The problem arose because, as far as Scotland was/is concerned Queen Elizabeth was not the 2nd of Scotland - only the 1st. Letter boxes with EIIR were being blown up. So, letter boxes in Scotland don't have any sovereign's insinia. It's years since I looked, but I think it's just a crown.
It seems the ones in Scotland will continue to have the Scottish Crown only , as will the post office vans.
Brian
NY wrote:
No ...
If the horrible URL expires see the filings under
The first was installed in Cambourne (Cambs) on 12th July 2024.
On 02 Feb 2025, Tim Streater wrote
Dunno, but the scrap value of cast iron must be a lot higher than I thought it was if nicking one of those is worth the effort.
The ones that look like they're sitting on the ground used to have about the same height of what you see above ground hidden underground. You don't just pick up a length of cast iron like that and carry it back home.....
Hmm.. Pikey truck with a HIAB
I was under the impression they had a significant amount of anchorage in the ground --- is that wrong?
They just hacksaw (or whatever) through the pole just underneath the letter box. The one I saw, the pole was still there but with no letter box on top of it.
The small ones, on poles, would be pretty easy. The full-sized ones, planted directly into the ground, seem to have about 1/3 of them buried and are pretty immovable.
Take a look at the left and right ones in this picture:
Battery angle grinder!
Portable bandsaw
Shaped charge of Cemtex ;-)
Semtex...
That image brings Monty Python to mind, not sure why.
Now you've said it, I can't get the image out of my mind.
Close, I guess it is John Cleese that confused you. It was actually from The Frost Report.
Frost Report? "I look down on him..."
Aha, I forgot about the ones on poles.
That's what I had in mind.
The Knights who say "Ni", or even the Black Knight after King Arthur cut his arms off?
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