1950's Police Box

Our police box was positioned on the corner of Humber Road and Binley Road in Coventry. It was donated to the museum in January 2008 by a resident of Lower Stoke in Coventry. The police box was acquired by the donor’s father in 1970 and used as a garden shed.

It is a wooden police box as apposed to the concrete Tardis-style concrete boxes. Different police services around the country used different (local) designs. This is a Coventry box that would have been used in the 1950’s and 1960’s.

View some images of the Police Box as it was found here

When we received this police box it was in a rather poor condition although many of the original features were still there (like the blue police light on the roof). Due to other commitments we had to look for partners to help us restore it. Luckily we were able to start the initial restoration with help of the local probation service.

After inspection it was found that additional restoration was needed to bring this historic police box up to display standard, so the local city college was contacted to see if they could help us. The college’s wood working department was very keen to help and work should start in the next few weeks. With added information from the restored police box at Avoncroft museum we are hopeful that we can resurrect this Coventry police box.

When the restored item returns to the museum, it will go on display at Coventry Transport Museum.