Autumn postbox topper

@Fleura (29244)
United Kingdom
October 11, 2022 3:13am CST
Hand-crafted postbox toppers seem to have become a bit of a ‘thing’ over the last couple of years and someone in our nearby town has taken to creating these crochet toppers. They’ve done a selection so far this year and the latest one is an autumn version with pumpkins and scarecrows. Rather charming. Is there anything like this where you live? All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2022.
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
11 Oct 22
Not that I've seen but most people in my area either have flat mailboxes screwed to their house here or have a P.O. Box like I have. *shrug* No place to put something like that.
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@Fleura (29244)
• United Kingdom
11 Oct 22
These are not the ones for receiving mail, they are the public ones where you post your letters to someone else.
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
11 Oct 22
@Fleura Ohhh... I haven't been to those type of mail boxes, there is only one of those in my city, in several years.
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@allknowing (130233)
• India
11 Oct 22
We have the normal red boxes that one sees everywhere.
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@allknowing (130233)
• India
13 Oct 22
@Fleura You can see it here
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:India_Post_letter_box_in_Bhopal_-1.jpg
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@Fleura (29244)
• United Kingdom
13 Oct 22
@allknowing Oh yes they are a lot like ours, or at least some of ours. I guess that is not a surprise! Many are free-standing round ones like in the picture you sent. Others are rectangular boxes fitted into the walls of buildings and such, or sometimes attached to a post. In the US and in many European countries the post boxes are quite different.
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@Fleura (29244)
• United Kingdom
12 Oct 22
Are they like ours?
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@BarBaraPrz (45615)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
11 Oct 22
Nah... our post boxes get graffitied...
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@BarBaraPrz (45615)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
11 Oct 22
@Fleura Nope!
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@Fleura (29244)
• United Kingdom
11 Oct 22
Not quite so creative perhaps.
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• China
11 Oct 22
They are superb pieces of crafts-manship ! Here we see little of postbox now ,mainly because WeChat takes the place of posting letters
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• China
12 Oct 22
@Fleura I agree with you ! An e-card comes across as going through the motions.
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@Fleura (29244)
• United Kingdom
11 Oct 22
It's true people do send letters a lot less frequently, but they still send birthday cards and things like that - a physical birthday card is definitely nicer than an e-card.
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@Fleura (29244)
• United Kingdom
12 Oct 22
@changjiangzhibin89 I do send and receive e-cards from friends who live very far away, but for those in the UK who can easily post one it is really nice to send or receive a real card that you can put on the windowsill or mantelpiece or wherever and see whenever you glance that way, even when the computer is turned off!
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@LadyDuck (459735)
• Switzerland
11 Oct 22
There is nothing like this where I live, I find those really pretty.
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@LadyDuck (459735)
• Switzerland
12 Oct 22
@Fleura Crocheting something like that surely takes a lot of time.
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@Fleura (29244)
• United Kingdom
11 Oct 22
Some people put a lot of time and effort into them for sure!
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@Fleura (29244)
• United Kingdom
12 Oct 22
@LadyDuck I would have thought so too, but maybe I'm just not very good!
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@JudyEv (326471)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Oct 22
Nothing like this here. But it's pretty cute.
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@Fleura (29244)
• United Kingdom
11 Oct 22
I'm not quite sure what started this trend, but I've seen a few of them around.
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@Fleura (29244)
• United Kingdom
11 Oct 22
@JudyEv Social media certainly spread ideas around very quickly.
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@JudyEv (326471)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Oct 22
@Fleura Some things catch on very quickly, don't they?
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@Juliaacv (48528)
• Canada
11 Oct 22
We do not have them here, but they are adorable.
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@Fleura (29244)
• United Kingdom
11 Oct 22
There have been a whole series, often quite topical too!
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@Inlemay (17714)
• South Africa
11 Oct 22
they are delightful - what a way to welcome the Autumn season
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@xFiacre (12640)
• Ireland
11 Oct 22
@fleura No, we seem to be stuck at crocheting hats and coats to keep our toilet rolls cosy and disguised.
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@Fleura (29244)
• United Kingdom
11 Oct 22
They are rather reminiscent of those awful doll things.
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@TheHorse (207027)
• Walnut Creek, California
11 Oct 22
I have not seen anything like this. Can they withstand the elements? Or does one "take them down"?
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@Fleura (29244)
• United Kingdom
11 Oct 22
They get left there in the rain and sometimes end up getting a bit bedraggled, but in this case it gets changed regularly.
@JESSY3236 (19008)
• United States
11 Oct 22
I haven't seen them here, but those are so cute.
@Meggan (337)
• United States
8 Dec 22
This is really awesome, never seen anything like that before.
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@Fleura (29244)
• United Kingdom
8 Dec 22
They seem to have become rather a trend around here!