Mermaids at the Ocean Gate
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Mermaids at the Ocean Gate
Image: © Stephen McKay Taken: 5 Apr 2022
Making postbox toppers is a craze that can be found in different parts of the country but it has seriously caught on in the outer north-west London suburbs, including here on Eastbury Road, Northwood. The crochet designs are often anonymous but this one has a tag giving the work a title and naming the artist as Karinlighthouse 2021. A lot of effort has clearly gone into it and the effect is both colourful and really rather charming. Presumably Royal Mail has no objection - after all, the toppers are doing no harm and not impeding postal operations.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.613532
Longitude
-0.423122