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Hanover Gardens, DONCASTER, DN9 2HF

On High Street.

This Elizabeth II-reign postbox has clearly been installed to allow extra capacity to the George VI-reign box which is set into the wall of the post office and is still in service - see Image for a picture of both boxes.

One each side of the door of Haxey Post Office, these two postboxes unusually have the same reference number on the Royal Mail's list. They are a father-and-daughter pair, the George VI-reign box set into the wall and the Elizabeth II-reign one sited alongside the building, presumably installed because the original one wasn't big enough for the amount of items posted here. Unsurprisingly, they have identical final collection times - 5pm on weekdays and 11:15am on Saturdays. See Image for a close-up of the farther box.

Pubs across the nation are disappearing but tea rooms are springing up across the land

Construction of the Axholme Joint Railway between Haxey and Goole started in 1899 and opened in August 1903 but the part to Haxey was not opened until  2nd January 1905. For several years, there were two passenger trains and one goods train on weekdays, but extra trains were run on Saturdays and on some Market days. Local farmers used to cart their produce to Haxey Town and Haxey Junction stations and load it into trucks. The goods train brought mail, coal and all the other things that the villagers needed as there was no other way of transporting them. The line began to decline after 1924 with the introduction of bus services in the Isle of Axholme and lorries coming onto the roads to transport goods. Passenger services ceased on 15th July 1933 and the section from Haxey Junction to Epworth was finally closed completely on 1st February 1956. The land is now managed by North Lincolnshire Council as a footpath and linear nature trail, running from the High Street in Haxey to Epworth. Much of it is in a wooded cutting until it reaches Cliff Hill where it is on an embankment. This is the view further south from High Street. A much fuller account can be seen at http://www.axholme.info/railway.html  and at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axholme_Joint_Railway   More information can be found at https://www.haxeywalkers.co.uk/pictures-of-the-isle-of-axholme-light-railway-near-haxey/

The Trail runs along the route of a former railway line (closed in 1956), from Haxey to Epworth.

Construction of the Axholme Joint Railway between Haxey and Goole started in 1899 and opened in August 1903 but the part to Haxey was not opened until  2nd January 1905. For several years, there were two passenger trains and one goods train on weekdays, but extra trains were run on Saturdays and on some Market days. Local farmers used to cart their produce to Haxey Town and Haxey Junction stations and load it into trucks. The goods train brought mail, coal and all the other things that the villagers needed as there was no other way of transporting them. The line began to decline after 1924 with the introduction of bus services in the Isle of Axholme and lorries coming onto the roads to transport goods.  Passenger services ceased on 15th July 1933 and the section from Haxey Junction to Epworth was finally closed completely on 1st February 1956. The land is now managed by North Lincolnshire Council as a footpath and linear nature trail, running from the High Street in Haxey to Epworth. Much of it is in a wooded cutting until it reaches Cliff Hill where it is on an embankment. This is the view further south from High Street. A much fuller account can be seen at http://www.axholme.info/railway.html  and at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axholme_Joint_Railway   More information can be found at https://www.haxeywalkers.co.uk/pictures-of-the-isle-of-axholme-light-railway-near-haxey/