tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post6474360650631621305..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: LincolnPhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-19347538884720963242017-10-04T16:36:48.223+01:002017-10-04T16:36:48.223+01:00Bazza: I *think* the oldest is in a village in Do...Bazza: I *think* the oldest is in a village in Dorset called Holwell. <br />Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-20324569565062308282017-10-04T11:45:31.613+01:002017-10-04T11:45:31.613+01:00It's a delight to come across a Penfold pillar...It's a delight to come across a Penfold pillar box, which I have done in Walthamstow. I wonder which is the <i>oldest</i> working pillar box in Britain?<br /><b><a href="http://todiscoverice.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> CLICK HERE for Bazza’s exultant Blog ‘To Discover Ice’</a></b>bazzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794010156639774028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-13868465517214717612017-10-04T00:01:52.316+01:002017-10-04T00:01:52.316+01:00I started looking at letter boxes when my favourit...I started looking at letter boxes when my favourite author, Anthony Trollope, was honoured for designing one of the first, in St Helier Jersey. 1854 in the Channel Islands and very soon after in London.<br /><br />Your 1856 version made in Derby is a totally different shape, much more elegant than Trollope's. I love it.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com