![]() ![]() In his Speech to the House of Commons may 13th 1940 he uttered the immortal words - ".we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be.we shall never surrender."Ĭhurchill is on of the most photographed, sculpted, painted and drawn figures in modern history. In 1963, he was the first of only eight people to be made an honorary citizen of the United States. This was at the recommendation of the famous English novelist Anthony Trollope, who was working as a Surveyor’s Clerk for the Post Office at the time. 365 design variations have been produced since the first was installed in 1852 in the Channel Islands. Traditionally made of cast iron and originating during the reign of Queen Victoria, the post boxes carry the insignia of the present monarch at the time of installation. This detailed scale Timothy Richards bookend of one of Britain’s iconic symbols would make a beautiful decorative piece for display in any office or home bookshelf next to its partner the British red telephone box. This shape is technical called Soanian Dome. The characteristic dome is borrowed from Sir John Soane’s tomb in London St Pancreas churchyard. The most common type of telephone box is the K6 or Jubilee kiosk introduced in 1936. The cast iron red telephone box was designed by Giles Gilbert Scott for a competition in 1924 to find a suitable standard pattern of kiosk that might be introduced throughout Britain this model shows his winning entry of the K2 design. ![]()
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