Photo Hunt #86; Red

Posted on December 1, 2007 by archiearchive FCD

Pillar Box Red has become a standard name for the brightest of red’s.

 

Created in the time of Queen Victoria, the British Postal system became a world-wide phenomenon and the red post boxes appeared all over the British Empire.

 

This one is outside the Northam Arts Centre in Western Australia.

 

Made in 1895 during the reign of Queen Victoria, it was still in use during the early years of Queen Elizabeth’s time on the throne. Now it needs its input slot covered to stop habitual letter posters from using this very red pillar box now that it is no longer cleared at 4.oo pm.

 

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32 Responses

  1. Mar, on December 1st, 2007 at 4:26 am Said:

    Oh, how interesting!! what a great shot for the theme! and here I was thinking everything was going to be Xmas-like :)
    happy hunting!

    I do have to try for a different take on things – it is my twisted brain :)

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  2. ipanema, on December 1st, 2007 at 4:27 am Said:

    that’s a great idea!

    happy holidays!!! :) .

    Thanks for the words and the visit. I’ll go visiting soon, myself.

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  4. pat, on December 1st, 2007 at 4:33 am Said:

    Thanks for the little history lesson. :-)

    Happy Weekend.

    I cannot help myself – I have to give lessons :)

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  5. Lana G!, on December 1st, 2007 at 4:50 am Said:

    That is great for the theme!

    Thanks for the visit, Lana

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  6. Katya, on December 1st, 2007 at 4:59 am Said:

    A great entry for the theme! Very clever, too!

    Thanks for the kind words, Katya

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  7. maryt/theteach, on December 1st, 2007 at 5:00 am Said:

    “Pillar Box Red” great! But the kids over here wouldn’t know what kind of red that is. Oh well!

    My red’s up Work of the Poet
    It is strange how we are divided by a common language :) Or did someone else say that ?

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  8. maryt/theteach, on December 1st, 2007 at 5:00 am Said:

    But I love the color, Archie!! :)

    It is very red, isn’t it :)

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  9. Lorian, on December 1st, 2007 at 5:10 am Said:

    Wow…very interesting…thanks for sharing the info!

    I do ramble on, don’t I. Thanks for the visit.

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  10. Natalie, on December 1st, 2007 at 5:43 am Said:

    What a lovely letterbox. Our in the US are all plain blue ones.

    My photo hunt pictures are up now too! :)

    Red is so much more exciting. Blue would get lost in the background :)

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  11. PowersTwinB, on December 1st, 2007 at 5:44 am Said:

    This is a great take on the theme, its awesome to see ho other Countries do things! I love the look of the red mail boxes! So you do NOT have postal delivery on Saturdays? or just pick up from those boxes on weekdays? My photo is up, please come and visit

    we used to have deliveries twice a day and once on Saturdays, but that was 50 years ago. Service has slipped! Pick-ups by the Postal Service still occur on the weekends.

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  12. Heather, on December 1st, 2007 at 6:02 am Said:

    That is an awesome shot!

    Thanks Heather

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  13. sarge charlie, on December 1st, 2007 at 6:15 am Said:

    red history

    Indeed it is, sarge.

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  14. Corey, on December 1st, 2007 at 6:53 am Said:

    very creative!
    happy weekend!

    <Thanks for the kind words, Corey.

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  15. Hootin' Anni, on December 1st, 2007 at 7:38 am Said:

    WAY COOL!!!! This is an excellent red….very interesting.

    Thanks, I needed something a bit different and I found it :)

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  16. genny, on December 1st, 2007 at 7:42 am Said:

    interesting red…mine is here

    http://happymomiam.blogspot.com/2007/11/photo-hunters-red.html

    I’ll be over to visit soon.

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  17. monaco, on December 1st, 2007 at 8:38 am Said:

    interesting choice for the week. cool photo!

    Thanks, Monaco.

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  18. Tab, on December 1st, 2007 at 9:19 am Said:

    Oh how cool….and red!

    Thanks for the kind words, Tab.

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  19. satkuru, on December 1st, 2007 at 9:20 am Said:

    that’s unique. i love reading about histories and this entry is definitely one of them :D

    My version of red :)

    Have a great weekend ahead !

    Thanks, I enjoy history as well – the disturbing part is that stuff I remember is now being treated as history!

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  20. Alix, on December 1st, 2007 at 12:02 pm Said:

    What an interesting choice I thought everyone would do leaves! Shame it is no longer in use

    I was tempted by some poinsettia leaves but decided to go with this one.

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  21. kissedalotatoads, on December 1st, 2007 at 12:26 pm Said:

    Never knew they had Red mail boxes. I think they stand out more than our usual blue. Great photo and have a good weekend.

    I never realised USA letter boxes were blue.

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  22. Leah, on December 1st, 2007 at 12:44 pm Said:

    That’s quite an antique. Nicely photographed though. We have red mail boxes in Canada too but not as nice as that.

    My Red post is over at http://www.mga-munimuni.info/

    Thanks, Leah, I think most of the British Empire had red letterboxes.

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  23. Pastormac's Ann, on December 1st, 2007 at 1:38 pm Said:

    Oh what a great shot for “red!” Unusual and creative. Terrific choice for The Hunt.

    <Thank you for those kind words, Ann

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  24. jams o donnell, on December 1st, 2007 at 4:13 pm Said:

    Great shot. A perfect take on this week’s theme. I never thought of red post boxes mysellf! Happy weekend

    Thanks Jams. I always try to find something unusual for these hunts. It is a part of the fun.

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  25. azahar, on December 1st, 2007 at 4:26 pm Said:

    I’ve always heard that particular red referred to as ‘lipstick red’, which of course makes no sense as lipstick can be any colour at all, but there you go.

    I have seen that before as well. I think the phrase is in the process of change. As are we all.

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  26. Secret Agent Mama, on December 1st, 2007 at 5:28 pm Said:

    I love that and the history of it! :D Great job, for real!!

    Thank you :)

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  27. Ladynred, on December 1st, 2007 at 8:37 pm Said:

    Nice red1 Happy hunting.

    Thank you. You certainly have the right name for this week’s hunt :)

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  28. TeacherJulie, on December 1st, 2007 at 10:19 pm Said:

    Thanks for sharing a little history lesson there, Archie.

    Have a great weekend :)

    I guess I can’t stop being a teacher :)

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  29. rach, on December 2nd, 2007 at 6:07 am Said:

    i have a red post box a couple of door down from my house and didn’t even think to post that for this week’s theme!

    Although Australian Post Boxes are still red, they no longer look like this one – they are much more boring!

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  30. snoopythegoon, on December 2nd, 2007 at 4:55 pm Said:

    That is surely a great shot and a nice history lesson in one.

    Cheers.

    Thanks, Snoopy

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  31. Anna, on December 2nd, 2007 at 8:15 pm Said:

    Beautiful perfect for the photohunt themed.

    Mine is up too:
    Every Beat Of My Heart

    Thanks for the visit, Anna. Welcome to Photohunt.

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  32. Andrée, on December 3rd, 2007 at 8:34 am Said:

    I always admired British mailboxes. It’s a shame they had to tape them off like that. Those are historical boxes!

    It has been taped off because so many tourists kept posting letters in it. – silly people!

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