While reading an article on the BBC about Charles Dickens' personal post box, I discovered The Letter Box Study Group or The LBSG. They are an independent, self-funded volunteer organization dedicated to recording and cataloging the United Kingdom's over 100,000 letter boxes, some of which date all the way back to the reign of Queen Victoria. They produce a quarterly newsletter for members and have annual meetings. They have published a guide to box types are working on a definitive register entitled The Guide to British Letter Boxes.
From their site:
"There are letter boxes everywhere! Strolling in the fresh air down a sunny country lane, seeking out a picturesque box set in an ivy-clad wall, with the chance of a new discovery around every corner, is highly pleasurable: but then, in its own way, is recording the pillar boxes on the pavements of our bustling cities.
There is an appeal in recording and helping preserve relics of a bygone age. Many of our letter boxes have done service for over a hundred years; but it is also a living study. New boxes, sometimes of new designs, are being installed at new locations all the time. Recording and studying these is as much a part of the Group's work as the boxes of the Victorian and Edwardian eras. We look forward as well as back.
If this appeals to you join us."
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