MAY 2022 – ROYAL MAIL JOINS IN WITH THE CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW 31st May 2022 | LBSG Chair | Leave a comment To coincide with the return of the Chelsea Flower Show after two years due to the Covid pandemic Royal Mail has put together a display at the Hackett store on Sloane Street in London. It features a letter being posted into a crown-topped postbox, all beautifully made from flowers. It can be seen here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/61557710.… Read More
APRIL 2022 – THE LETTER BOX STUDY GROUP ACHIEVES CHARITABLE STATUS 28th April 2022 | LBSG Chair | Leave a comment The Letter Box Study Group has made a successful application to become a charity and has been given the Registered Charity Number 1198577 by the Charity Commission. Having charitable status adds weight and authority to our voice when dealing with other organisations, as well as giving us options that are only available to charities for… Read More
MARCH 2022 – POSTBOXES IN CELEBRATION OF WORLD BOOK DAY’S 25TH ANNIVERSARY 4th March 2022 | LBSG Chair | Leave a comment To celebrate World Book Day’s 25th anniversary, Royal Mail has unveiled four special postboxes across the UK, celebrating authors and illustrators from all four UK nations. The postboxes have their own unique design, celebrating the work of the authors and illustrators featured on each postbox. The postboxes are adorned in lines from books by authors… Read More
FEBRUARY 2022 – VALENTINE’S POST BOX 10th February 2022 | LBSG Chair | Leave a comment Royal Mail has unveiled a ‘Valentine’s post box’ in the aptly named village of Lover in Wiltshire. The romantically-designed post box has been adorned with a selection of hearts and will remain decorated until the end of February for lovers to visit and send their post from. The post box in Lover is an example… Read More
JANUARY 2022 – BBC RADIO SUFFOLK – SHOWING SOME LOVE TO A VERY BRITISH THING 27th January 2022 | LBSG Chair | Leave a comment Letter Box Study Group Chairman Andrew R Young chats to Matt Marvel about the British post box… Read More
MARCH 2021 – WORLD BOOK DAY POST BOXES 20th March 2021 | Robert Cole | Leave a comment Five UK post boxes have been decorated to honour British authors and illustrators who’ve been using their work to help educate and entertain children during lockdown. The boxes – one of which is a parcel postbox – are in London, Cardiff, Sheffield, Belfast and Oban, close to places of significance to either the writers or… Read More
MARCH 2021 – MOTHERS’ DAY POST BOXES 14th March 2021 | Robert Cole | Leave a comment Mothers are the latest group to be recognised and celebrate with specially decorated Royal Mail post boxes. Three of the four boxes are for letters and cards with the fourth a newish style parcel box. There is one in each of the four nations of the United Kingdom. The plum colour boxes are in Inverness,… Read More
DECEMBER 2020 – DIGITAL CHRISTMAS POST BOXES 22nd December 2020 | Robert Cole | Leave a comment Four post boxes, one located in each UK nation, have been made digitally active to mark Christmas 2020. Each box has a QR code linking to a special festive message from Santa. Royal Mail says it wanted to: “spread yuletide cheer” as well as remind people to send letters, cards and parcels early for Christmas.… Read More
NOVEMBER 2020 – POST BOX POLICY FOR NORTHERN IRELAND 5th November 2020 | Robert Cole | Leave a comment Authorities in Northern Ireland have formally adopted a Joint Policy Statement covering the required treatment of post boxes in the region. The document is similar to the one published for England with substantial contributions from the Letter Box Study Group. The Northern Irish version has a bright and fresh layout which does much to highlight… Read More
OCTOBER 2020 – BLACK HISTORY MONTH 9th October 2020 | Robert Cole | Leave a comment Royal Mail has given four post boxes new livery to mark Black History Month. The boxes will honour black Britons past and present in October 2020. The post boxes are located in London, close to the Black Cultural Archives in Brixton; Glasgow, close to the University; and near the City Halls in Cardiff. The Belfast… Read More