Effie Gee
@k8iosk.bsky.social
Urban Planner. Lover of modernist architecture and the K8 kiosk. Currently researching the history of the BT's disappearing range of KX Phoneboxes. Woke. Whovian. Dad.
Pinned
Effie Gee
@k8iosk.bsky.social
· Jan 21
Four London Underground phone kiosks given Grade II-listed status
K8s installed on tube stations between 1968 and 1983 are listed for architectural and historic interest
www.theguardian.com
From little requests come big outcomes. An update to last year's success www.theguardian.com/culture/2023... Historic England wrote back to say they're not listing the K8 at Acton Town or pair at South Ken. "They're attached to the listed stations so are already protected" @mrtimdunn.bsky.social
Salvaged this CD from the car door pocket yesterday. What with all the Disney and Bluey* CDs I never get to play my music.
Late to the party, tracks 5+6 on the demo CD... C'è Martin la / Maggot Brain...Beautiful new oldskool vibes.
Merci AIR
Mercair
* Bluey's electro funk is entirely my music...
Late to the party, tracks 5+6 on the demo CD... C'è Martin la / Maggot Brain...Beautiful new oldskool vibes.
Merci AIR
Mercair
* Bluey's electro funk is entirely my music...
November 12, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Salvaged this CD from the car door pocket yesterday. What with all the Disney and Bluey* CDs I never get to play my music.
Late to the party, tracks 5+6 on the demo CD... C'è Martin la / Maggot Brain...Beautiful new oldskool vibes.
Merci AIR
Mercair
* Bluey's electro funk is entirely my music...
Late to the party, tracks 5+6 on the demo CD... C'è Martin la / Maggot Brain...Beautiful new oldskool vibes.
Merci AIR
Mercair
* Bluey's electro funk is entirely my music...
I know it's not a phonebox, but it's worth posting about! A future classic already. #Greatbritishrailwaysclock
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Timely arrival: Great British Railways clock launches at London Bridge
Digital timepiece is UK rail’s first national clock in more than 50 years and will be seen at stations across the country
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I know it's not a phonebox, but it's worth posting about! A future classic already. #Greatbritishrailwaysclock
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Reposted by Effie Gee
"Sapphire and Steel have been assigned."
August 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
"Sapphire and Steel have been assigned."
Reposted by Effie Gee
June 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Reposted by Effie Gee
+BBC CLOCK COMPETITION+
We won't be making a run of these but this Bank Holiday weekend you can win a one-off 90s inspired BBC ident clock. Follow, Like & RP to enter. Winner announced Mon AM. We've also restocked our 'Radiophonic' inspired signs & other items.
hiddenbritain.bigcartel.com
We won't be making a run of these but this Bank Holiday weekend you can win a one-off 90s inspired BBC ident clock. Follow, Like & RP to enter. Winner announced Mon AM. We've also restocked our 'Radiophonic' inspired signs & other items.
hiddenbritain.bigcartel.com
May 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
+BBC CLOCK COMPETITION+
We won't be making a run of these but this Bank Holiday weekend you can win a one-off 90s inspired BBC ident clock. Follow, Like & RP to enter. Winner announced Mon AM. We've also restocked our 'Radiophonic' inspired signs & other items.
hiddenbritain.bigcartel.com
We won't be making a run of these but this Bank Holiday weekend you can win a one-off 90s inspired BBC ident clock. Follow, Like & RP to enter. Winner announced Mon AM. We've also restocked our 'Radiophonic' inspired signs & other items.
hiddenbritain.bigcartel.com
Spring time. And time to get the KX telephone kiosk goodies out of the shed.
April 20, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Spring time. And time to get the KX telephone kiosk goodies out of the shed.
Reposted by Effie Gee
If that episode was any more meta it would be reviewing me.
Very funny in places. A certain scene (you know the one) caused eldest to nope out hard. #DoctorWho
Very funny in places. A certain scene (you know the one) caused eldest to nope out hard. #DoctorWho
April 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
If that episode was any more meta it would be reviewing me.
