re: The Continuing Saga of Crich... « Reply #115 on Jun 21, 2006, 3:43pm » Quote: Earl's Court? I said Ealing! Oops! Looks like I made a typo of my own! Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged The Mantawrays - Bristol surf and drag www.myspace.com/mantawrays ironageman Castellan member is offline Joined: Apr 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 459 Location: the Greta Garbo Home Karma: 159 Re: The Continuing Saga of Crich... « Reply #116 on Jun 21, 2006, 4:58pm » <<So if it isn't the same box then it has been made to very exacting standards by the same contractor. >> Exactly so; the Crich type does seem to have been a standard type. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged come with us now on a journey through time and space Admin account Administrator member is offline Joined: Apr 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 1,188 Karma: 0 Re: The Continuing Saga of Crich... « Reply #117 on Jun 23, 2006, 2:13am » By the oddest of co-incidences, tonight I found a hidden treasure, posted by one of our newer members - Chris Kingbees - through a Who fan mate I had round to visit; who's father used to do the trolleybus routes. Chris posted this picture: Here's the amazing part... the photo is taken from one end of Ealing Broadway, as it was in the mid to late 60s. The Police Box is of course no longer there - it was taken to hendon Police Training College, and eventually found it's way to the Crich Tramway Village. Yup, Chris posted a picture of the original site for the Crich Box! As such I'm indebted to you young man, and I know that Crich will be very excited as well. Nice find, and THANK YOU!!! Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Mark Lord President Wants a real Police Box... member is offline Joined: Apr 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 905 Karma: 382 Re: The Continuing Saga of Crich... « Reply #118 on Jun 24, 2006, 12:48am » What an interesting tale. Shame the box isn't featured more in the picture, but even so, what and amazing find! Nice one KB. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged policeboxnut Castellan member is offline I am going to build a TARDIS. Yes I am Joined: Nov 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 167 Location: Kent, England, Karma: 50 Re: The Continuing Saga of Crich... « Reply #119 on Jun 24, 2006, 8:16am » Sorry to be a cynic - it doesn't look like the Crich box. The roof looks more like the Barnet/Tower of London box. Sorry!!! 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