Andrew Simpson

In The Woolwich Drill Hall circa 1965 Now one of the places I wish I had visited back in 1965 was the old Woolwich Drill Hall in the ...

It began with the Victorian postbox set in the wall on Wilmlsow Road, and a vague feeling that here was a bit of research that might uncove...

I always like to get pictures from friends, and knowing our shared liking for those old red post boxes, Barbarella sent me this one. Barbare...

Nothing more exciting than a pillar box. But a pillar box full of seaside picture postcards. Location; Brixham Pictures; In praise of the pi...

Now I always advise people to look up on their journey’s  through the city. The architects of the past were always adept at adding deta...

Now you step into the world of Royal Mail pillar boxes at your peril. To me, they are red, have a long history and are where you post ...

Now I have to say that coming across these three Post Office wall boxes was the highlight of an otherwise dismal walk around a place I won’...

Now yesterday I ran a story on a post box on Edge Lane, which featured the pictures of Robert Williamson and how it came to be restored ...

Now I like these two pictures of that post-box on the corner of Edge Lane and Hampton Road. They were taken by Robert Williamson a f...

Now the double aperture red pillar box is a rare thing. Chorlton There are some in London, one in St Ann’s Square and my old friend D...

Now if you live in Manchester the chances are you will remember where you were and what you were doing when the news of the IRA bomb came t...

I wonder how many letters Mr Ernest Marriot posted in this pillar box? He was the secretary and librarian of “the Portico Library an...

Now of all the bits of street furniture I have come across these two do not rank very highly. At T3 waiting for the plane from Milan, 2...

The Coventry Post Box In the great sweep of history it is often the little things that get overlooked or lost. Most were everyday obj...

Now this is one you don’t see everyday. My friend Lawrence came across it recently, and promised to send me this picture. He tel...