Very funny in places. A certain scene (you know the one) caused eldest to nope out hard. #DoctorWho
Very funny in places. A certain scene (you know the one) caused eldest to nope out hard. #DoctorWho
Reposted by Effie Gee
DAY 1397 #MyChallenge to the Govt @DCMS @Lisanandy @TNLUK
Today I’m competing in the GB Deaf Swimming Championships in Loughborough. If you haven’t attended a deaf competition before it can be scary & sometimes supporting others is just as important as the racing
#DeafSport #Inclusion #RoleModel
Today I’m competing in the GB Deaf Swimming Championships in Loughborough. If you haven’t attended a deaf competition before it can be scary & sometimes supporting others is just as important as the racing
#DeafSport #Inclusion #RoleModel
April 12, 2025 at 2:18 PM
DAY 1397 #MyChallenge to the Govt @DCMS @Lisanandy @TNLUK
Today I’m competing in the GB Deaf Swimming Championships in Loughborough. If you haven’t attended a deaf competition before it can be scary & sometimes supporting others is just as important as the racing
#DeafSport #Inclusion #RoleModel
Today I’m competing in the GB Deaf Swimming Championships in Loughborough. If you haven’t attended a deaf competition before it can be scary & sometimes supporting others is just as important as the racing
#DeafSport #Inclusion #RoleModel
Hey, I've an idea. When something works just fine, and has done for decades without any complaints, you don't need to reinvent it, change it, or ruin it. 2025 vs 1975, below. @prestonbusstation.bsky.social @nse-latchmere.bsky.social @doublearrow64.bsky.social @cwunews.bsky.social #standbyyourpost
March 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Hey, I've an idea. When something works just fine, and has done for decades without any complaints, you don't need to reinvent it, change it, or ruin it. 2025 vs 1975, below. @prestonbusstation.bsky.social @nse-latchmere.bsky.social @doublearrow64.bsky.social @cwunews.bsky.social #standbyyourpost
Reposted by Effie Gee
We should have a Royal State Visit for Zelenskyy instead, on a grander scale than anything the Queen put on from Trump last time round.
March 1, 2025 at 8:38 AM
We should have a Royal State Visit for Zelenskyy instead, on a grander scale than anything the Queen put on from Trump last time round.
Reposted by Effie Gee
The only known photograph of the Illuminati in session.
If only these four people were in charge of the world: @aiannucci.bsky.social, Stewart Lee, @herring1967.bsky.social, @rebeccafront.bsky.social, we'd er, have a better world.
February 12, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The only known photograph of the Illuminati in session.
Reposted by Effie Gee
Artists decry ‘irresponsible’ plans to demolish brutalist Midlands tower
Artists decry ‘irresponsible’ plans to demolish brutalist Midlands tower
Conservation groups say University of Wolverhampton’s proposals overlook historical significance of art school
Artists and conservation groups have decried the “irresponsible” plan to tear down a brutalist arts tower at a Midlands university, saying the…
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Artists decry ‘irresponsible’ plans to demolish brutalist Midlands tower
Please hold the line...
So, we're into the final days of proof reading and cross checking references, figure nos, pages, text and formatting. The #KX200, #KX300 and #KX400 docs are ready, and I'm halfway through the 34 page #KX100.
The revised and updated KX DataPacks will be released soon.
So, we're into the final days of proof reading and cross checking references, figure nos, pages, text and formatting. The #KX200, #KX300 and #KX400 docs are ready, and I'm halfway through the 34 page #KX100.
The revised and updated KX DataPacks will be released soon.
February 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Reposted by Effie Gee
I’ve decided I’m going to take over Lancashire, own it, level it, get all its inhabitants to relocate to Wales, Cumbria or wherever (not Yorkshire!), re-name it God’s Own Country, plant millions of acres of rhubarb and build a Betty’s Tea Room on every street corner.
That’ll sort the buggers!! 👍 👀
That’ll sort the buggers!! 👍 👀
February 5, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I’ve decided I’m going to take over Lancashire, own it, level it, get all its inhabitants to relocate to Wales, Cumbria or wherever (not Yorkshire!), re-name it God’s Own Country, plant millions of acres of rhubarb and build a Betty’s Tea Room on every street corner.
That’ll sort the buggers!! 👍 👀
That’ll sort the buggers!! 👍 👀
Reposted by Effie Gee
☎️ #OTD 40 years ago, the Thirties Society (forerunner of C20) launched their famous Phoneboxes Campaign, after the privatisation of BT threatened the classic red kiosks with removal and mass-extinction.
