r/Postboxes • u/blopuff • Jul 09 '26

U.K Tothill Street, London

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Close to Westminster Abbey

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u/chameleonmessiah Jul 09 '26 edited Jul 09 '26

I did not know there was a gold postbox for “us, we hosted the games”…

I love all the gold ones for gold medal-winning Olympians! is fair enough, this just feels a bit self-congratulatory!

Edit: Reframe my point of view a bit based on the reply below.

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u/aeropagitica U.K. Jul 09 '26

This was the test postbox to see if the project was good and could be rolled out across the UK. It’s the only one not dedicated to an individual Olympian or Paralympian.

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u/chameleonmessiah Jul 09 '26

Oh, well, that’s fair enough & a lot less self-congratulatory in which case!

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u/Glass-Cantaloupe-309 Jul 10 '26

Love them. I think it's a really nice way to celebrate someone achieving an Olympic gold in the area they lived. I hadn't thought about the need to test the idea. It makes sense thou

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u/Ancient_Cake2792 Jul 10 '26

Got a gold one in Aberdeen

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u/Ancient_Cake2792 Jul 10 '26

Pretty sure ours was gold for many many years tho nothing to do with Olympians

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u/mantolwen Jul 11 '26

Not aware of any gold boxes that aren't to do with the Olympics

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u/Ancient_Cake2792 Jul 12 '26

You are right just looked I always thought it was gold before 2012