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SEPTEMBER 2022 – TAKE A LETTER: THE POST BOXES OF GOSPORT

The Letter Box Study Group was recently asked to help in the production of a virtual tour around Gosport looking at the variety of post boxes in the town, as part of Heritage Open Days. https://www.gosportheritage.co.uk/take-a-letter-the-post-boxes-of-gosport/… Read More

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This Edward VIII postbox comes with a lovely Engli

This Edward VIII postbox comes with a lovely English pub behind it - The Golden Lion in Winchester. So if your feet are worn out from a long day of postbox hunting, there are options available!

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Less than a year after his abdication, Edward and

Less than a year after his abdication, Edward and his now-wife Wallis took a visit to Germany. Nazi Germany. They happily gave full Nazi salutes to Hitler, and Edward tried to advocate for appeasement with the Nazi regime. The BBC refused to broadcast one such speech in May 1939, just a few months before the war started. What would have happened to Britain had Edward stayed king? Thankfully we don't need to answer that.

Some Edward VIII pillar boxes were even removed after his abdication, and others not installed until much later, so we can't date all of these boxes to 1936-7, though they were made in that year. This example is a less-common Type A - the bigger of the two cylindrical sizes - and can be found in Birmingham. We previously showed it off during the Commonwealth Games.

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Do you know why Edward VIII didn't last long as a

Do you know why Edward VIII didn't last long as a king? Well he didn't die, he abdicated. He was in a romantic relationship with an American woman, Wallis Simpson, who was in the process of completing her second divorce (!). This did not go down well with the British public, and in the end he handed the throne to his younger brother Albert, who became George VI.

This Edward VIII pillar box is outside a hairdresser in Stamford, Lincolnshire, and used to be a sub-Post Office. The sepia picture shows what it looked like before the Edward VIII was installed.

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How do you tell an Edward VIII Ludlow from an Edwa

How do you tell an Edward VIII Ludlow from an Edward VII Ludlow? With a tape measure and a keen eye! Most of them have exactly the same cipher, but there are small differences in the dimensions and on the gorgeous enamel plate that give the game away. Very few of these were made, and even fewer are still in service. A few of our members own an Edward VIII Ludlow, and one has shared their pictures here. So enjoy!

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Today's Edward VIII is this beauty in Guildford, a

Today's Edward VIII is this beauty in Guildford, and the photos have come from two different members. We last shared this box in our 2021 advent calendar, but that was a long time ago and you all deserve to see it again. Like most Edward VIII pillar boxes, this one is the skinnier Type B.

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The first Edward VIII postbox was installed at Bal

The first Edward VIII postbox was installed at Balmoral in September 1936, to mark his coming to Aberdeen to open the new hospital there. After Edward's abdication the Balmoral box was promptly uninstalled until it was needed elsewhere. Members can read more about Aberdeen and its two Edward VIII pillar boxes in the latest Newsletter.

The pictured box is one of the most southerly UK-based Edward VIII pillars, being situated at the Isle of Wight Postal Museum, curated and cared for by member Arthur Reeder.

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