Telephone kiosk

We are delighted that the Doddington telephone kiosk project is complete and it is now fitted out as a local information point. If you would like to put information into the kiosk that will be of interest to the community - activities, events, local business details - please contact the Clerk to Council.

Thanks must go to members of council who have been involved in the project, particularly Cllrs Beale, Cunniffe and Patrick. Much of the work was carried out during lockdown with social distancing in place. We also must gratefully acknowledge the help given from Richard Bottom of Witham Oil and Paint for supplying paint for free, Mike Ramsey who helped remove the kiosk from its base, and Jim Butcher who sandblasted at RP Coatings and then helped with the spraying. Replacement glazing bars and panes came from X2 Connect in Newark with signs from Allen Signs near Teal Park. Photos below show a range of pictures from the entire project.

The K6 box was designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of the coronation of King George V in 1935. Between then and 1968, 60,000 K6 boxes were installed, and around 11,000 survive today. 

There is, however, a curious coincidence about our box and it’s name. The field across the road from it is called the Jubilee Field, and Jubilee House behind the box was named after the field. The K6 box itself was widely known as the Jubilee phone box. That, seemingly, is where the coincidence ends. The field was named long ago and the phone box used to stand at the other end of the village.