Ringwood: damaged postbox information plate
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Ringwood: damaged postbox information plate by Chris Downer as part of the Geograph project.
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Ringwood: damaged postbox information plate
Image: © Chris Downer Taken: 20 Mar 2011
Detail of the collection plate on Image The ring of numbers would originally have indicated which collection was next, in the days when collection times throughout the day were advertised. The postman could advance the dial by one when he emptied the box; the relevant figure would show through a circular hole in the display. Nowadays, only the final collection time is given and the replacement information display, which is starting to peel off badly, covered the previous hole.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.842697
Longitude
-1.779663