tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post141279829579169652..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: Upton on Severn, WorcestershirePhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-14132261277943413392011-02-18T20:25:59.225+00:002011-02-18T20:25:59.225+00:00Expat: Thanks for the link. Long ago I lived in SE...Expat: Thanks for the link. Long ago I lived in SE London, but wasn't aware of that box.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-44683474177929438032011-02-18T16:34:31.401+00:002011-02-18T16:34:31.401+00:00Nice post box...the blue and white wall looks Gree...Nice post box...the blue and white wall looks Greek-like.Vinogirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10145696108646897751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-80917282625519238852011-02-18T13:24:21.421+00:002011-02-18T13:24:21.421+00:00Funnily enough just before I read your post I had ...Funnily enough just before I read your post I had been reading this blog<br /><br />http://diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/<br /><br />There are links there on today's post to an Edward VIII box.expathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17804628948405177521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-2789060327286175982011-02-17T08:20:51.583+00:002011-02-17T08:20:51.583+00:00Columnist: As far as I can remember I've not s...Columnist: As far as I can remember I've not seen 'RI' on letterboxes.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-31084691519894765742011-02-16T18:23:35.011+00:002011-02-16T18:23:35.011+00:00I recall seeing one with a similar enamel plate in...I recall seeing one with a similar enamel plate in Porlock; it was the plate that attracted my attention too as I thought it was quite unusual.The Vintage Knitterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03479653990888198151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-26427331354385276492011-02-16T12:16:42.686+00:002011-02-16T12:16:42.686+00:00I'm surprised that any letter boxes might have...I'm surprised that any letter boxes might have been made during the brief reign of Edward VIII.<br /><br />I'm also curious as to whether the "RI" was used on their cyphers for letter boxes, after the 1876 creation of Victoria as Imperatrix. Perhaps only on coins.columnisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03764365428633038329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-52732064944107625182011-02-15T22:40:14.033+00:002011-02-15T22:40:14.033+00:00Peter: Thank you. Maybe private individuals could ...Peter: Thank you. Maybe private individuals could buy these boxes - or variants thereof - from Mr Ludlow, for use in their country houses. I don't know.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-69399572883265998012011-02-15T22:35:41.574+00:002011-02-15T22:35:41.574+00:00A lovely shot, reminescent of an abstract Union Fl...A lovely shot, reminescent of an abstract Union Flag.<br /><br />And it reminds me (obscurely I know) of private boxes used in country houses, as seen (yet again) in the film <i>The Go Between</i>.Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-23154071703362821972011-02-15T21:57:59.896+00:002011-02-15T21:57:59.896+00:00Lovely idea. I have to make do with the post box u...Lovely idea. I have to make do with the post box up the street by the pub - one at the end of a crunchy gravel drive would be much better!Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-85531317876211749812011-02-15T19:55:06.880+00:002011-02-15T19:55:06.880+00:00Dear Philip, I have always rather fancied a countr...Dear Philip, I have always rather fancied a country house with a letter box set into the wall of the gate piers. A Ludlow box for this purpose would be absolutely perfect. Nothing would be quite like having one's own 'personal' collection point!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com