Royal Avenue, Onchan, Isle of Man
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Mike_bjm
N 54° 10.471 W 004° 27.266
30U E 405064 N 6003915
This 'red telephone box' is located on Royal Avenue, near its junction with Whitebridge Road in Onchan, Isle of Man
Waymark Code: WMTR93
Location: Isle of Man
Date Posted: 01/02/2017
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This 'red telephone box' was manufactured by Carron Company, Stirlingshire, Scotland
This 'red telephone box' was painted gold as a celebration of Peter Kennaugh's gold medal win at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Peter was born in Onchan.
On 3 August 2012 Peter alongside Ed Clancy, Geraint Thomas, Steven Burke, the Team GB pursuit team, took the Gold Medal at the Summer Olympics in a time of 3:51.659, shatterring their own world record that they had set in qualifying.
Peter was the first Manxman to win an Olympic gold since 1912.
Colour: It's been painted some other colour
Is it in its original position?: Not sure
Is there a working telephone in it?: Yes
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