The featured image, spotted in Buxton, in England’s Peak District sets the tone. Here is is, a cheery chappy, just waiting to receive your letter. If you write letters any more ….
Then there’s our local post box, still with an image painted on the wall behind dating from 2014, the year we moved here, and the year that the Tour de France started in Yorkshire, and passed through the village. And in a nearby village, the box dates from the reign of Queen Victoria. Look! ‘VR’: Victoria Regina. And finally, a box spotted last autumn topped off with yarn bombing for Hallowe’en.
For Becky’s #SimplyRed Squares.
From Pyrenees to Pennines 
I love these, they just brighten up an otherwise dull box 😊
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At least they’re red. I can’t be doing with other nations thinking yellow or green is acceptable. I rather feel that buses should be red too.
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And cricket players should play in white too (when did they introduce coloured kit)???
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Well, quite. Our village side has some Standards. They play in white.
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And so they should ☺️
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👍
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I love the toppers. Post boxes here are singularly unimaginative, but I do rather like the yellow ones in Spain. Reminds me of when my other half was young and smiley xx
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They’re yellow in France too. It’s just … wrong xx
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Oh, really! they’re French…
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That’s no excuse.
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I’m not going to knock the yellow postboxes here, I’m so grateful they still exist and that there is one in my residence outside the boulangerie. Vive la France! 🇫🇷💌📮
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Oh yes, Vive la France. And vive la boîte aux lettres … rouge 😉.
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Such a cheery image in your header!
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It’s great, isn’t it? I wonder if it’s still there?
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Cheerful post office boxes. The google eyes made me smile
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Me too. Someone wanted us to Cheer Up.
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Makes me want to buy some googly eyes and find good places to put them
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👍Just … do it!
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Just find some first 👀
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They don’t make ’em like that any more!! 😉
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Indeed they don’t.
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Oh, what a great set to start the day with a smile, Margaret! I LOVE the Halloween yarn bombing, someone spent a bit of time on that
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Time well spent, I’d say.
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😄😄
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Ooh, lots of post boxes today. I love post box toppers, they are usually extremely clever.
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They’re such fun, aren’t they? I lack the necessary skills.
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I used to be good at knitting and following complicated patterns, but haven’t the patience for it now. And I never figured out crochet other than squares.
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Whereas I can (but don’t) crochet, and can’t knit at all.
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Do people write letter… unfortunately not. Even postcards are a rarity
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Postcards are hard to find. When I’m away I’d sent them to my grandchildren. If I could …
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Great spotted, dear Margaret.
We post mostly birthday cards.
Keep well
The Fab Four of Cley
🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
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We all still love a birthday card! Enjoy the sun!
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We do, indeed.
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I still write notes and send postcards. Hoping to use a bright one soon! Trying to pass the love of letters through mail to another generation. Lovely red!
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It IS a good red. And yes, the last letter I posted through a pillar box ‘mouth’ was indeed a birthday card last week.
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No mailboxes around here now. In fact even post offices are few and far between. But those in this post are beauties with character
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They’re good, aren’t they? We have just as many mail boxes as ever, but now, they only collect once a day. It used to be 4-5 or even more.
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Letter Mail only delivered every second day here. But parcels delivered daily. A clear sign of changing times
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Unfortunately yes. And when post DOES come, it’s unniteresting.
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I still wtite letters. One person actually writes me back!
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I’m the same Dawn. But it’s all a bit Past Tense, isn’t it?
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The googly eyes are fun, and not something I’ve come across anywhere else 😀 Maybe they’ll catch on!
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This photo is Vintage 2022. Not happened yet!
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Although it is policy that no post box is removed for reasons of under utilisation I’m sure, eventually, there will be a move to start getting rid of them, just as telephone boxes are now much in decline!
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I think you’re right Peter. When I use a post box, I often hear a ‘thunk’ as my envelope hits the metal on the bottom. It’s clearly the only one there.
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Love the yarn bomb
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Good, in’nit?
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Brill!
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Love the googly eyes! It’s amazing how many Victorian post boxes are still about.
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I have a friend who ‘collects’ sightings.
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I have about 130 pictures of post boxes! The Suffragettes got me interested.
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I always feel like England has the most interesting mailboxes. And the yarn bombing takes it over the top as do the googly eyes.
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Fun, aren’t they. We are quite good at this kind of gentle irreverance here.
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I really enjoyed this post, Margaret! Every time I visit the UK, I make a point of looking out for these wonderful red post boxes—they always seem to turn up in the most unexpected places. I’ve even started taking photos of them wherever I go. There’s something so charming and iconic about them.
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I also look for them when in England!
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The eyes in the first mailbox are funny.
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Genius on someone’s part!
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I agree.
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Red letter day! Love the British style mailboxes. The yarn bombing is always a treat.
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I love yarn bombing. Is it a ‘thing’ in the States too?
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We have a bit of it, not as much as I’d like to see! I wrote an article 1-2 years ago about lovely yarn flowers on a tennis court fence here.
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Love the eyes and the cycling art is perfectly appropriate right now. These are all attractive finds.
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The red shouting at you made it easier!
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Perfect characterful cheery postboxes
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They are cheery, aren’t they? And a bit Museum Piece nowadays.
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you seem to have made everyone smile with this post – certainly made me smile. Such fun
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Well, your Squares are always fun to do, Becky. Take a bow! xx
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💃🏼
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