![What's that small Tardis-looking thing? Story behind London's police telephone posts | Memoirs Of A Metro Girl What's that small Tardis-looking thing? Story behind London's police telephone posts | Memoirs Of A Metro Girl](https://memoirsofametrogirl.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/st-martins-guildhall.jpg)
What's that small Tardis-looking thing? Story behind London's police telephone posts | Memoirs Of A Metro Girl
The Queen's English - This is a Metropolitan Police Box (1948) - Dark blue in colour. Used to direct calls to the police station before the use of portable police radio (1969).
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