JULY 2022 – POSTBOXES TO MARK THE BIRMINGHAM 2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES To mark the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Royal Mail has created five special postboxes across the UK. The postboxes are decorated in vibrant pink and purple and include graphics and encouraging messages to participating teams. Letter Box Study Group members and friends were out and about photographing the boxes as soon as they were unveiled.… Read More
APRIL 2022 – THE LETTER BOX STUDY GROUP ACHIEVES CHARITABLE STATUS 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 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
JANUARY 2022 – BBC RADIO SUFFOLK – SHOWING SOME LOVE TO A VERY BRITISH THING 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 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
DECEMBER 2020 – DIGITAL CHRISTMAS POST BOXES 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
OCTOBER 2020 – BLACK HISTORY MONTH 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
September 2020 – Birmingham Heritage Week POST BOXES are taking a leading role in the Birmingham local history event being held this month. Called the Birmingham Heritage Week, it actually runs from 10 to 20 September 2020. The Letter Box Study Group assisted the organisers with its ‘Postbox Challenge’. A few pertinent facts are on the website (link: https://birminghamheritageweek.co.uk/postbox-facts/). Pictures of… Read More
Summer 2020 – Assisting Royal Mail with Covid testing kits THE LETTER BOX STUDY GROUP assisted Royal Mail designating boxes suitable for sending Covid-19 testing kits through the post. Boxes had to conform to certain parameters including, most obviously, the size of the aperture. Alerting the public to the Priority Postboxes, Royal Mail said: “We are a key partner for government’s coronavirus testing programme. We… Read More
May 2020 – NHS decorated postboxes ROYAL MAIL DECORATED five postboxes in support of the NHS and as a thank you healthcare workers across the United Kingdom. The boxes are painted in ‘NHS blue’ and say ‘Thank You NHS’. They are located close to hospitals in London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Wales and Belfast. The postboxes were chosen to ensure the representation of… Read More