Tag: The Beacons of Hull

Prof Esther Johnson’s ‘The Beacons of Hull’ featured in The Observer

3 images showing the cream coloured phone boxes in Hull and the book cover

It’s fantastic to see the photographs from Professor Esther Johnson’s ‘The Beacons of Hull’ book featured in ‘The Grid’ section of The Observer on Sunday 25th February: Growing up in Hull, Esther Johnson loved the city’s distinctive cream telephone boxes. They are cream instead of red because Hull was the only place in England where the local council ran the public phone […]

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Prof Esther Johnson’s photo book ‘The Beacons of Hull’ launch – 30 June 2023

3 images showing the cream coloured phone boxes in Hull and the book cover

Today sees the launch of Professor Esther Johnson‘s new photo book ‘The Beacons of Hull‘. The Beacons of Hull is the story of the K8 telephone kiosk and its unique-to-Hull Honeysuckle Cream variant, as told and photographed by Professor Esther Johnson. In February 2023 nine rare K8 phone kiosks in and around Hull were listed at Grade II by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) on the advice […]

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