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YOU published a letter concerning the charm of red pillar-boxes as historical records (Write Back, September 18). Though a republican, I too enjoy the window into the past offered by a Victorian ...
Read more: Unusual Victorian-era post box stolen in County Donegal The Westmeath Examiner reported that a local resident said people in the area were "very upset to see such destruction".
In 1859 the design was improved, and this became the first National Standard pillar box. But for early Victorian post boxes, green was adopted as the standard colour. Between 1866 and 1879 the ...
Father’s Day is a time to treat Dad to the finer things in life. What could be finer than accessories for a Victorian ...
A very rare Victorian postbox has gone missing as residents say it was damaged in a crash and has since been removed. The post box was located just outside Malvern Community Hospital ...
A letter from F Roberts published in the Coventry Telegraph letters section on September 22 read: "The Victorian post box on the Coundon Road near Bablake School has disappeared. "The iconic box ...
Campaigners calling for a mysteriously destroyed Victorian post box in Ilkley to be restored are celebrating a dramatic U-turn by the Royal Mail. The old red letter box which stood at the corner ...
A giant concrete room-within-a-room occupies the space where wooden counters and mail boxes once stood inside a converted Victorian post office apartment in London. The thoroughly modernized space ...
Thieves have swiped a Victorian post box from a wall outside a pub. The brazen culprits stole the period artefact - believed to be worth around £200 - from outside the Black Lion pub in Ash Road ...
The shortfall has seen 63 fewer post boxes on Victorian streets alone in just two years. And, it’s predicted by 2020 Australia Post could be delivering a quarter of the number of letters it did ...
Followed categories will be added to My News. The box, located in Beechworth, had been neglected by Australia Post since October 2017. When it was finally emptied, it was “full to the brim ...