Talk:Police box

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Needs references, otherwise a neat article, scraping into B for the images and for making alot out of the topic.--SGGH 16:39, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Removed reference to BBC copyright. I don't see how you can copyright a shape.

Roadrunner 06:16, 5 Aug 2004 (UTC)

In the UK, you can register a design under the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. The TARDIS and the Police Box design are registered trademarks of the BBC. See http://dwas.drwho.org/news/20021023-tardis - I've corrected the article accordingly. --khaosworks 08:08, 5 Aug 2004 (UTC)

The paragraph that begins "In Britain, police call boxes first began appearing in the 1880s" is very confused. It switches from talking about Britain to the US, describes a telephone on a pole and then says what is 'inside' it (including a table). It might be an idea if someone who know what was meant rearranged the paragraph. DJ Clayworth 15:07, 2 Sep 2004 (UTC)

There are still several police boxes left in Edinburgh (I only know this because I live there). They are mainly left untouched, with a few being converted into coffee bars (High Street and Rose Street are two examples). There's a very informative website, kiosk-korner.co.uk, that's worth a look.

[edit] New Kiosks

These are for the public to contact the police as opposed to the police using them for information, right? Jachra 05:52, 9 June 2006 (UTC)