Red Post Box at the corner of Grafton St and Nassau St

check_six

I spotted one of the old Post Boxes has been switched back to red from the more familiar green at the end of Grafton St.

What's going on? Did I miss a memo?

Reg_hurley

It's part of a heritage campaign by An Post.
“We were thinking about what our post boxes would have witnessed in 1916, because so many of them are in the same position as they were during Easter Week, and in many cases the same box is there.”
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/1916/heres-why-some-of-dublins-postboxes-turned-red-overnight-34558480.html

tricky D

Also: http://www.breakingnews.ie/discover/heres-why-some-post-boxes-in-dublin-have-been-painted-red-726166.html

JohnFalstaff

I walked by another one of these on my way past Liberty Hall last night. I thought I might have accidentally stumbled onto another 1916 film set!

It's a nice idea from An Post. It's subtle and reminded me of Connolly's line about how any Rising would be pointless if all it achieved was replacing the British flag with the Irish one.

Stojkovic

Are these the boxes that still have 'ER' embedded on them !!!

johnmolly92

JohnFalstaff wrote: »

I walked by another one of these on my way past Liberty Hall last night. I thought I might have accidentally stumbled onto another 1916 film set!

It's a nice idea from An Post. It's subtle and reminded me of Connolly's line about how any Rising would be pointless if all it achieved was replacing the British flag with the Irish one.

I like it too, much better than posters or advertising boards. Actually gets people thinking about the rising!

Chris_5339762

Stojkovic wrote: »

Are these the boxes that still have 'ER' embedded on them !!!

VR or GR more likely. Loads of them have the British marking still on them and are red inside. The majority of repaints that were done post 1916 didn't paint the inside. Lots have crowns on the front, it is really interesting to see.

Confucius say

Maybe the Brits have invaded secretly while we are without government. Oh well, at least 10 packs of smokes will be back.

L1011

Confucius say wrote: »

Oh well, at least 10 packs of smokes will be back.

For about 6 weeks, they're banning them too.

tampopo

Chris_5339762 wrote: »

VR or GR more likely. Loads of them have the British marking still on them and are red inside. The majority of repaints that were done post 1916 didn't paint the inside. Lots have crowns on the front, it is really interesting to see.

Ahh, I saw one with GR on it in Ranelagh this week and I wondered why it wasn't ER.

Victor

tampopo wrote: »

Ahh, I saw one with GR on it in Ranelagh this week and I wondered why it wasn't ER.

Those boxes are 100-200 years old, there was no Elizabeth Regina at those times, but there were a Victoria and a series of Georges.

Stojkovic

Chris_5339762 wrote: »

VR or GR more likely. Loads of them have the British marking still on them and are red inside. The majority of repaints that were done post 1916 didn't paint the inside. Lots have crowns on the front, it is really interesting to see.

My point is that people are getting their knickers in a twist over the colour and neglecting the inscription.

BeerNut

Victor wrote: »

Those boxes are 100-200 years old, there was no Elizabeth Regina at those times, but there were a Victoria and a series of Georges.

There was a brief bit of Edward, though.

L1011

Victor wrote: »

Those boxes are 100-200 years old, there was no Elizabeth Regina at those times, but there were a Victoria and a series of Georges.

Edward after Victoria had some erected during his reign

the groutch

wonder how much it cost them for this pointless exercise.

check_six

the groutch wrote: »

wonder how much it cost them for this pointless exercise.

Something should be done about it! We've sat back and let it happen for too long! I say a bunch of us get together and march into wherever the head post office is, take it over, and proclaim some stuff about how we want things to be in the future. It may not work out straight away, but give it a few years and we might get our green post boxes back.

How does next Monday sound for a meet up?

BeerNut

the groutch wrote: »

wonder how much it cost them for this pointless exercise.

FOI it, so.

Water John

Methinks, The Grouch should move over to commenting on the Journal. He'd be more at home moaning there.

AnonoBoy

the groutch wrote: »

wonder how much it cost them for this pointless exercise.

Painting a few post boxes?

Not that much I'd say.

Far far less than one single TV/print advertising campaign would cost them.

Stojkovic

the groutch wrote: »

wonder how much it cost them for this pointless exercise.

The Volunteers did it !!!

SEPT 23 1989

the groutch wrote: »

wonder how much it cost them for this pointless exercise.

Well I believe there was a committee set up a year ago the discuss and implement the change using best international practices

During this time negotiations between the state and the UK went to the highest level and broke down numerous times over the shade of red and type of brush that was to be used on the project

When agreement was finally made in the early hours of the 24th January 2016 an exhausted official emerged from the negotiations waving a shade card with a large x marked on it

Final costs won't be announced until after the celebrations but it believed that they overran consderably from the original tender figure

super_furry

Sure why bother with any of it? That parade they're having at the weekend will cost too much and people should be working.

Don't get me started on Christmas.