JULY 2024 – FIRST CIIIR POSTBOX ENTERS SERVICE The first post box with the CIIIR cipher of the new king entered service at 8.00am today (12th July). The box was unveiled on the High Street, Great Cambourne, by pupils from The Vine Inter-Church Primary School in Upper Cambourne and HM Lord-Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire, Mrs Julie Spence OBE CStJ QPM. The pupils posted the… Read More
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 post box – are in London, Cardiff, Sheffield, Belfast and Oban, close to places of significance to either the writers… Read More
Cheltenham’s ‘rare’ Penfold post boxes “How often do you give a second thought about the pillar box you use when you go to post a letter? People putting mail in one of a handful of old letter boxes in Cheltenham may not be aware of their historical significance. The town is home to eight “rare” original Victorian… Click here for… Read More
The One Show – Scottish letter boxes We provided the BBC’s flagship magazine programme (average daily viewers: 5 million) with a package of research, pictures, information and background material for a piece about the trials and tribulations of the first Queen Elizabeth II letter boxes in Scotland.… Read More
Boy inundated with personal post “He has even had a letter from the 800-member Letter Box Study Group. Arthur Reader, from the group, lives on the Isle of Wight. He said: “We have meetings twice a year, with displays of old postboxes. I have a large private collection of 178 post boxes at my museum. “The young lad would be… Read More