The event with the Letterbox

The Development of the Letterbox
In the pre-post box era, there have been two main methods for delivering instructions; senders could be necessitated to create their mail to a Receiving House, or would await the Bellman. The latter would patrol the streets, collecting post from the community. In order to distinguish himself, and also to make his presence known, the Bellman would wear a uniform and ring a bell.
It was at 1852 that this suggestion of road-side boxes finally became a reality, using a trial proposed for your Channel Islands. Three cast-iron pillar boxes were set up on Jersey to understand the modern system.
The success of the experiment led to an additional four being installed on Guernsey, one of which now forms part of the British Postal Museum & Archive collection. Letter boxes then began appearing on the mainland as of 1853.
However, there was as yet no universal pillar box design in which we have been currently familiar. Design and manufacture was on the discretion of local authorities, plus it is at 1859 that attempts were made to standardise the structures.
Horizontal slits became the favoured option over vertical ones, and took over as the norm in letterbox design. Further improvements upon the main included the addition with the protruding cap to shield the contents in the website elements.
As of 1859, the box was to be for sale by 50 percent sizes; a bigger and wider size for highly populated areas, as well as a smaller version for elsewhere. However, the standardised pillar boxes failed to receive universal acclaim. It was from the backdrop of which criticism how the Liverpool Special was formulated.
This prompted the Post Office (opened in 1861) to produce another standard letter box in 1866. Again, this is not really a huge success so, an additional design were only available in 1879. This final design may be the one in which we're acquainted with today. It was 24 months ahead of this that the iconic red colour with the post boxes became a standard feature.
Before on this occasion, the most preferred colour option was green as a way to blend in using the green British pastures. However, after having a barrage of complaints that this structures were to hard to locate because of the camouflage, it turned out agreed that bright red was your best option. The programme of re-painting lasted for a decade.
For people most importantly, the introduction and refinement of letter boxes enhanced the capacity for sending and receiving mail effortlessly. With the exception of oversized parcel delivery, everyone was afforded access with a delivery service nothing you've seen prior witnessed in Great Britain.