2009

SU0703 : West Moors: postbox № BH22 59 and the old post office

taken 15 years ago, near to West Moors, Dorset, England

West Moors: postbox № BH22 59 and the old post office
West Moors: postbox № BH22 59 and the old post office
This large postbox, emptied finally at 5:30pm on weekdays and at noon on Saturdays, used to be positioned on the forecourt of the post office, when it was situated in the premises that we see across the road.

A couple of years ago, the post office moved into the Spar store in the centre of the village, a little south.
Drop box

A ‘drop box’ is an item of Royal Mail street furniture. It is a receptacle where the postman can securely store part of his morning round, at a convenient location. Sometimes, the Royal Mail van may drop off the postman with his bike and morning deliveries, saving him carrying a heavier load or frequent returns to the sorting office.
Originally drop boxes were attached to pillar boxes and, therefore, painted red to match. Nowadays, they are separate free-standing boxes – usually close to a postbox – generally painted grey, although red stand-alone boxes are also to be seen.


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Category: Postbox
This photo is linked from: Galleries: · Dorset postboxes – Wimborne, Ferndown & Verwood Automatic Clusters: · Old Post Office [4] · Postbox 8470 [2] Other Photos: · West Moors: postbox № BH22 15, Station Road ·
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SU0703, 28 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Chris Downer   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 29 March, 2009   (more nearby)
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Sunday, 29 March, 2009
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OSGB36: geotagged! SU 078 030 [100m precision]
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OSGB36: geotagged! SU 078 030
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