King George V postbox outside Liberte Hair Care, Newport
Introduction
The photograph on this page of King George V postbox outside Liberte Hair Care, Newport by Jaggery as part of the Geograph project.
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King George V postbox outside Liberte Hair Care, Newport
Image: © Jaggery Taken: 10 Jun 2016
The GR on the box is short for Georgius Rex, Latin for King George, in this case King George V who reigned from May 1910-January 1936. The presence of a postbox here http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4998023 suggests that 85 Christchurch Road, now a hair salon, may once have been a post office.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.594541
Longitude
-2.973962