Talk:Ludlow style wall box

A fact from Ludlow style wall box appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 15 May 2007. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Ludlow wall boxes (sample pictured), unlike traditional British cast-iron pillar boxes, are made largely of wood?

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Are all wall-mounted boxes known as Ludlow boxes, or do some (i.e. iron ones?) go by another name? I'm confused.

Also, I can think of at least 10 wall-mounted post boxes off the top of my head: is it really true that there are only 450 in the whole of the UK? That figure seems ridiculously small. 217.155.195.19 14:32, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No, Ludlow's are a very specific type of wall box and are very scarce. They are basically a wooden box and were usually mounted in the window, or wall, of sub-post offices. What you are probably thinking of is a regular cast iron wall box, or a lamp box mounted in a wall as occasionally happens. Ludlows were often damaged, removed or demolished, when the sub-post office closed or moved to another location or a new sub-postmaster was appointed, hence the low numbers of an already scarce post box. Hope that clarifies it for you. ww2censor 04:27, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]