3a Braid Hills
Road, Edinburgh EH10 6LA
This police box is
one of 86 designed by Ebenezer MacRae. It was restored in 2013 by
Angus Self, great grandson of the late Chief Constable, Roderick
Ross, who introduced the two-tonne cast iron structures to Edinburgh
in 1933. The police box will be open for view on specific days of
the year.
Some of Edinburgh's
police phone boxes have been converted into snack kiosks but many
more are in a sorry state of disrepair. The last 20 blue boxes still
in the ownership of Lothian & Borders police were put up for sale
in August 2014.
The police boxes
installed in Edinburgh were quite different from the 'TARDIS”
design used in London, being considerably larger and more
rectangular. This hasn't stopped one householder from converting
the front door of their private residence to resemble Doctor Who's
famous time machine. The Liberton TARDIS can be seen at
Kenilworth Drive, Edinburgh EH16 6DD.
See some more of Edinburgh's iconic boxes here (via Edinburgh Reportage)
See some more of Edinburgh's iconic boxes here (via Edinburgh Reportage)
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