J4872 : Pillar box and drop box, West Winds, Newtownards

taken 10 years ago, near to Newtownards, Co Down, Northern Ireland

Pillar box and drop box, West Winds, Newtownards
Pillar box and drop box, West Winds, Newtownards
A drop box and an EIIR pillar box (BT23 374), outside the West Winds post office, at Shackleton Walk.
Postboxes, rest of Northern Ireland

A series of photographs showing some of the postboxes, in the rest of Northern Ireland, within postcodes BT16-94. LinkExternal link shows the postboxes within Belfast.

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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Date Taken
Monday, 16 December, 2013   (more nearby)
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Monday, 16 December, 2013
Geographical Context
Business, Retail, Services  Communications 
Place (from Tags)
Newtownards 
Subject Location
Irish: geotagged! J 485 725 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:34.7694N 5:42.2249W
Camera Location
Irish: geotagged! J 485 725
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West-northwest (about 292 degrees)
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West Winds (Newtownards)  Postbox  Drop Box (Royal Mail) 

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