File:BLW Post Office Direction Sign (1).jpg

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English: Post Office Direction Sign.

Oval-shaped Post Office direction sign (POD), with \'POST OFFICE\' in red lettering on both sides. (20th Century)

Contemporary records indicate that PODs were introduced in the 1930s. The idea of a POD was to show where the nearest Post Office was to a given pillar box. Over the years several different types of POD have been used.

PODs were, in their heyday, fitted to almost any type of box. Archive pictures show them adorning First National Standard and Vertical Aperture Fluted pillar boxes, often with special ornate brackets.

Collection ID E6231/18.
Date Taken in February 2010
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Author Alison Bean
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