Postboxes in Britian

[kedigato]

This thread is only for mailboxes found in Britian and I hope that everyone will join in.

Any kind of postbox can be shown, be it the upright round ones, or the box type on poles, the ones set into brick walls or the out-of-the-ordinary ones.

Also, please look out for ones from the reigns of different monachs. I only managed to get some "GR" and "ER" ones, although I did see one (built into an old stone wall) with "VR" on it, I think a fairly rare find nowadays. Unfortunately, we couldn't stop on the narrow windy road out in the countryside in Cornwall as there was traffic right behind us and nowhere to pull into.

Hopefully, some other member(s) will get lucky and find one for this new collection.

Have fun!


I found this one in the airport at Stansted. It looks normal from the front -






- but look at the side of it -



An old "GR" one painted black in Land's End. Does anyone have any idea why it was painted black, was this modern at one point or was it done after George died?










This one was seen in Lelant, St Ives -









This one was down near the harbour in St Ives -






- and this one in a Tesco supermarket in St Ives -

[linda]

great kedi, will have to get out there and take pics of our post boxes here in whitley bay

[DAG]

Kedi, I trust that you got Peter's approval for that photograph? ;D

Here is my nearest postbox, as the crow flies:

[kedigato]

Of course, DAG, it was his idea to show a triple postbox. ;D honest!

I haven't asked my cousin yet, but I am sure he won't mind. You can see him in profile to the right of Peter.

Glad you got one of those postboxes, DAG, as that is what I thought I had but can't find.

[mikkel]

How's this? This one is on March Station and as far as I know, still in use today.

[kedigato]

Great going, Mikkel, it is one from Victorian days. The first one that we have here.

It~s strange that is appears to be between two house doors and it even has a light above it.

I knew that we~d get a collection of different ones from Britain - it is not just America with a varied selection.

[mikkel]

I will check again this week as to whether or not it IS still in use, but I know it was a couple of weeks back. I feel it must be, otherwise there would be a plate across the opening.

[kedigato]

I'm sure that you are right, Mikkel.

[linda]

been meaning to put this up when i was in windermere found this post card in a shop of the sheep next to a post box just had to get it. ;D

[kedigato]

A good one, Linda. It is an older one, too, as it is from George's Reign.

It does make you wonder though, way out in the boondocks like that. I bet it is the only one for miles and miles around, and the sheep make more use of it than the people do. ;D

[linda]

thanks kedi i chuckled when i saw it and thought of the post box thread, just looking at the post card it is from stirling gallery taken by alex gillespie, mind i dont know when this was taken and it was printed in scotland, didnt know how old it was wonder iff it is still there in windermere, very interesting ;D

[linda]

took these pics of a post box in the snow

[kedigato]

Nice that you have brought this thread back up, Linda. Perhaps some of our newer members will look out for postboxes, too.

This is another one from the reign of George. There seem to be quite a lot of them still around.

Going back over this thread, I see that some open to the left and others to the right. I wonder if there is a reason for this? And it has nothing to do with whoevers reign it was in.

[linda]

thanks kedi, when i walked past the post box i thought arghhh i well take these pics for this section, that has been standing their for years, dont know what the reason is behind some boxes opening at different sides

[DAG]

I should think that it all depends on where the postbox is sited, if that one above opened the other way the door would stick out over the curb and could be a danger?