The CC Trig Point bagger thread, now incorporating other interesting geographs

[classic33]

Earlier this week I was in Bradford on Avon for a few hours. I remembered a conversation from about 45 years ago which suggested there might be an Edward VIII post box somewhere in the town. Unsurprisingly, I failed to find it, and a quick online search that evening showed I wasn't looking for quite the right thing; it is the Post Office building itself, now taken over by another retailer, which carries the cypher, much higher up than I was looking.

Apparently there are 100 or so Edward VIII post boxes known to exist, and although I'd never knowingly seen one, it turns out I have a picture of one. A couple of years ago I stayed for a week in an apartment in the red house on the harbour front in Tobermory, with the rare box just a few yards away:

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Zooming in, the box can be seen just to the right of the RNLI flagpole, next to a red lifebelt mounting:

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Wikipedia supplies the image I should've taken myself:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/...box,_Tobermory_-_geograph.org.uk_-_607493.jpg

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Many of the 271 produced had either part of the VIII ground out of them, or the whole lot removed. Leaving just a VII or nothing where the E R should have been.

 

[classic33]

I think there is a jigsaw puzzle in the break room at work with this as it's subject.

"Trig Points and Other Interesting Geographs"
Must be some copyright protection!

 

[Aravis]

Many of the 271 produced had either part of the VIII ground out of them, or the whole lot removed. Leaving just a VII or nothing where the E R should have been.

From what I've read, all bar one of the known surviving examples is a pillar box. That suggests it was much easier/cheaper to remove the cypher or to replace the front of a wall box or a lamp box.

There's plenty of information on locations, and I'm glad to say there's at least one comfortably within range of a cycle ride, in Worcester. But a complete list seems to be remarkably elusive.

 

[Drago]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7QSYp0bqio

Thought I'd mention this.

There was a documentary about these on Discovery Channel a while back. Fascinating. Any local to you GA?

 

[biggs682]

This morning's haul

On the old railway bridge on Washbrook rd Rushden.

Then another one I have ridden past load's of times and never noticed it . On the bridge as you exit Poddington village heading towards Wymington.

 

[classic33]

From what I've read, all bar one of the known surviving examples is a pillar box. That suggests it was much easier/cheaper to remove the cypher or to replace the front of a wall box or a lamp box.

There's plenty of information on locations, and I'm glad to say there's at least one comfortably within range of a cycle ride, in Worcester. But a complete list seems to be remarkably elusive.

Post Box Appreciation Society, link earlier in the thread, say they have a list of all 158 remaining/surviving boxes.

 

[Aravis]

Post Box Appreciation Society, link earlier in the thread, say they have a list of all 158 remaining/surviving boxes.

You mean the Letter Box Study Group (lbsg)? £27 to see what they've got? Freely available information will do for now.

To be honest, I always hoped I'd just find one, but since I've clearly walked past examples in Bridlington and Tobermory, and probably elsewhere, it was never likely to happen!

 

[Gravity Aided]

There was a documentary about these on Discovery Channel a while back. Fascinating. Any local to you GA?

Not that I'm aware of, the main air mail route went about 100 miles to our north. I do know where local mail routes, and their old airfields were, and where some of the old railways ran, but I could keep an eye open.

 

[Bobby Mhor]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7QSYp0bqio

Thought I'd mention this.

Not the same but we'd similar concrete arrows guide markers (WW2)
A few listed HERE

Navigation markers in WW2 Ireland HERE

A couple from yesterday

Kirn, Church

Milepost...

Oh, and old and new..

 

[classic33]

Not the same but we'd similar concrete arrows guide markers (WW2)
A few listed HERE

Navigation markers in WW2 Ireland HERE

A couple from yesterday

Kirn, Church

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Milepost...
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Oh, and old and new..
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There should either be an arrow nearby, or two figures on the top of them. One a bearing(Towards Northern Ireland, avoiding neutral airspace) the second the distance.

As in the link, many are in bad shape. Makes looking for a bench mark easy in comparison.

 

[Bobby Mhor]

There should either be an arrow nearby, or two figures on the top of them. One a bearing(Towards Northern Ireland, avoiding neutral airspace) the second the distance.

As in the link, many are in bad shape. Makes looking for a bench mark easy in comparison.

Yeah, I couldn't find the original site I saw...
Donegal, rings a bell.
I'll have a further look...

 

[Aravis]

Having awakened a latent interest in post boxes, here are a couple from near my home, together with my oldest bike:

 

[classic33]

Having awakened a latent interest in post boxes, here are a couple from near my home, together with my oldest bike:

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They sunk the one on the right just a bit.

 

[Aravis]

They sunk the one on the right just a bit.

Haha it took me a while to convince myself I had the camera straight. It's between the railway station and the rugby ground, and if it's really been there since Victorian times it'll have had the odd shove over the years - deliberate or otherwise!

Edit - sorry didn't read your post properly. Thought you were talking about the leaning one!

 

[classic33]

That's a seriously nice post box!!

If I can get it, would you take it?
Post Office will not be removing it and those doing the work plan on just breaking it up.