Ness Charles

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Going from pillar to post whilst drinking tea and following AFC Wimbledon.

Brown wooden door situated in a large light coloured stone building. In the middle of the door is a metal plate with two posting apertures with flaps on it. Above the apertures is a red sign with yellow writing saying 'FRANKED MAIL ONLY'.
Large red hexagonal shaped Penfold pillar box situated on the edge of the pavement. Parked behind it is a red Royal Mail van with its back doors open.
Red Royal Mail lamp box. It is fully surrounded by green foliage so the black pole it is on cannot be shown.
A brick built building with a bay window. Above it is the post office sign. Next to the window is a red EIIR wall box.
Red pillar box side on. The red paint has flaked off showing blue paint underneath. The collection plate holder is double the width of a standard one.
Red pillar box with a base in a matt finish of a different shade of red. On the top it has a crown on top.
Very large house with multiple tall chimneys. The exterior of the house is covered in flint stones. The wall surrounding the house is also made of flint stone. There is a George VI wall box built into it.
Red pillar with a Charles III cypher. It is positioned at the entrance of Brighton's Royal Mail Delivery Office.
Metal postal suite in mainly red with yellow at the top and in the middle where the two apertures are. On the top yellow section is a sticker that says 'Coal not Dole'. On the top half there are two stamp machines selling a book of stamps for 50p. In the middle yellow panel are two posting apertures. One is labelled 'London numbered districts only' and the other 'All other places'. Underneath each one is the space for the post to drop into.
Green pillar box - it is a First National Standard. It is next to a red fluted pillar box and a light gold painted First National Standard. Behind are various red Royal Mail and Post Office items.
Red George V pillar box on the pavement to the roadside. There is grass growing out of the pavement slabs.
A large red Victorian wall box with a black base. It has been placed at the end of a small red brick wall so the top of it is not surrounded by a wall. Next to it is a brick pillar which is the boundary for the adjoining property.
Red GR pillar box situated on a wide pavement with shops and offices on each side of the road. There is a section of paint that has been chipped off the cap.
Red anonymous pillar box. It has no royal cypher or Post Office writing on it. The aperture is high up and situated in the top of the two bands around the pillar box. Across the road is a high red brick wall with further metal fencing on top of it. There is a low level building visible in the design of a primary school.
Side view of a red indoor pillar box. Across from it is the entrance to the Love Letters exhibition.
Frontage of the shop called Mail Boxes Etc. On the pavement in front of it is a red GR wall box that is freestanding rather than being placed in a wall.
Red rectangular post box attached to black metal railings in front of a large white house. It has no Royal cypher on it. There is a sticker on it that says 'ROYAL MAIL'. Underneath is an official Royal Mail collection plate.
Red VR pillar box with a brass plaque on the front of it commemorating the Manchester bombing in 1996. The pillar box remained standing despite the rest of the area around it being badly damaged. The surrounding buildings are now all new shopping units.
Red Type C double aperture pillar box. Across the road is an old blue police box better known as Doctor Who's TARDIS. It is in front of Earls Court Underground Station.
Victorian red pillar box positioned by the side of the pavement. In front of it is a sign saying, 'NO IDLING ZONE' with a picture of a car with exhaust emissions coming out of it in a red circle with a red line through it.
Side of a red pillar box. Behind it is a large tree trunk which is growing around the pillar box.
Red pillar box that has been converted to a solar parcel box. The converted door has been repainted but the back and black base of the pillar has been left. To the side of the post box is a sign for the Majestic Wine Warehouse.
Double aperture Type C pillar box painted gold to celebrate Team GB's success at the London 2012 Olympics. Behind is Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester.
Large red EIIR pillar box that has been converted to a solar powered parcel post box. In the background is a large pub, Prince of Wales, which has a working clock at the top of the building.
Red rectangular posting suite. On the left hand side is an aperture labelled First Class. In the middle is a cash operated stamp machine, that is no longer working. On the right hand side is an aperture labelled Second Class.
Red pillar box on a grass verge. It has the cypher of King Edward VIII.
Micro machines toy car coloured green, red and blue on top of a red pillar box with lots of yellow lichen on it.
A white envelope with two Christmas large letters 2nd class stamps, a 20p stamp and 10p stamp.
Close up of an escutcheon on the lock of a red pillar box.
