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Ipswich Police Box

I've overlaid dr hue's map  over a satellite view of the possible box by the swimming pool (Broomhill lido, which is due to undergo restoration). I coloured the box on the satellite view in red and then overlaid the map, and it looks like we have a match!

Possible Ipswich Police Box Overlay.jpg

I've just got to hope that it's still there. The stills were from a YouTube video that was 3-4 years old, and the satellite imagary would be about the same age. And a lot can happen in 3-4 years.

Possible Ipswich Police Box 2.jpg
 
My custom auto locating software has just found a 6th Box!

doesn't look square. Location: 52.04097,1.19206

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Think this should be this way around:

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dr hue said:
Think this should be this way around:

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No, the box is on the west side of the pool. The white building at the top of the picture by the terraced steps is part of the 'L' shaped building shown on the west side of the pool on the map.

The image taken from the YouTube has not been flipped in any way, and is taken from the viewpoint of the shallow trapezoid-shaped pool.

The viewpoint is the blue arrow shown below:

Possible Ipswich Police Box YouTube Viewpoint.jpg
 
I've created a map of all the boxes and posts I've found in Ipswich so far:

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Found a picture of a Police Telephone Pillar ( P T P ) near the Telephone Exchange at Barrack Corner.

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Picture dump!

I happened to be near to this box this morning, so while in the area (and completely unprepared) I quickly rattled off some pictures.

I'll be honest that when I saw it I was a little disappointed, seeing just a brick building, as your mind briefly tells you "It's a police box - it'll be blue and look like the TARDIS" even though you know that there were so many variations around the country and that this isn't the first brick box that still exists. On the plus side, being now a nondescript brick building means that it is hidden in plain sight - I doubt that even the locals know what it's previous purpose was. But on the 1950's map it says it's a PCB (Police Call Box), so that's what it is.

Anyway, pictures...

IPB01.jpg

IPB02.jpg

IPB03.jpg

IPB05.jpg

IPB07.jpg

IPB08.jpg

IPB10.jpg

IPB11.jpg

IPB11 Highlighted.jpg

IPB12.jpg

IPB12 Highlighted.jpg

IPB13.jpg

IPB14.jpg

IPB15.jpg

The box is brick built. The doors on the front appear to be a later addition. There is a boarded up door on the left side of the box, and a bricked up panel on the rear of the box (which I have highlighted in green). The roof appears to be a flat concrete slab.

As expected it has been covered in graffiti, and the area to the side and rear of the box is overgrown so I was not able to get a decent picture of the side door. There were also lots of bottles of what could only politely be described as second hand water lying around the area (I must have counted at least 30) so I didn't want to hang around too long.

The addition of the front doors would appear show that in its later life the box has been repurposed, possibly several times, as the doors do not look original. With its proximity to the swimming pool I could well believe that this was repurposed, possibly in to a kiosk selling refreshments, before later being turned in to storage.

I didn't have a tape measure or meter rule with me, so used the measurment app on my phone (so the measurements won't be exact, but would give an idea). The measurements are (in feet, sorry):

Width: 10'
Height: 7' 6" (to the bottom of the roof)
Depth: 13' 7"
 
dr hue said:
Attached overlay of 1950s map of Box 1:

It doesn't seem to match up to colour photo? Box shown North East should it be North West ?


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I think I might have just found the Yarmouth Road / London Road box in its original location. Not only that, but it appears to be a different style too! This picture is from the early 1930's, so would have been pretty much newly installed (West End Road, which should be to the left of the picture below (opposite Yarmouth Road on the right), has not even been built yet).

Original Yarmouth Road London Road Police Box.jpg
 
That looks like an RAC box

RAC box next to PCB P6 Ruxley Corner
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RAC Boxes near Ipswich 1932 marked R:
( was also on 1934 map but NOT on 1936 map ) - replaced by PCB ?

ips-rac-boxes-1932.png


Great work on lido Box BTW. Should get it Grade II listed.

I've now found 12 PTP
I'll update map and list in PTP area of this board.
 
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