On a windy day, the local letter box appears even more stationary within its foliage hideaway, as it waits for the once a day collection. Early postal boxes were painted green but being too unobstrusive, the livery colour was changed to the classic pillar box red that is standard today. You can imagine how invisible this one would be, if still green.
This is a Lamp box, a design first intitated in 1898 “now a regular feature of villages across Britain, often fitted to telegraph or lamp posts, or mounted on their own pedestals. The design has changed a little over the years in an attempt to increase their capacity, and importantly the aperture size, to allow for the larger letters of the modern era.” Postal museum
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How interesting! I saw during Covid that many people knitted caps for these letter boxes. It confirmed my belief that I’d love living in Britain.
crazy covid times but this one missed me postbox toppers
such iconic imagery we see here of the villages over there…love it!
I have a certain affection for them too Donna- something to do with continuity and the great days of letter writing when even this far from anywhere, the mail gets picked up, sorted and delivered
I have a ‘thing’ about post boxes. Still to find an Edward VII
I once found a VR cipher in a Somerset village –
Yes, there are some Edward VII about still, several in London, but not where I have been. Quite a few VR ones. I’ve written a few posts about them on my travel blog.