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May 2nd 17, 08:09 AM posted to uk.transport.london
Roland Perry
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Things Named After The Current Queen
In message , at 16:18:08
on Mon, 1 May 2017,
remarked:
This one is reckoned to be the oldest in use,About 30 minutes drive
from here.
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/513653
I find it quite refreshing in a way that it is almost buried in a
Dorset hedge rather than in some prettyfied tourist area of one of the
UK's Capitals or tourist towns such as Bath or York amongst the black
and gold painted litter bins.
I was surprised when on a visit to St Ives, Cornwall, for a week recently to
find they don't really believe in street letter boxes. All those around were
linked to post offices.
I actually asked where there might be one near the bus station, across from
where we were staying, and was told that only post offices had them. In one
case that was by the previous site of one that has moved.
Yes, it's often possible in smaller tons to see where the Post Office
used to be, on account of having (often a two-slot) pillar box on the
street outside. Outside what's now a charity/mobilephone/sandwich/...
shop.
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