Northumberland Street, police box

A green London Metropolitan Police style police call box of pillar type located outside the Burtons Shop on the corner of Northumberland Street and Blackett Street. The box is shown a photo from the 1930s or early 1940s. These were 7 feet high pillars made from cast iron and timber. They were given to Newcastle in 1929. This was a permanently manned police location on a very busy road. Traffic lights were installed in the 1940s. The on duty policeman operated the traffic lights manually. Automatic lights were fitted in 1951 after the trams changed to trolley buses. The police pillar box was removed around 1952.