Whiteleas Way, police box
Whiteleas Way, police box
HER Number
16590
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Whiteleas Way, police box
Place
South Shields
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Communications
Site Type: Broad
Telecommunication Structure
Site Type: Specific
Police Box
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
20th Century 1901 to 2000
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
Located next to the Red Duster Public House. The box would have contained a telephone behind a glass window, which would have been used by the local beat constable to contact the police station or by the public. Painted blue metal. Not a full size police box (which contained a chair and desk). This is literally a box for a telephone, similar to the original police posts which can still be seen in London. Photographed in 2007.
Easting
436550
Northing
562720
Grid Reference
NZ436550562720
Sources
http://southshieldsdailyphoto.wordpress.com/2007/07/20/the-tardis/