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Seems to be painted with anti-climb paint.
Gold Postbox, Cardiff Castle Royal Mail celebrated every gold medal won by a British athlete during the London 2012 Olympic Games by repainting one of their iconic red pillar boxes gold for each gold medal winning Olympian. This one hono...
Was on street map as of 2024, gone by 2026
2012 Paralympic Games – Sarah Storey – Cycling – Women’s road time trial C5
Type C wall box next to a double stamp vending machine casing of type CI K1. Originally all protected by the station overall roof which removed around 1999
possibly Handyside
Double Pouch box on the rear.
K Type shows Abbot Eng Paisley on the rear of the base.
The plaque commemorating Natasha's achievment is on the back of the box. There seems to have been a clumsy re-paint.
Plaque showing replica details is missing.
Reproduction with plaque still in place
It looks as though it was installed in 1996 or 1998