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The Development of the Letterbox
In the pre-post box era, there were two main strategies to delivering instructions; senders would be necessitated to bring their mail to a Receiving House, or would await the Bellman. The latter would patrol the streets, collecting post from the community. In order to distinguish himself, and also to make his presence known, the Bellman has on a uniform and ring a bell.
It was at 1852 that this suggestion of road-side boxes finally became a reality, using a trial proposed to the Channel Islands. Three cast-iron pillar boxes were placed on Jersey to test out the modern system.
The success with the experiment triggered a different four being set up on Guernsey, one of these now forms part from the British Postal Museum & Archive collection. dig this began appearing around the mainland by 1853.
However, there was to date no universal pillar box design in which we have been currently familiar. Design and manufacture was on the discretion of local authorities, and yes it is at 1859 that attempts were created to standardise the structures.
Horizontal slits took over as favoured option over vertical ones, and took over as norm in letterbox design. Further improvements upon the main included the addition of the protruding cap to shield the contents through the elements.
As of 1859, the lamp would have been to be available in two sizes; a larger and wider size for highly populated areas, and a smaller version for elsewhere. However, the standardised pillar boxes would not receive universal acclaim. It was up against the backdrop of which criticism the Liverpool Special was formulated.
This prompted the Post Office (opened in 1861) to generate another standard letter box in 1866. Again, this became not just a huge success and thus, an extra design started in 1879. This final design will be the one that we are accustomed to today. It was 24 months ahead of this the iconic red colour with the post boxes became a standard feature.
Before on this occasion, preferred colour option was green as a way to blend in while using green British pastures. However, after having a barrage of complaints that the structures were to challenging to locate this can camouflage, it turned out agreed that bright red was the best choice. The programme of re-painting lasted for about 10 years.
For the population at large, the introduction and refinement of letter boxes enhanced the capacity for sending and receiving mail without difficulty. With the exception of oversized parcel delivery, everyone was afforded access with a delivery service nothing you've seen prior witnessed in Great Britain.
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