tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post8728889584297013010..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: Great Brington, NorthamptonshirePhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-54286308282266700882017-06-13T11:16:04.384+01:002017-06-13T11:16:04.384+01:00Peter: Thank you for reminding me about Medbourne ...Peter: Thank you for reminding me about Medbourne and its excellent Post Office - you took me there once to admire the mesh. I hope it will carry on providing the valuable service it offers to Medbourne and the surrounding villages.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-29600448952458551402017-06-13T11:12:25.420+01:002017-06-13T11:12:25.420+01:00One of my all time favourite village post offices ...One of my all time favourite village post offices is, in fact, my local in Medbourne. Dog food next to stacks of newspapers, Malteser Cake in the cabinet and the original bronzed security mesh around the post office bit. Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-80543233049727503042017-06-12T03:03:24.433+01:002017-06-12T03:03:24.433+01:00Our post office is still intact thank goodness, bu...Our post office is still intact thank goodness, but now it has added more profitable elements - selling stationery, magazines, birthday cards etc. I much prefer your description of the archetypal village Post Office as having stone walls, tiny shop window, letter box and outside bench. Perhaps not the thatched roof.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-52274216392659769962017-06-11T15:02:55.008+01:002017-06-11T15:02:55.008+01:00Perhaps it was a modest alternative to a silver ch...Perhaps it was a modest alternative to a silver christening spoon. As far as I know we all had one in our family. Joe Treasurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452665782271458318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-33772329471508027902017-06-11T10:41:44.777+01:002017-06-11T10:41:44.777+01:00Was that a thing, buying a £1 premium bond for a n...Was that a thing, buying a £1 premium bond for a new child? I have one, too, probably bought somewhere in rural Lincolnshire.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-62276873578185408162017-06-10T20:40:27.619+01:002017-06-10T20:40:27.619+01:00A particularly picturesque example, Phil. But as y...A particularly picturesque example, Phil. But as you say, aesthetics aside, the post office has been an essential hub. Woodmancote Post Office (nr Bishop's Cleeve, Glos) 1956-62. We knew the post mistress by name (it might come to me later) from regular visits to collect family allowance, put money into savings accounts, mail parcels to Ireland. I still own the £1 premium bond my mother bought in the local post office (Hester's Way?) when I born. Joe Treasurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452665782271458318noreply@blogger.com