Nglichane established the world's first phone booths on the streets of their cities. Prototypes public telephone booths appeared in the UK in 1884, eight years after the Scot Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.
First "social points calls" were in stores and callers from customers separated only curtains. It was uncomfortable, because the conversations might overhear, and shops are open during certain hours. It was decided to bring phones to the streets and put them in the wooden booths.
In 1912, the Automobile Association has put their phone booths along the roads. The driver, whose problems have occurred in the car, he could call the emergency service.
In 1924, the government arranged a competition for the best example of a phone booth. The winner was the architect Giles Gilbert Scott. Known for its other projects included in History: Liverpool Cathedral, power station on the River Thames in central London and the library building at Cambridge University. The material used in iron and thick dripping. Scott offered to paint the beeches in a silver color, but the Post Office has chosen the color red, as red telephone booths can be easily seen even in overcast English weather.