Poole: postbox within Poole Hospital
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Poole: postbox within Poole Hospital
Image: © Chris Downer Taken: 14 May 2014
This postbox stands just inside the main entrance of Poole General Hospital, and is not a Royal Mail box. Rather, patients and visitors are allowed to post items in here and it is emptied by hospital staff to join the main outgoing bulk of mail. The small plaque towards the bottom is identical to the one in the Gilbert Bain Hospital, Lerwick, although that latter box has been adopted by Royal Mail and bears their reference № ZE1 65. See Image Above, surrounded by advertising, is a long-disused stamp dispensing machine. These days, with stamps available from a huge number of stockists, they can be bought from the shop counter a few yards away. (If this were officially a Royal Mail box, it would appear on their lists and would have advertised collection times)
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Image Location
Latitude
50.721951
Longitude
-1.973174