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PostBoxTree

By Carolineld @carolineld

Here's a fun London curiosity: a postbox which has become part of a plane tree. 

A red postbox wrapped in the embrace of a plane tree trunk.

The postbox bears the cipher of Edward VII, so it was placed here in Drayton Gardens between 1901 and 1910. That has given it well over a century to get closer than intended to the tree behind it. 

Side view of the postbox and tree.

The postbox is a bit rusty but still operational. Royal Mail have obviously accepted the inevitable, since the postbox is clearly just painted up to the bark. 

  

Close-up of a point where the postbox is engulfed by the tree trunk. A seam of red paint is clearly visible at the junction of postbox and tree.


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