job78989 wrote:Hi not glasgow but Iona last year:
That stirs some memories Job. The first time I saw that pillar box was the day the the former Mrs Onyirtodd and I got engaged. The last time I saw it was the day I went to visit John Smith's grave.
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job78989 wrote:Hi not glasgow but Iona last year:
Luco wrote:Of course, many city centre post boxes are linked to the underground network of tunnels that cover the city ::):
mrsam wrote:
Has Anyone found any pre franked mail boxes(usually by sorting offices), and 10 points for old postoffice letterbox First 'n' second class things in the wall
Mr Sam
skintobalinto wrote:Is it true that there are no EIIR boxes in Scotland as the SNLA were blowing them up as she was not the second Elizabeth up here. I heard they were replaced with boxes with just a crown on it. Does anyone know if this is true or is it just an urban myth.
Cheers
suthy snail wrote:There were pillarboxes vandalised in a few locations at the time with the EIIR on them but interestingly and much less known is that when the first box with the Scottish crown was erected in Bellfield Road,Stirling on 18/9/54 it was vandalised by someone painting EIIR with white paint.
Obviously not a nationalist!!
suthy snail wrote:There were pillarboxes vandalised in a few locations at the time with the EIIR on them but interestingly and much less known is that when the first box with the Scottish crown was erected in Bellfield Road,Stirling on 18/9/54 it was vandalised by someone painting EIIR with white paint.
Obviously not a nationalist!!
cell wrote:
Pretty much a bog standard box in Byres Rd but I was interested to see the manufacturer's name "Machan Eng Scotland" cast at the base, I had thought that the Carron Ironworks in Falkirk had produced most of Scotland post boxes, has anyone seen any other Scottish manufactures?
Fat Cat wrote:I remember reading somewhere that they don't put EIIR on the postboxes in Scotland because she is actually QE1 of Scotland and QE2 of England. Not sure if that's why.
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