South Shields, Whiteleas Way, police box

HER Number:
16590

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Whiteleas Way, police box

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Communications

Site Type: Broad:
Telecommunication Structure

Site Type: Specific:
Police Box

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Located next to the Red Duster Public House. The box would have contained a telephone behind a glass window, which would have been used by the local beat constable to contact the police station or by the public. Painted blue metal. Not a full size police box (which contained a chair and desk). This is literally a box for a telephone, similar to the original police posts which can still be seen in London. Photographed in 2007.

Easting:
3655

Northing:
6272

Grid Reference:
NZ36556272

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
http://southshieldsdailyphoto.wordpress.com/2007/07/20/the-tardis/