Roadside postboxes and other street furniture

BrianD3

Don't know if this is the right place for this thread. Does anyone have an interest in roadside postboxes and street furniture in general. The post boxes interest me. Not the modern ones but the cast iron boxes from the era of British rule, Saorstat Eireann boxes and P+T boxes.

There are hundreds if not thousands of these still in use around the country and I think many people don't realise how old they are. For instance any pilllar box with "R" or wall box with "V R" on it is from the reign of Queen Victoria and is therefore over a hundred years old. The Saorstat Eireann boxes are from the early days of Irish independence, they are British boxes but with a different door fitted and sometimes had the Royal Cipher chiseled off. There aren't that many of these about but I know of a few.

Any other street furniture that people find interesting?

Diaspora

You may find the Ireland Forum at this site a good place to discuss street furniture. The Dublin Street Lighting thread is very well done with hundreds of photos.

I'm sure that if you have the camera they have the expertise to answer most questions.

lostinsuperfunk

I think there was a photographic exhibition of London and Dublin postboxes a while back, showing pairs of postboxes, one of each type in green and one in red.
There were lots of drinking troughs for horses and dogs around Irish cities up to a few years ago, mostly serving as flower beds. I haven't seen any recently though. Maybe there was a drive to remove them?

the_syco

Not a drive to remove them: they got nicked. Check ebay "get an Irish postbox". I blame the ****ing yanks, tbh.