Bristol Police Box
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From the Bristol Museums website December 2021:
https://www.bristolmuseums.org.uk/blog/have-you-seen-the-tardis/
"From 1938 there were numerous reports of peeling paint, leaks, damaged or sticking doors and broken locks. The roofs were concrete, supported on wooden pillars which were prone to rot. Deterioration led to the decision in 1944 to replace all 13 with smaller police pillars.
Not all of Bristol’s police boxes seem to have vanished right away and at least one was repurposed.
Residents in Sea Mills remember their old police box being used by the local lollipop lady to store her lollipop as late as the 1970s. Or perhaps it was the Doctor?
Information about the placement of police boxes in Bristol can be found in document Pol/SP/4/2 at Bristol Archives."
https://www.bristolmuseums.org.uk/blog/have-you-seen-the-tardis/
"From 1938 there were numerous reports of peeling paint, leaks, damaged or sticking doors and broken locks. The roofs were concrete, supported on wooden pillars which were prone to rot. Deterioration led to the decision in 1944 to replace all 13 with smaller police pillars.
Not all of Bristol’s police boxes seem to have vanished right away and at least one was repurposed.
Residents in Sea Mills remember their old police box being used by the local lollipop lady to store her lollipop as late as the 1970s. Or perhaps it was the Doctor?
Information about the placement of police boxes in Bristol can be found in document Pol/SP/4/2 at Bristol Archives."
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