What do gold post boxes mean?
The Royal Mail said it believed it was the first time it had permanently changed the colour of its distinctive red postboxes. They were painted gold to mark gold medals won by Britons in the Olympics and Paralympics and have become “cherished local landmarks”.
How can you tell a fake post box?
The cipher on the front of the pillar box signifies during which reign the box was made; they can be VR, ER 7th, GR, GR 6th and ER II. From 1857 wall box-type letter boxes came into use for fixing into existing walls.
Why is the Royal Mail postbox in Huddersfield still gold?
A golden tribute to Huddersfield Olympics hero Ed Clancy is to stay. The Royal Mail postbox painted gold on Railway Street in the town centre to mark Ed’s success at the London 2012 Olympic Games is to remain permanently gold. There was a plan to leave them gold for a year after the magnificent triumphs in the 2012 Olympics.
Why are there gold post boxes in the UK for Olympics?
To commemorate British gold medal winners at the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics, various post boxes in the home towns of the medal winners around the United Kingdom, plus one each on Sark and the Isle of Man, were repainted gold.
Are Shropshire postboxes unofficially painted gold?
^ “Shropshire postboxes unofficially painted gold”. BBC Sport. 4 September 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2012. ^ a b “Gold post box for golden girl Sophie”. Bracknell News. 3 September 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2012. ^ a b “First pictures of Hannah Cockroft’s gold post box”.
Who got a gold postbox 2012 honour?
^ a b “Josef Craig celebrated with gold Jarrow postbox”. BBC News. 8 September 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2012. ^ a b “Somerset’s Deb Criddle gets gold postbox 2012 honour”. BBC News. 7 September 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2012. ^ a b “Gold post box for Bridgend’s Aled Davies”. BBC News. Retrieved 9 September 2012.