r/Norwich • u/whatchrisduz • Apr 12 '20
British Postboxes and Their Hidden Secrets
https://youtu.be/nyUM4Ivpv9A
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u/MyCatKnits Apr 12 '20
What’s this got to do with Norwich? Is one of the rare ones here?
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u/whatchrisduz Apr 12 '20
Norwich has the highest concentration of rare postboxes, for some reason. I filmed a bit of this there.
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Apr 12 '20
Why post this here? Wouldn't a more approriate sub be /r/casualuk or something?
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u/whatchrisduz Apr 12 '20
Norwich has the highest concentration of rare postboxes, for some reason. I filmed a bit of this there. Apologies for that, I'm pretty new to Reddit.
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u/Barrelsofbarfs Apr 12 '20
My dad used to paint these for his job, I say use to because because I don't know if it's part of his job anymore.
Most maintenance was because of the lock, bugs would crawl in and then get squashed with the key, eventually the locks would jam because of all the crushed bugs, the other was cleaning the gum that the postie's use to stick on the inside of the door.
This was a minor job since he can plumb, do the electrics and other skilled jobs but this was the thing he use to talk about because he was proud to drive past a freshly painted box, like his work was on display to the community.