Key Words :- letter box

Address :- Brooklands Avenue, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Grid Ref :- TL 45859 57036
Co-ordinates :- Lat 52.192277 , Long 0.132455
Local Authority :- Cambridge City Council
Pre 1974 County :- Cambridgeshire
Site Status :- Site extant - No Protection

Description and History of Site:-
Carries only maker's name (Handyside) but no Royal cipher. The public were reluctant to trust letters to these boxes and the Secretary of State for the Post Office ordered cessation of their production after four years; one speculated whether omission of the cipher was deliberate to enable mass production for export without complication!

Further Reading and References:-
https://lbsg.org/testimonial/a-anonymous/
https://postboxmap.co.uk/

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