RM to change colour of its post boxes from red to gold

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Royal Mail to change colour of its post boxes from red to gold for first time to celebrate GB Olympic champions

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For years, Britons have strolled down to the street corner to post everything from romantic love letters to mundane tax returns in the familiar red Royal Mail post box.

But for the first time in 140 years, the colour of your local post box could be about to change - to a distinctly golden hue.

Every time a British athlete wins a gold medal in the Olympics or Paralympics this summer, Royal Mail are to paint a post box in their home town gold to celebrate.

Team GB fans will hope the gold post boxes become a familiar sight around the country during the Olympic and Paralympic Games this summer

A dedicated team armed with brushes and tins of gold paint are going to be on standby during London 2012, dashing around the country to transform post boxes within days of a medal win.

So, for example, if Rebecca Adlington wins one of her swimming events, a post box close to her home in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, will turn gold.

If Britain wins a gold in a team event, the location chosen will be relevant to all the athletes - such as near to their training base.

Most of the British cycling team train - hotly tipped for gold - train at the velodrome in Clayton, Manchester, so expect to see a golden post box near there soon.

The first golden post box was unveiled outside Westminster Abbey in London.

It will be the first time since 1874 that the Royal Mail has changed its iconic red post boxes.

Many of Britain's first boxes were pained green in order to blend in with the countryside, but the bright red colour was introduced to make them more visible to the public.

Royal Mail stressed that collections from the golden boxes will remain the same despite the new look and that they would in time return to the normal red colour.
Enlarge The first of the Royal Mail post boxes painted gold to mark the London 2012 Games, outside Westminster Abbey

The first Royal Mail post box to be painted gold for the Olympics, outside Westminster Abbey in London. Each time a British athlete wins gold, a post box will be painted gold in their home town

They will also release commemorative stamps to celebrate each Team GB gold medal in the London Games, which officially start on Friday.

The stamps, bearing an action image of the winning medallist, will go on sale at over 500 post office branches within 24 hours of the win. Many branches are to open on a Sunday for the first time to allow the public to buy them.

[Straight4ward]

Following Euro 2012 perhaps we should have painted the post boxes brown in the birth places of the England squad ‘cause they were sh*t!

[Lounge Lizard]

"It will be the first time since 1874 that the Royal Mail has changed its iconic red post boxes.
Many of Britain's first boxes were pained green in order to blend in with the countryside, but the bright red colour was introduced to make them more visible to the public." Haven't some been repainted green in Northern Ireland ?

[hans solo]

what a waste of time and money who pays gvmt maybe take it out of our next pay rise

[Ahebban]

They will have to be quick as Royal Mail intends removing any number of postboxes in the very near future on top of those already consigned to the scrapheap

[24601]

Probably one tin of paint will be enough

[eian687]

more like orange............ready for TNT

[chelseachris]

It will not affect my wee town

[Stormproof]

Have the DM got access to the Intranet, only read that on there today. No where in my town will be turning gold either.

[FairyFoot]

They will have to be quick as Royal Mail intends removing any number of postboxes in the very near future on top of those already consigned to the scrapheap

won't those be sold on eBay?! (see another thread!)

[bensonhedge]

monday and tuesday no lapsing but heres a brush and some paint instead

[daveyeff]

Following Euro 2012 perhaps we should have painted the post boxes brown in the birth places of the England squad ‘cause they were sh*t!

tee hee, made me chuckle anyway.

[blackadder]

maybe they should go round and paint every box again instead of how they looking nowdays. graffiti, paint coming off, just looking run down. i remember they used to paint the vr boxes red and gold

[Lounge Lizard]

maybe they should go round and paint every box again instead of how they looking nowdays. graffiti, paint coming off, just looking run down. i remember they used to paint the vr boxes red and gold

- and repaint red all those old vans that have faded to a dull shade of pink.

[ElvisGaddafi]

PISH!