The Rarest postbox in Leeds??

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Thu 17 Feb, 2011 8:05 pm

I while ago there was a thread about the oldest postbox in Leeds - the upshot being that there are a surprising number from the reign of Victoria - ie pre -1902.However I think this could be the rarest. The 'ER' logo on the front does not represent Queen Elizabeth [E II R] as you might think at a casual glance. It actually says E VIII R , meaning it is from the 325 day reign of Edward the Eighth in 1936.

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Thu 17 Feb, 2011 8:18 pm

Here's Edward the Eighths monogramme from Wikipedia for comparison

LS1 · Post by **LS1** » Fri 18 Feb, 2011 9:09 am

http://inamidst.com/topic/edwardboxesGood link here.. Guess where the information for the one in Leeds comes from!!!!

The Parksider · Post by **The Parksider** » Fri 18 Feb, 2011 9:54 am

drapesy wrote: I while ago there was a thread about the oldest postbox in Leeds - the upshot being that there are a surprising number from the reign of Victoria - ie pre -1902.However I think this could be the rarest. The 'ER' logo on the front does not represent Queen Elizabeth [E II R] as you might think at a casual glance. It actually says E VIII R , meaning it is from the 325 day reign of Edward the Eighth in 1936. The postbox at Cookridge "Village" also dates to the time the housing was built - 1927-1939, and the post office/shop was probably at the latter end - once enough residents were in place to make such a shop viable.Edward V111's reign was long enough for a number of items to be made through neccessity but not others. Clearly as soon as george V1 dies postbox makers switch up to abdication. Edward Stamps were produced in abundance but I believe the royal mint had no great need to switch coin production to Edward. There's a very rare Edward penny?I think this may be the third thread on old postboxes because on the one referred to I don't see my old post pointing out that a red pillar box on Stainbeck Road carries the VR intitails.Of course there are lots of VR postboxes, but how many in the "modern style?"Finally I hope we don'tget told off for discussing something that has had two threads before. After all this thread will be new to any new colleagues, and as for us old 'uns, well we reserve the right to forget what we've said and repeat ourselves. Keeps us happy.

simon2710 · Post by **simon2710** » Sun 20 Feb, 2011 1:05 am

I think there are a fair few Edward pillarboxes floating around. I know of one nearby on Allerton Grange Way, I'm almost certain it's roughly the same age.

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Mon 21 Feb, 2011 11:34 am

simon2710 wrote: I think there are a fair few Edward pillarboxes floating around. I know of one nearby on Allerton Grange Way, I'm almost certain it's roughly the same age. Well, when you say a 'fair few'.......According to the internet there were only 161 ever made of which maybe 70 to 100 survive throughout the whole of Britain, so thats not what I'd call a 'fair few'.Are you sure the one on Allerton Grange Way is Edward the Eighth?? ( do you mean the one at the Junction with Allerton Grange Rise?) if so it should be logged

Reginal Perrin · Post by **Reginal Perrin** » Tue 22 Feb, 2011 5:44 pm

simon2710 wrote: I think there are a fair few Edward pillarboxes floating around. I know of one nearby on Allerton Grange Way, I'm almost certain it's roughly the same age. When you say roughly (supresses urge to do the classic Ted Chippington gag) would you say give or take 325 days?

simon2710 · Post by **simon2710** » Sat 26 Feb, 2011 11:53 pm

Just another quick update, there's a Victorian postbox inside the wall in Otley - Just opposite Otley police station in between the Church and the "Biker's Cafe". It has the VR enscription.

jf · Post by jf » Mon 28 Feb, 2011 3:54 am

drapesy wrote: simon2710 wrote: I think there are a fair few Edward pillarboxes floating around. I know of one nearby on Allerton Grange Way, I'm almost certain it's roughly the same age. Well, when you say a 'fair few'.......According to the internet there were only 161 ever made of which maybe 70 to 100 survive throughout the whole of Britain, so thats not what I'd call a 'fair few'.Are you sure the one on Allerton Grange Way is Edward the Eighth?? ( do you mean the one at the Junction with Allerton Grange Rise?) if so it should be logged Here's a Google streetview picture of that box, it's hard to tellhttp://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=allerton+grange+way&aq=&sll=53.798342,-1.602211&sspn=0.009885,0.024719&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Allerton+Grange+Way,+Leeds+LS17,+United+Kingdom&ll=53.835499,-1.530943&spn=0.000309,0.000772&t=h&z=21&layer=c&cbll=53.835425,-1.531093&panoid=2Ew3FcApzXTQUxA4PBFCXA&cbp=12,24.29,,2,16.18Radio Bristol used to have a feature every morning called 'Where am I' where one of the presenters described a location through several clues and the audience could call in to guess where they were to win a prize - I remember one where they featured an Edward VIII postbox as a clue, noting how rare they were.

LS1 · Post by **LS1** » Mon 28 Feb, 2011 2:09 pm

jf wrote: drapesy wrote: simon2710 wrote: I think there are a fair few Edward pillarboxes floating around. I know of one nearby on Allerton Grange Way, I'm almost certain it's roughly the same age. Well, when you say a 'fair few'.......According to the internet there were only 161 ever made of which maybe 70 to 100 survive throughout the whole of Britain, so thats not what I'd call a 'fair few'.Are you sure the one on Allerton Grange Way is Edward the Eighth?? ( do you mean the one at the Junction with Allerton Grange Rise?) if so it should be logged Here's a Google streetview picture of that box, it's hard to tellhttp://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=allerton+grange+way&aq=&sll=53.798342,-1.602211&sspn=0.009885,0.024719&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Allerton+Grange+Way,+Leeds+LS17,+United+Kingdom&ll=53.835499,-1.530943&spn=0.000309,0.000772&t=h&z=21&layer=c&cbll=53.835425,-1.531093&panoid=2Ew3FcApzXTQUxA4PBFCXA&cbp=12,24.29,,2,16.18Radio Bristol used to have a feature every morning called 'Where am I' where one of the presenters described a location through several clues and the audience could call in to guess where they were to win a prize - I remember one where they featured an Edward VIII postbox as a clue, noting how rare they were. Plain old George V one I'm afraid!