Editing Red telephone box (section)

=== K1 ===
The first standard public telephone kiosk introduced by the United Kingdom [[General Post Office|Post Office]] was produced in concrete in 1921 and was designated K1 (Kiosk No.1). The Post Office had taken over almost all of the country's telephone network in 1912. Some local authorities refused to give permission for the K1; [[Eastbourne Borough Council|Eastbourne Corporation]] insisted that the kiosks could only be installed if they had thatched roofs.<ref>{{cite web|title=C20 Society welcomes Ofcom's Move to Protect Telephone Boxes|url=https://c20society.org.uk/news/c20-society-welcomes-ofcoms-move-to-protect-telephone-boxes|website=Twentieth Century Society|access-date=24 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Linge |first1=Nigel |last2=Sutton |first2=Andy |author1-link=Nigel Linge |title=The British Phonebox |date=2017 |publisher=Amberley Publishing |location=Stroud, England |isbn=9781445663098 |page=15}}</ref> The design of the K1 was not of the same family as the familiar red telephone boxes. As of 2021, there remain fourteen K1 boxes in the UK, including seven that are in museums and museum collections. A further two remain in the Republic of Ireland. Seven of the UK's fourteen have been [[listed building|listed]] at Grade II by [[Historic England]], some of them still located on British streets,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/sitesearch?terms=K1%20TELEPHONE%20KIOSK&pageSize=undefined&searchtype=sitesearch |title=Search Results for K1 TELEPHONE KIOSK |publisher=Historic England |access-date=10 May 2020}}</ref> including one situated in Trinity Market in [[Kingston-upon-Hull]],<ref>{{NHLE |num=1219597 |desc=K1 Telephone Kiosk in Market Hall |grade=II |access-date=22 November 2017 }}</ref> and another in [[Bembridge]] High Street, [[Isle of Wight]].<ref>{{NHLE |num=1365354 |desc=K1 Telephone Kiosk located outside the options [''sic''] |grade=II |access-date=22 November 2017 }} The kiosk is in fact outside the former optician's, now Captain Stan's Fish Shop, 5 High Street.</ref>