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Well never say Good bye to the Red Telephone
Boxes

• Researchers
• a group of students of the 9 th grade
• Project leader E.B. Baukina

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When somebody says London what do you think
of?
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• The tasks of our research
• to collect and analyze appropriate information
• to investigate the former and current life of the
  traditional telephone boxes
• to analyze the reasons of their disappearing from
  London streets
• to learn how they are used currently
• to get into contact with trading corporations
  selling red telephone boxes
• to learn opportunities to buy the traditional
  British phone box

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The aim of our research

• to keep the traditional red telephone box as a
  great part of the British National Heritage and
  give it the next life

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Do you know why British phone boxes are red?

• We conducted a sociological survey.

Only few people gave the correct answer.
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Red is the official colour of the UK
The red colour was chosen to make boxes easy to
spot.
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The history of the telephone booths.
The first kiosk appeared in the middle of 1920
A crown-less version in Hull.
The next version has survived only in Scotland
The row of boxes in Covent Garden , July 2008
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Sir Giles Scott
Then the standard colour scheme was cream, with
red glazing bars.
The famous British red telephone box was
designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott in the
middle of 1920.
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The red colour caused local difficulties and
there were many requests for less visible colour
1924- a red box- the result of the design
competition 1927-the first red booths appeared
across the country 1935 - became a British icon
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Since 2002 the iconic phone booth has been slowly
disappearing.
Why are red telephone boxes disappearing from
London streets?
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What has replaced them?
BT replaced old to the new booths, glass and
plastic, which served as wireless Internet
access points.
61700 payphone booths were unprofitable, because
the contents of one booth cost about 2000
dollars a year.
60 million people in the UK accounted for 70
million mobile phones.
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Modern technology helps.

• Mobile phone
• you can talk to people in different places, but
  you cant see them
• you can travel with your phone
• you can send text messages
• you can connect to the Internet
• you can receive and send e-mails and download
  music
• you can send and receive photos and video
• there is ? MP3 player, radio and GPS

you can talk to people in different places, and
you can see them
Cameraphone
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Where are the traditional red telephone boxes
nowadays?
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We have found out where the telephone boxes are
nowadays.
You can buy some second-hand books in small
outside book kiosks.
If you are going to travel, put your things in a
new truck!
Discovery channel demonstrated the kiosk as a
Faraday cage to keep kids safe.
Phone boxes are going to be used for many films
and TV productions.
They will be used at the Olympic games in London
in 2012.
A landmark idea!
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A lot of organizations, museums, shops have
bought booths to give them the next life.
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Our school decided to buy a traditional telephone
box.

• How much does it cost?

We conducted a sociological survey.
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We sent e-mail to England to get prices
information
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Let God Save the Booth and we will help!
Firstly we made paper telephone boxes.
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Well never say Good bye to the red telephone
boxes.
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• Thank you for your attention!