It remains the Society’s most successful and longest-running initiative.🧵
It remains the Society’s most successful and longest-running initiative.🧵
February 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
☎️ #OTD 40 years ago, the Thirties Society (forerunner of C20) launched their famous Phoneboxes Campaign, after the privatisation of BT threatened the classic red kiosks with removal and mass-extinction.
It remains the Society’s most successful and longest-running initiative.🧵
It remains the Society’s most successful and longest-running initiative.🧵
Reposted by Effie Gee
I really don’t need to make a third book of photos of phone boxes. Do I? #kx100 #photos #streetphotography
November 23, 2024 at 8:00 PM
I really don’t need to make a third book of photos of phone boxes. Do I? #kx100 #photos #streetphotography
Reposted by Effie Gee
I have just checked on all the new ones I seem to have 'accidentally' photographed... I may well be on my way!!
February 3, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I have just checked on all the new ones I seem to have 'accidentally' photographed... I may well be on my way!!
Q: does researching the KX kiosk range include sourcing and indexing all material within which they appear visually, regardless of format?
A: yes, from my latest auction purchase it would appear so.
A: yes, from my latest auction purchase it would appear so.
February 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Q: does researching the KX kiosk range include sourcing and indexing all material within which they appear visually, regardless of format?
A: yes, from my latest auction purchase it would appear so.
A: yes, from my latest auction purchase it would appear so.
Hidden from view, trapped in a building site for months, this lonely Mancunian KX+ is cut off from the world... despite being a connected working phonebox. #FreeTheKX+
January 31, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Hidden from view, trapped in a building site for months, this lonely Mancunian KX+ is cut off from the world... despite being a connected working phonebox. #FreeTheKX+
Finally finished updating and overhauling my DataPacks for the KX telephone kiosk range. V.4.0 now contain more photos, new and expanded information, a couple of technical corrections and some new sections. Now being proof-read, launching in a couple of weeks. #KX100 #KX200 #KX300 #KX410 #KX420
January 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Reposted by Effie Gee
📞📞📞 a belated claim to fame, my piece on the iconic, fading but now celebrated KX100 phone box written back in 2017 @c20society.bsky.social www.iconeye.com/design/the-k...
The KX100 phone box: A fond, foolish farewell
It may not have the sex appeal of its predecessors, but we should pause a while before the KX100 kiosk leaves our lives for good
www.iconeye.com
January 11, 2025 at 9:36 AM
📞📞📞 a belated claim to fame, my piece on the iconic, fading but now celebrated KX100 phone box written back in 2017 @c20society.bsky.social www.iconeye.com/design/the-k...
Missing you. Alas, West Kirby stn has lost its #KX200D booths from the platforms. It was there last April, visited today and found the patch of death... The KX200 hiding at Spital stn has also been removed in the last couple of months 😢 I did find an extra KX300 nearby though!
January 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Missing you. Alas, West Kirby stn has lost its #KX200D booths from the platforms. It was there last April, visited today and found the patch of death... The KX200 hiding at Spital stn has also been removed in the last couple of months 😢 I did find an extra KX300 nearby though!
Obvs my posts clearly won't all be phonebox based, because that would just be weird.
Watching TV with the kids just now and they spotted this in the Disney made #Amphibia animated series. It's only a wanted posted for bloomin #FeathersMcGraw That pesky penguin!
@aardmananimations.bsky.social
Watching TV with the kids just now and they spotted this in the Disney made #Amphibia animated series. It's only a wanted posted for bloomin #FeathersMcGraw That pesky penguin!
@aardmananimations.bsky.social
January 22, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Obvs my posts clearly won't all be phonebox based, because that would just be weird.
Watching TV with the kids just now and they spotted this in the Disney made #Amphibia animated series. It's only a wanted posted for bloomin #FeathersMcGraw That pesky penguin!
@aardmananimations.bsky.social
Watching TV with the kids just now and they spotted this in the Disney made #Amphibia animated series. It's only a wanted posted for bloomin #FeathersMcGraw That pesky penguin!
@aardmananimations.bsky.social
Reposted by Effie Gee
Perfect.
January 22, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Perfect.