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Things Named After The Current Queen
On Monday, 1 May 2017 01:30:29 UTC+1, Nobody wrote:
And just as well email has killed snailmail... all those pillarboxes. I thought snailmail was doing fairly well. I get a lot of post every day, and not just junk, Amazon, Ebay, magazines, statements... |
Things Named After The Current Queen
On Sun, 30 Apr 2017 09:48:12 -0700 (PDT)
Offramp wrote: From: Offramp Subject: Things Named After The Current Queen Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2017 09:48:12 -0700 (PDT) User-Agent: G2/1.0 Newsgroups: uk.transport.london lots of Cocks! |
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. -- Roland Perry |
Things Named After The Current Queen
In message , at 11:08:45 on
Mon, 1 May 2017, remarked: And just as well email has killed snailmail... all those pillarboxes. There are still lots with "VR" on them! 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 No longer: http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/...cle-2594153-1C BC852C00000578-883_634x463.jpg 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. -- Roland Perry |
Things Named After The Current Queen
wrote in message ... In article , (Nobody) wrote: On Mon, 1 May 2017 00:25:09 +0100, "michael adams" wrote: "Offramp" wrote in message ... England: Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, London Which presumably will become the King's (or President's) Gallery, at some point in the future. Just as around 1700 Queen's Counsel will become King's Counsel, at around the same time. And just as well email has killed snailmail... all those pillarboxes. There are still lots with "VR" on them! -- Colin Rosenstiel This should link to a photograph of a pillar box next to a tree which I took 4 years ago. Although Tinypic has been rubbish of late. Doubtless this has already appeared on numerous London Blogs etc. etc.. I'm always meaning to do a follow up. Any local resident intending to stay around could have produced a nice animation with a weekly snap. Maybe somebody has dunno. http://tinypic.com/r/uri48/9 michael adams .... |
Things Named After The Current Queen
On Tue, 2 May 2017 09:09:16 +0100, Roland Perry
wrote: 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. True, and not just in smaller towns. In my London suburb, the post office used to be a double-sized shop; there still is one, but it's now just a counter in a convenience store a few shops along. The double-slot post box hasn't moved, and it's now outside the Polish food shop that occupies the old post office site. |
Things Named After The Current Queen
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(Recliner) wrote: On Tue, 2 May 2017 09:09:16 +0100, Roland Perry wrote: In message , at 16:18:08 on Mon, 1 May 2017, remarkedrive 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. True, and not just in smaller towns. In my London suburb, the post office used to be a double-sized shop; there still is one, but it's now just a counter in a convenience store a few shops along. The double-slot post box hasn't moved, and it's now outside the Polish food shop that occupies the old post office site. London suburbs are just the size of places that lost their Crown Post Offices years ago. The Putney one was rebuilt while I was growing up but is now a shop with only sub-post offices serving the place. But there still are pillar boxes all round the area, unrelated to current or former post offices. -- Colin Rosenstiel |
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On 02-May-17 1:22 PM, Recliner wrote:
On Tue, 2 May 2017 09:09:16 +0100, Roland Perry wrote: 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. True, and not just in smaller towns. In my London suburb, the post office used to be a double-sized shop; there still is one, but it's now just a counter in a convenience store a few shops along. The double-slot post box hasn't moved, and it's now outside the Polish food shop that occupies the old post office site. Our local PO is now the HQ of Radio Jackie. |
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