lightsource Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 Hi all, We're looking for a BT (outdoor) phone box, to be used as a prop in a film. Preferably one of the red ones. Does anyone know where we can get a hold of one in the North East of England. It's only required for a couple of days, towards the back end of August. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ynot Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 Not cheap, but try Unicorn (Funny thing, Google... ;)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightsource Posted August 4, 2008 Author Share Posted August 4, 2008 Not cheap, but try Unicorn (Funny thing, Google... ;)) Already looked there, I was hoping someone had something more local. Also, thinking about the weight of the real thing.... A wooden replica would be better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pritch Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 OK, going from memory here, so this will be hideously sketchy... There's a place near Stage Electrics in Team Valley that has various large garden ornaments (you can see some enormous metal palm trees from the A1). Last time I went past, I'm sure I recall seeing a phonebox there. Whether they'd be able to lend it to you or whatever, I don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 I wish people would be a bit more specific with their topic titles! "Up North" encompasses a pretty vast area - I clicked on this topic because I know of someone who runs a phone box restoration business in North Wales, which is "Up North" in many ways but a hell of a long way from North East England ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 seconded - I know of a local (to me) salvage yard that has a few BT boxes - but that's about 150 miles northwest of your "Up North" location.... ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
propsman Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 YES.............. NORTHERN PROPS they have a red wooden replica saw it there when I was there the other day ..... you can get their number from me if you pm me or from yell.com just ask for chris or dianna lovely people and very reasonable hire charges... tell them paul sent you and ill get their bingo machine back to them very soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
propsman Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 Just to add to my reply.... northern props are located 20min north of newcastle towards ashington I also ment to say "deanna" instead of dianna. and goggle is a wonderful thing but it dosent always have all the answers! god what did we do before the internet. and when you live up north you relise that it is north and everything below you is south! and I guess when you live down south, north is anything past the the watford gap which is still 300 miles away (aprox) from what we in the north like to think of as the north .... to all my friends in the south ... only joking .. thats to every one past durham ..haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightsource Posted August 13, 2008 Author Share Posted August 13, 2008 Strangely, in a BBC news article today, they classed Liverpool as north :( which from my location is bl00dy miles away. Anyway, cheers for the info, I've been in contact with Deanna, and hopefully we can get something sorted.......although the director is now looking for a different style of phonebox :( (he's changing his mind about most things on a daily basis, and filming starts in 2 weeks). I also mentioned the bingo machine. Pritch...... know the place exactly. I go past it when I go to stage electrics. I've always avoided going in and having a look, because I'd probably part with a lot of money in the process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Neame Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 Hi all, We're looking for a BT (outdoor) phone box, to be used as a prop in a film. Preferably one of the red ones. Does anyone know where we can get a hold of one in the North East of England. It's only required for a couple of days, towards the back end of August. Try The Birmingham Rep. I saw them making one in their workshop a couple of years ago and they do keep stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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