Victorian postbox, Bangor
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Victorian postbox, Bangor by Rossographer as part of the Geograph project.
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Victorian postbox, Bangor
Image: © Rossographer Taken: 12 Mar 2011
Detail of Image - the box was cast by "A. Handyside and Co. Ltd., Derby and London". Andrew Handyside established his foundry in Derby in 1848. As well as being one of the first companies to produce the new standard Post Office letterboxes, it also produced a huge variety of other structures both in the UK and all over the world - see Image for a good example. After Handyside died in 1887 the firm began a rapid decline and closed in the 1920s.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.662886
Longitude
-5.676104