Eccles Old Road, Gold Post Box:: OS grid SJ7899 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland

SJ7899 : Eccles Old Road, Gold Post Box

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Eccles Old Road, Gold Post Box

Royal Mail celebrated every gold medal won by a British athlete during the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games by repainting one of their iconic red pillar boxes gold for each gold medal winning Olympian or Paralympian. Sarah Storey won four gold medals, so four postboxes were painted gold in her honour. This one celebrates Sarah’s gold medal winning performance for the road cycling Women's C5 Time Trial event. It is outside the Gilda Brook Post Office on Eccles Old Road.

In total there were 29 Team GB Gold Medals for the Olympic Games and 34 Paralympics GB Gold Medals (see Link

for list and more examples).

This is the first occasion in modern times when Royal Mail has changed the colour of its post boxes. Red has been the standard colour for UK boxes from 1874, with very few exceptions. The boxes will be returned to their traditional red colour in due course.

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2012

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Grid Square: SJ7899, 23 images (more nearby)
Photographer: David Dixon (find more nearby)
Image classification^?: Geograph
Date Taken: Thursday, 13 September, 2012 (more nearby)
Submitted: Thursday, 13 September, 2012
Geographical Context: People, Events Suburb, Urban fringe Sport, Leisure
Subject Location: OSGB36: SJ 7843 9920 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:29.3439N 2:19.5933W
Photographer Location: OSGB36: SJ 7845 9920
View Direction: WEST (about 270 degrees)