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Not many of these left now.

This handsome example is in the grounds of Chiddingstone Castle, Kent.

Fact: the pillar box was introduced into Britain by Post Office official (and part-time novelist) Anthony Trollope.

Date: 2015-12-04 10:24 am (UTC)
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Victorian Pillar Box

This is what I hear whenever I read "pillar box."

Listen when you post a letter and you'll hear a muffled sob
For he longs for something better than a letter down his gob
It's cruel to dishearten little pillar boxes so
But no one tries to start an R.S.P.C.G.P.O.

Date: 2015-12-04 11:49 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com
They're a part of the furniture of every day life over here and you're never far from the nearest one- so one rather takes them for granted. It's just the original Victorian ones- with the VR monogram- that are uncommon.

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