postbox
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A knitted postbox topper featuring the infamous phrase "rats the size of cats" has appeared on a street corner in Birmingham amid the city's ongoing bin strikes.
From BBC ● May 7, 2025
Royal Mail has also trialled a new postbox that can take small parcels.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2025
Customers procure a barcode from an app, then at the postbox they scan the barcode and drop the parcel into a drawer - this is all powered by solar panels on the box.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2025
A postbox has been closed because snails have been crawling inside and munching the mail.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2024
Paper and ink, poems and my postbox are medicines that heal the wounds of a fife without freedom.
From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat
Have you noticed anything different about postboxes near you?
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026
There are currently seven upgraded ones in Northern Ireland, and with more to come, postboxes across the country have been taken out of service.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026
Last week, Royal Mail said it would roll out 3,500 solar-powered postboxes across the UK to enable customers to deposit small parcels.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2025
Royal Mail chief executive, Emma Gilthorpe, said the move was an "historic change" that would give "our iconic postboxes a new lease of life".
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2025
Across the country that day, the ballots for year-end honors in Thoroughbred racing began arriving in journalists’ postboxes.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
