Post Box

My post box in place in my front garden.

What

A replica Post Box for my garden.
Not much work on my part here, but it’s a nice thing and I thought it was worth including anyway.

Why

The place I worked had these around the building as post points. When a new company took over responsibilities for the area I worked in, they got rid of them all. I think they thought they were too interesting and it didn’t fit with their dull corporate view of everything. I ask the facilities people if I could possibly have one and to my surprise they said yes. I was slightly concerned that having two big red pieces of street furniture in my garden might look like weird overkill.

When

March 2016.

Different types of post box.

Development & Progress

Some ground work and levelling of a paving slab for the pillar box to sit on.
Weed control fabric and stepping stones that didn’t need to be level, as the surrounding ground isn’t.
Gravel back in place and looking nice.

A pregnant Telephone box
The post box has a blocked off aperture, but I don’t think anyone in the area would have possibly thought a post box in someone’s garden was an actively being used. by Royal Mail.
Christmas lights 2016.

Later / Current Status

I moved the post box by a few metres in 2022. It was subject to a bizarrely strong wind in June 2022 and the door came open. It didn’t shut properly and I removed it in an attempt to remedy it. I reattached it but I’d over-bent the hinges and it left an annoying gap. I may try to sort it out some time but I presently can’t be arsed.

New position. Door good.
Bollocks!

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