Queen Victoria Postboxes
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That's a lovely place (even without the postbox).
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Characterful - lovely fungal growth on the stone.
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[Herefordshire in case you're wondering].
One should always have a matching mode of transport.
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Spotted another one yesterday, at Ivychurch, sited in the wall outside the church.
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This one in on the outskirts of Porthtowan.
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Appears to be repurposed as someone's private letter box.
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Hence no longer red.
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Not Victorian, but a less common Edward VII pillar box in Walthamstow, still in use.
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My latest from East Harptree on the edge of the Mendip south of Bristol taken yesterday. Clearly still in use despite being the recipient of several 'adaptions' over its life time!
Convention? what's that then?
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By pure chance, I've seen this thread on returning from holiday. We saw this box at Shrewsbury Abbey - I'm pretty sure the logo is a stylised VR: https://goo.gl/maps/V7KfnuV8k2qgjuac6
We also saw this combined phone and post box in Frodsham (Cheshire): https://goo.gl/maps/AZoH45n9TWYoxZFY9
And to continue the OT sub-thread:
We also saw this combined phone and post box in Frodsham (Cheshire): https://goo.gl/maps/AZoH45n9TWYoxZFY9
And to continue the OT sub-thread:
Very much like my Tern X18, which I suspect is just an earlier variant, pictured here at Ingatestone:ElaineB wrote: ↑24 Feb 2021, 8:43am Sorry roberts8 for the delay in answering your question re my bike.
It’s a Tern X30 aluminium folding bike and has 20” wheels. Very useful for getting on and off small ferry boats, like the ones that operate in Suffolk. I don’t actually have to fold it as it’s quite light. I’ve done some short ‘light’ touring on it where I have stayed in yha’s.
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Reviving this topic...deeferdonk wrote: ↑20 Feb 2021, 2:23pm I remember seeing one in use in Dublin but had been painted green.
I'm in Cork at the moment & came across this one while out for a walk.
I also saw a green GR one this evening near where we are staying. Is that likely to be older or newer? It looks in better condition so it may be a George V one from shortly before Irish independence. I'll take a photo in daylight before we leave.
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We could expand this thread to include old phone boxes too.
Here's the one at Tyneham in Dorset. A K1 model
Here's the one at Tyneham in Dorset. A K1 model
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Postboxes were a Victorian invention, so the GR postbox would be from the reign of George V.RickH wrote: ↑20 Nov 2021, 9:41pmReviving this topic...deeferdonk wrote: ↑20 Feb 2021, 2:23pm I remember seeing one in use in Dublin but had been painted green.
I'm in Cork at the moment & came across this one while out for a walk.
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I also saw a green GR one this evening near where we are staying. Is that likely to be older or newer? It looks in better condition so it may be a George V one from shortly before Irish independence. I'll take a photo in daylight before we leave.