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Location of Edward 8 Post Box in Highcliffe

Malcolm Hill made this Freedom of Information request to Royal Mail Group Limited

The request was successful.

From: Malcolm Hill

6 May 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,
Can you please provide me with the exact location of the Edward 8
Post Box in Highcliffe Dorset?

Yours faithfully,

Malcolm Hill

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Royal Mail Group Limited

7 May 2009

Dear Mr Hill,

Thank you for your email received on 06 May 2009 in which you requested the
'location of the Edward 8 Post Box in Highcliffe Dorset?'

Our regional operations have confirmed that there is a Edward VIII post box
located close to Highcliffe in Mudeford, Dorset. Our records show the box
is located at Mudeford Quays and is box number BH23 5.

Further information on letter boxes can be found on The British Postal
Museum and Archive website at www.postalheritage.org.uk. Alternatively you
may also be interested in The Letter Box Study Group website, www.lbsg.org.

I hope this has suitably addresses your question. However, if you require
any further information please contact at me. If for any reason you're not
satisfied with this response, you do have a right to request a review. If
you wish to do so please set out in writing your grounds of appeal and send
to the Head of Information Compliance, Royal Mail House, Company
Secretary's Office, 148 Old Street, LONDON, EC1V 9HQ or at
[Royal Mail Group request email] An internal panel will then review the decision, and you
will be advised of the outcome.

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Information Commissioner at:
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Telephone: 01625 545 700
www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

Yours sincerely

Marie Teasdale
Freedom of Information Case Officer
Company Secretary's Office

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From: Malcolm Hill

7 May 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,
I am absolutely delighted with your prompt and accurate response to
my request. Thank you so much. My friend in Norfolk will share in
my joy!

Yours sincerely,

Malcolm Hill

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Chris Downer left an annotation (31 July 2009)

Although the box at Mudeford is an interesting one, the interest is because of its early, fluted design; it is, in fact, Victorian.

The Edward VIII box in Highcliffe is a standard type box, outside what was once Walkford Post Office, on Ringwood Road heading towards Bransgore.

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