Dozens of people have been left impressed and cracking jokes after discovering a post box which is being slowly consumed by a tree growing around it. Fascinating pictures of the unusual sight on ...

A special birthday celebrating a quintessential part of our daily lives - the pillar box - has been marked with the launch of Royal Mail's Pillar to Post stamps Royal Mail have launched a new set of ...

Cheltenham is home to eight original Penfold pillar boxes which date back to 1866. Local historian Richard Popplewell has documented the boxes, including this one in College Lawn. Image caption, ...

This article contains affiliate links. We may earn a small commission on items purchased through this article, but that does not affect our editorial judgement. BACK IN 1952 a humble red pillar box in ...

The decorative ball on these early pillar boxes could not disguise the fact that they were faintly hideous (Getty Images) * London's first pillar box was installed 160 years ago today on the corner of ...

Britain's 113,000 post boxes, those obdurate pillars of the community which first appeared in Jersey in 1852, have been deemed suitable cases for conservation in the new millennium by English Heritage ...

Tangedco’s pillar boxes on the roadsides with all kinds of posters stuck on them are not just an eyesore, but it makes maintenance difficult for the utility as manpower is unnecessarily spent on ...

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The pillar box system - an upgraded power transmission apparatus that reduces line losses - was introduced around a year ago in Haryana, and was meant primarily for the rural pockets. GURGAON: The ...

Image caption, Cheltenham is home to eight original Penfold pillar boxes which date back to 1866. Local historian Richard Popplewell has documented the boxes, including this one in College Lawn. Image ...