2009

SZ0691 : Branksome: postbox № BH13 136, Lindsay Road

taken 15 years ago, near to Branksome Park, Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole, England

Branksome: postbox № BH13 136, Lindsay Road
Branksome: postbox № BH13 136, Lindsay Road
A nice example of an Edward VII-reign postbox, on the corner of Burton Road, emptied finally at 5:30pm on weekdays and at 12:30pm on Saturdays.

Beyond, we see one corner of the busy County Gates Gyratory, named for the fact that until 1974 it was alongside the Hampshire-Dorset boundary. The Poole-Bournemouth borough boundary is still there.
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 – Poole Automatic Clusters: · Postbox 8470 [8] · County Gates [6] · Lindsay Road [5] ·
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SZ0691, 112 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Chris Downer   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Monday, 3 August, 2009   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 4 August, 2009
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SZ 064 915 [100m precision]
WGS84: 50:43.4069N 1:54.5908W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SZ 064 915
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