Sunday 19 July 2020

Why is this post box in Malvern painted green? - My Sunday Photo

This post box catches my attention when I walk into town. It's out of service and it's painted green, although you can see flecks of red paint underneath.

Green was adopted as the standard colour for the early Victorian post boxes.

However GR is for the Reign of George V 1910-1936.

Basically I can't answer this question and I've googled extensively. 

The only possibility is that green boxes, usually without a slot are used for the local postman to store letters in on his round to save carrying them all together.

All I know for sure is that this post box isn't used anymore.


26 comments:

  1. I love spotting things like this :)

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    1. It's been great exploring the town more during lockdown

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  2. an interesting little thing from the past - nice that you noticed it as I'm sure many people never even see it #MySundayPhoto

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  3. A good mystery! Love the old box!

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    1. Apparently when they get decommissioned they are painted black

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  4. I love this, I wonder if they painted them green as a signal that they're no longer in use?

    Thank you for linking up to #MySundayPhoto

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    1. I found that on google but they paint them black

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  5. How interesting. I don't think I've ever seen a green post box before. x

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    1. They're green in Ireland and yellow in Dubai

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  6. Wow, never knew that, how interesting to learn a bit of history :) X #mysundayphoto

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    1. Apparently there is a group I can join to find out more

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  7. I have absolutely no way to answer this...but It's got me very curious. I may have to do some research myself.

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  8. I have no answer to that one, but it is interesting. x

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    1. I still don't have an answer, am giving up now

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  9. It is a very interesting looking postbox, even if you don't know why it's painted green!

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  10. Oh how lovely... it raises so much curiosity as to why it is green! It is such a lovely colour, maybe it is just to be more inkeeping with the surroundings as red is quite a bold colour! Sim x #PoCoLo

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    1. Decommissioned ones are usually painted black

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  11. How strange! I can see why it catches your eye and gets you wondering. #mysundayphoto

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  12. Just returning back from #pocolo

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  13. I wonder why too. We have one near us in Petersham that is green. How strange! #mysundayphoto

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