Phone Box

The worlds first bike service station in a phone box. Pump yr tyres, oil yr chain Its at YO42 1TX

[Phone Box @Bigfatspanner]

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. @JonnyBrownYorks was good to meet you earlier and thanks again for your interest in the bike service station

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Wow, awesone 90% increase in followers (10-19) this weekend since @jackthurston mentioned #millington in the @guardian yesterday.

[Claire Garside @cgarside]

Thanks to @ukstemdotuk for sharing, this is utterly wonderful!
The first bike service station in a phone box and it doubles up as a community art gallery 🎨🚴‍♀️
What do you reckon @helpgrowcycling @MoortownLSG?

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@vollerama The defibrillator's on the pub down the road!

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Enjoying @jackthurston article book extract in @guardian and if you're cycling through millington use the @Bigfatspanner bike service station for air & lube

[Prof Mark Lorch @Mark_Lorch]

⁦@Bigfatspanner⁩ thanks for the service! You are now featured as a highlight on Komoot. https://t.co/dfEmoVIjlw

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Millington phone box now done! Available for any artist or science communication for inspirational installation. Book it for a day/week/month etc It's for the community.

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After 6 weeks of restoration the @GeocacheTrails @GoGeocaching tub is back in #millington phone box

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From tomorrow... oil and air back in the @Bigfatspanner bike service station in the refurbished phone box in #millington @wayoftheroses @CliftonCCYork @cyclingweekly @BritishCycling

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Millington bike service station restoration nearing completion and will be back there for bikes by 1 july. Social distance applies ie 1 in 1 out

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Lettering ready for stencilling onto phone box

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Lettering ready for stencilling onto phone box

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Update on bike service station refurb - over £350 raised from the village to cover material costs for refurb - paint, glass etc. If you can sponsor service station kit pls DM or email [email protected] nothing more than £20 (pump) to oil/rags etc

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names (for frame sponsorships) that you would like engraved.

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during the 3D-printing process.
All donations will go towards restoration costs (approx. £300).

Come and say hi from a 2m distance! – any donation is welcome, drop it off in the collecting tin with a scrap of paper with the initials (for rivet sponsorships) or

[Phone Box @Bigfatspanner]

- re-fit the inside as Millington’s Bicycle Service Station, and the space will be freely available to anyone in the community for use in art projects

Be a part of this project! Sponsor a gold rivet for £2 or a window frame for £5, and have your initials or name engraved

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- replace crumbling cast iron window frames and brass pins with 3D printed red frames and gold rivets custom-made from ‘PLA’ filament: vegetable – based, biodegradable plastic.

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- pick out the inscribed dates, manufacturer initials and the 4 bas relief St. Edward’s crowns in gold
- replace cloudy perspex window panels with toughened glass
- refurbish and replace ‘TELEPHONE’ signs