Join us for our final podcast of Season Two, a delightful conversation about the Twitter postbox challenge with this week’s guest hosts, Madelaine and Catherine.
During previous and current lockdowns they have been able to get out and walk in their respective neighbourhoods, and on those walks have noticed everyday objects and details that might normally be missed. For example, Catherine spotted various door knockers and Madelaine started photographing boot scrapers outside front doors. By photographing these items, not only did it add interest to their daily walks but they were able to spot differences and fashions. A tweet by Winchester Heritage Open Days about the only Edward VIII postbox in Winchester set them off photographing post-boxes and posting them on Twitter with the hashtag #PostboxChallenge
In this lovely podcast they share some stories from their walks and the challenge.
Further Information and Additional Links:
If you enjoyed this podcast, give this episode on the Handwritten Letters Appreciation Society a listen from Season 1!
You can find Madelaine and Catherine on Twitter.
The Postal Museum has more information if you want to learn more about the various letter boxes or how to spot a royal cypher.
And if you want to go exploring and join us on our #PostboxSaturday journey, you can enter your postcode into this interactive map to discover the postboxes in your area and go looking. Have fun (and stay safe)!
This is our final podcast of Season Two - we are now going to take a short break to prepare Season Three. We will be back on 3rd March, but until then you can listen again (and again) to all our podcasts from Season One and Two, as well as enjoy our films and recorded talks from last year’s Heritage Open Days festival. Find out more here.