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The background to my search is in this thread.

 

As to post boxes, an early lockdown activity last year was to photograph all the ones within dog-walking distance of home. Haven't got round to putting them online yet though.☹️

 

Here's one, now in the front wall of a private house.20200417_103831.jpg.71a50d833e126021d7a3527fa08e4d08.jpg

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1 hour ago, David Mack said:

The background to my search is in this thread.

 

As to post boxes, an early lockdown activity last year was to photograph all the ones within dog-walking distance of home. Haven't got round to putting them online yet though.☹️

 

Here's one, now in the front wall of a private house.20200417_103831.jpg.71a50d833e126021d7a3527fa08e4d08.jpg

 

Edward VII - identical to our local post box, set into a dry stone dyke at the bottom of the road - except for the collection times, which would be very optimistic round here!

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12 hours ago, Mac of Cygnet said:

 

Edward VII - identical to our local post box, set into a dry stone dyke at the bottom of the road 

I've noticed that the former post office in March, now I think a Royal Mail distribution depot, has an Edward VIII sign over its door. This can't be very common; I expect it was first opened during 1936 or 1937. I'm not sure if it has a matching posting box.

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25 minutes ago, Athy said:

I've noticed that the former post office in March, now I think a Royal Mail distribution depot, has an Edward VIII sign over its door. This can't be very common; I expect it was first opened during 1936 or 1937. I'm not sure if it has a matching posting box.

There are a very few Edward VIII post boxes, I've seen one in Welshpool - there were a limited number cast and a token effort was made to rebadge them - when you add that to fact that post boxes don't last forever (although some last an astonishingly long time) it's perhaps not surprising they are few and far between

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1 hour ago, magpie patrick said:

There are a very few Edward VIII post boxes, I've seen one in Welshpool - there were a limited number cast and a token effort was made to rebadge them - when you add that to fact that post boxes don't last forever (although some last an astonishingly long time) it's perhaps not surprising they are few and far between

http://inamidst.com/topic/edwardboxes

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16 hours ago, David Mack said:

The background to my search is in this thread.

 

As to post boxes, an early lockdown activity last year was to photograph all the ones within dog-walking distance of home. Haven't got round to putting them online yet though.☹️

 

Here's one, now in the front wall of a private house.20200417_103831.jpg.71a50d833e126021d7a3527fa08e4d08.jpg

Did you know that if the box is on your own property, you can paint it any colour you want? There is, or used to be, a dark blue box in the garden of a house in Emsworth.

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19 minutes ago, magpie patrick said:

Thank you - you are my new best friend :) 

(and possibly responsible for a mad adventure to see some of them!)

I have checked and the March sorting office has a relatively modern posting box outside (one of those oval two-cylinder ones) which I assume has replaced the original. But here's the coat of arms/ escutcheon/ whatever it's called above the front door.

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3 hours ago, Athy said:

I have checked and the March sorting office has a relatively modern posting box outside (one of those oval two-cylinder ones) which I assume has replaced the original. But here's the coat of arms/ escutcheon/ whatever it's called above the front door.

March_Post_Office_King_Ted_VIII.jpg


That's rather splendid - good reason to visit March! (Well, to me it is!)

Yes, the oval double slot ones are a more recent innovation at high traffic loactions, originally intended that each slot would have a different purpose, either First/Second Class or Local/National, but now they're just big post boxes. 

The need for bigger post boxes is why most older ones disappear - the basic pillar box is alomost literally bomb-proof. Occasionally they become redundant if an area is redeveloped. The old ones are often reused which can give the historian a bit of a puzzle if one finds a George V box within a new shopping development for example

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