Wow. My old GP used to collect post boxes and he had quite a collection in his garden. We tend to see old telephone kiosks repurposed as library facilities but I have an image of our street from the 1930's and it shows a white telephone kiosk opposite our house.
Posted by Declan Walsh on 13 April, 2025 at 11:15 AM
We now have one post box and one telephone box. I think the collection stops there as they are both ten times more expensive than they were 25 years ago when we bought the post box. Although I do fancy a proper round pillar box.... but not the hole that needs to be dug to site it.
A down-the-valley neighbour stopped on his dog walk just as Mr BW got back from his week away, "Oh you have a telephone box now..." he said. I don't think anything we do is a surprise to the locals now.
Wow. My old GP used to collect post boxes and he had quite a collection in his garden. We tend to see old telephone kiosks repurposed as library facilities but I have an image of our street from the 1930's and it shows a white telephone kiosk opposite our house.
Posted by Declan Walsh on 13 April, 2025 at 11:15 AMWe now have one post box and one telephone box. I think the collection stops there as they are both ten times more expensive than they were 25 years ago when we bought the post box. Although I do fancy a proper round pillar box.... but not the hole that needs to be dug to site it.
A down-the-valley neighbour stopped on his dog walk just as Mr BW got back from his week away, "Oh you have a telephone box now..." he said. I don't think anything we do is a surprise to the locals now.
Posted by Blue Witch on 13 April, 2025 at 4:03 PM