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street furniture

Trail talk: post boxes on the London LOOP

Do you ever stop to look at street furniture on a walk? Three Points of the Compass explores the peculiarities of post boxes on a loop around London.

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Trail talk: the ‘Nigerian’ post box

Easily identified but not so easily found. The Nigerian is an oddity amongst UK pillar boxes. Three Points of the Compass dives into the history of a post box originally destined for overseas but instead found its way on to British streets.

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Trail talk: a forgotten anomaly, the 1930s Airmail pillar boxes

Hidden away in plain sight in some UK towns and cities are just a few survivors from a short lived postal innovation. Three Points of the Compass takes a dive in to their history and shares how you might find one.

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Trail talk: The Ludlow post box

A glance at one of the most varied of UK post boxes. The Ludlow is increasingly threatened and becoming ever rarer. Keep an eye out for what was once a 'cheap' alternative to the more common cast iron boxes.

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Trail talk: the ‘one in every village’ wall box scheme

In the 50s and 60s the Post Office enlarged the aperture on 1000s of postboxes. The results from this 'one in every village' scheme are to be seen on many a hike across Britain

books

A hiker’s library: Village Signs

There has not been a huge number of books published on the subject of village and town signs. This is a look at twelve pulled from my own shelves

Trail talk

Trail talk: Village Signs

Frequently both attractive and informative, village and town signs are often encountered when walking England's paths and long distance trails

books

A hiker’s library: Telephone kiosks

There are a handful of books that cover the history and explain the different telephone kiosks to be found across the UK

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Trail talk: Telephone kiosks

A glance at a design classic- the telephone kiosk

art

Trail talk: The Sustrans Millennium Mileposts

Following a National Lottery Grant of £42.5m from the Millennium Commission in 1995, a National Cycle Network (NCN) of some 16 575 miles was established and officially opened June 2000. […]