Covered nicely here - www.themindrobber.co.uk/real-police-box-history.html . The Edinbugger ones - www.edinphoto.org.uk/0_my_p_0/0_my_photographs_0_edinburgh_police_boxes.htm or www.flickr.com/photos/photojoy/sets/706576/ the standard Edinburgh police box was designed by City Architect Ebenezer James MacRae and his assistants A Rollo and J A Tweedie, 1930-31 as it was reckoned that Edinburgh needed that extra bit of quality for its street furniture compared to the rest of the UK (or probably just Glasgow).
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