A red GR pillar box needing a fresh coat of paint. Behind it is a boarded up door with 'THE SOURCE OF THE SOLUTION' stenciled on it.
Two photographs of the same red pillar box. On the left is how the pillar box was in use. It is an EIIR box with a flat 8in aperture. On the right hand side the door has been removed. The box is covered in red plastic and the notice on it says it is out of service and an automated service is coming soon.
Back of a red pillar box. The pillar box has a plaque on the side commemorating 50 years of Royal Mail Special Stamps. The pillar box is facing York Minister which is lit up at night. In the trees are Christmas lights.
Front of a post office with a red pillar box with a solar parcel box conversion. The door of the post office is open and a warm light is visible. On the shelves are piles of envelopes.
Large batch of envelopes with Christmas stamps on going into the aperture of a red wall box. My hand and the envelopes are splashed with rain and mud dripping down from the aperture cover.
Two photographs of the same red pillar box. The one on the left has been converted to a solar parcel box. The one on the right is how it originally looked before the conversion.
Red EIIR lamp box attached to a short wooden pole.
Red EIIR lamp box set into a brick pillar. The pillar is surrounded by ivy and green hedges that have been clipped back to provide access to the post box.
Red pillar box with the aperture blocked up. It is at the end of a short undercover alleyway. The entrance to the alleyway is locked up but the post box can be viewed through the gaps in the gate.
Red GR pillar box with two rows of grey stones around the base in a square shape.
Red pillar box with the door and aperture converted to take small parcels. On top is a solar panel to power the app reader. On the wall behind is a sign for puffin seabird cruises.
Black base of a red pillar box showing the manufacturer as Handyside Derby & London.
Inside view of one side of a Type C pillar box. It shows how the letters go into a cage and then the sack can be put in the bottom to collect the letters when they are released.
Side view of a red pillar box. Further down from it is the small image of another red pillar box.
On the right hand side is a red GR pillar box. Further up the street is another red pillar box.
Shop front of Rye Chocolates with lots of ice cream stickers in the window. By the front door is a wall post box.
Red Ludlow wall box with a white enamel plate with a GR cypher on it. Next to it is an out of service red stamp machine. They are both set into the wall of a shop with 'Antiques' and '20th Century' above the windows.
Red pillar box with a Charles III cypher on it. The pillar box does not have a collection plate on it. Behind is a red brick building.
Red George V pillar box with peeling paint. It is next to an electrical junction box painted with a green fantasy style face.
Pair of red pillar boxes with the front of the boxes facing away from each other. Across the road is the tower of Derby Cathedral.
Red Type K cylindrical pillar box set low into the ground. It is outside of a building which at the top says Derby Midland Station.
Red pillar box close to a K6 red telephone kiosk. Just further along is another K6 red telephone kiosk.
Type K red pillar box against the wall of a large supermarket. On the wall is a blue sign with lots of little stars on it. It says, "30 YEARS OF REWARDS - Every little helps".
A yellow rectangular pillar box fitted with a Royal Mail collection plate. On the sides of the post box are lift up flaps covering the apertures. The box is situated in a brick alcove.
Small brown envelope on a writing desk with a By Air Mail - par avion sticker on it. A black fountain pen is on top of the envelope. To the side are some London themed red, white and blue stickers. Behind the envelope is a WH Smith A5 plain writing pad and a #2minutebeachclean postcard.
Cream coloured envelope with three picture stamps on it which are similar tones. It is being posted into the aperture of an indoor post box.
Gold Type C double aperture pillar box with a colourful crochet topper on top made up of flowers, bunting and a rainbow. Behind the post box is a branch of WH Smith.
Side of a red Type K pillar box. On the pavement and road near to it are metal barriers and road closure signs.
Front cover of 'Royal Mail Post Boxes - A Joint Policy Statement by Royal Mail and Historic England in consultation with the Letter Box Study Group and The Postal Museum.' There is a college of six photographs with five of them showing red post boxes and the sixth of a child sticking a thumb up.
Red George V pillar box with a broken stump of an old Post Office Direction Sign on top. Behind is a restaurant and takeaway.
Aperture of a red pillar box sealed with a notice saying 'THE POST OFFICE REGRETS ANY INCONVENIENCE CAUSED BY THE CLOSURE OF THIS BOX'