Mick Slocum has spent two years travelling Victoria restoring disused post office pillar boxes. The 76-year-old's passion sparked after he decided to remove graffiti near his home. Word of his passion ...
A yellow pillar box in Kyrenia, in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, is a relic of the days before 1960 when the island was part of the British Empire. Picture: Alamy Credit: Alamy The Hong ...
Cheltenham is home to eight original Penfold pillar boxes which date back to 1866. Local historian Richard Popplewell has documented the boxes, including this one in College Lawn. Image caption, ...
A special birthday celebrating a quintessential part of our daily lives - the pillar box - has been marked with the launch of Royal Mail's Pillar to Post stamps Royal Mail have launched a new set of ...
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The decorative ball on these early pillar boxes could not disguise the fact that they were faintly hideous (Getty Images) * London's first pillar box was installed 160 years ago today on the corner of ...
In "I did it first..." (The Sunday Times, August 1) it is stated that "the early pillar boxes were actually painted green". Yet the answer to question 18 of the "Sunday Quiz" (same date, same page) ...
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