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Hamperman: I went back today to see if I could re-work this one and the phone box has a removal notice on it. The phone box is the focus of this cache so I have to archive this one.

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Hidden : 6/1/2015
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

A multi based on a Kiosk number 6.

There is parking in the bumpy lay-by by the phone box at the above co-ordinates, and the cache is a short walk away. You are looking for a 500ml screw top container. To work out the final co-ordinates you will need to go into the phone box and lift the receiver which will display the phone number of the kiosk on the screen. 


The K6 kiosk is identified as Britain's red Telephone Box. Designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of the coronation of King George V in 1935 but sadly the King did not live to see any examples installed. some 60,000 examples were installed between 1936 and 1968 of which approximately 11,700 survive today.

The K6 kiosk is constructed of 18 separate cast-iron sections held together with exactly 200 screws and standing on a concrete base. Its general form is a four-sided rectangular box with a domed roof. Three sides of the kiosk are glazed, with eight rows of three panes of glass; a wide central pane of glass and two outer, narrow panes. There is a reeded moulding around the window panel corresponding to the dimensions of the door opening, disguising that there is an opening on one side only. The door is of teak, with a metal "cup" handle. For weatherproofing there is a drip cap above the door. The back panel has a blank, moulded panel conforming to the dimensions of the windows, and cable holes either side of the foundry plate at the foot of the kiosk. Above the main body of the kiosk is a plain entablature, set back from the face of the kiosk. The entablature carries a rectangular slot for signage, with trim moulding. Set into the slot is an illuminated telephone sign, with serif capital lettering on opaque glass. Ventilation slots are inserted below the signage slot. The roof of the kiosk is domed, formed by segmental pediments, with a convex-moulded edge. The pediments carry a moulded Royal crown which on kiosks built prior to 1952 depict the Tudor Crown and after 1952 the St Edward’s Crown.

K6 kiosks equipped with interiors weigh three quarters of a ton (750kgs) and stand eight foot four inches tall by three foot square.

Of the eight kiosk types introduced by the General Post Office between 1926 and 1983, the K6 was the most populous type, and is the most populous type in terms of surviving kiosk types.

 

The number you require is: 01209 ABCDEF

The cache can be found at N50 C(A+E).(D+E+F)A(D+F) W 005 ED.(A-E)(B-F)(B-D)

Congratulations to CornishGazza on his swift First to Find!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Yrsg unaq tngrcbfg.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)