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Writer-teacher supporting writing communities and providing bespoke CPD in schools. 🧡
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicola-izibili-aa765254/
Happy New Year from this anonymous pillar box: a Victorian era contemporary of traditional backstreet boozer The Olde Apple Tree in Peckham, built in 1871. 💌
#PostboxSaturday @letterappsoc.bsky.social
January 3, 2026 at 1:57 AM
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Happy #PostboxSaturday, folks! It’s that time of the Christmas celebrations when I feel somewhere between Father Christmas on the left and the little boy on the right. Delighted to have remembered it’s Saturday! #Twixmas 😂🎄📮🍫🥧🛌👍
December 27, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Happy #PostboxSaturday from this dual aperture ERII pillar box on Regent Street. 💌
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December 27, 2025 at 9:03 AM
It’s always magical to see a Christmas post box serving a school community. This one receives Christmas cards and letters to Santa from the children at Angel Oak Academy in Peckham. 💌
#PostboxSaturday @letterappsoc.bsky.social
December 20, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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‘Twas the #PostboxSaturday before Christmas, when all through the land
Not a happier event than from this merry band;
The pictures of postboxes to show that we care,
In hopes that these beauties will always be there.

Merry Christmas, everyone! 😁📮🎄🐭🧦🎅
December 20, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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We're sending our mail from the zoo
Postcards and Christmas cards too.
The penguins and pandas and sloths all send cheer
From Edinburgh at this special time of the year.

#postboxSaturday 💌📮🎄🐧🐼🦥
December 13, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Celebrating @letterappsoc.bsky.social #ChristmasCardDay at one of the UKs oldest pillar boxes, an octagonal VR specimen with a vertical posting aperture. One of a pair installed in Framlingham, Suffolk in 1856. 💌🤶🏾
#PostboxSaturday
December 13, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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Who’s saving up Christmas cards to send on 9th December (next Tuesday) in celebration of #ChristmasCardDay and Sir Henry Cole? 🙋‍♂️🎄🎩📮🎉
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December 5, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Signposting this Tuesday’s festive @letterappsoc.bsky.social #ChristmasCardDay at my nearest post box, a wonderful Victorian specimen. 🧑🏾‍🎄
I’ll be posting mine on the 9th but should you miss out, final dates are:
📮 17th Dec for 2nd class
📮 20th Dec for those who can afford 1st class
#PostboxSaturday 💌
December 6, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Happy #PostboxSaturday from this George VI wall box set into the boundary wall of Winchester College, which was founded in 1382. 💌
@letterappsoc.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Representing the phoneme -oa- 🙌🏾
I spotted this ERII post box participating in the phonics trail on a trip down memory lane, visiting Brighton University School of Education. 💌
#PostboxSaturday @letterappsoc.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Happy #PostboxSaturday from this post box outside Pescara Airport, Italy. 💌🇮🇹 @letterappsoc.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Happy #PostboxSaturday from this decorated George VI pillar box in Petts Wood. 💌 @letterappsoc.bsky.social
#LestWeForget2025 #ArmisticeDay
November 8, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Throwback to my favourite Edward VIII pillar box - the less famous of two in Tobermory - this #PostboxSaturday, because tomorrow is The Handwritten Letter Appreciation Society’s 8th birthday. 💌
I’m in awe of and grateful for what you’ve created, Dinah
@letterappsoc.bsky.social
🎈🥰
#THLAS8
October 25, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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How to explain why we all need to write letters? Many do already but if not, the joy of handwritten correspondence from someone real, somewhere different, with life experiences and knowledge new to us, is something everyone should experience. Be brave. Write to a friend today. ✉️
October 22, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Happy #PostboxSaturday from this giant George V wall box that lives in the forecourt of Brighton Railway Station facing down the hill towards to sea. 💌 @letterappsoc.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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This week our uni kid phoned me about an essay and those 'blank page' worries so I said 'just tell me the essay out loud'. I recorded the conversation for my kid to transcribe and it worked! The *thinking* has to be there before the writing, otherwise you're putting your brain out to pasture. 3/3 😘
October 17, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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The thing about writing is it's about *thinking* rather than about transcribing your thinking. That's a big reason why I'd never use AI to write (among many other reasons). I want to do the thinking! I've got a couple of anecdotes about this in case anyone is interested. 1/3 🧵⬇️
October 17, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Happy #PostboxSaturday from this pair of ERII Type K pillar boxes that stand outside the Milton Keynes shopping centre that Cliff Richard skated around in his 1981 ‘Wired for Sound’ video. 💌 @letterappsoc.bsky.social
October 11, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Happy #PostboxSaturday from this Victorian pillar box that stands at the bottom of Beauchamp Road, home of the Clapham Welsh Presbyterian Chapel (Capel Cymraeg Clapham), est 1897 to serve the burgeoning Welsh population. 💌🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @letterappsoc.bsky.social
October 4, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Happy #PostboxSaturday from this Victorian wall box with bullnose brick surround built into the Grade II listed Church House in Lingfield. 💌 @letterappsoc.bsky.social
September 27, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Happy #PostboxSaturday from this ERII wall box on the front of Lingfield railway station, which adjoins Lingfield Park racecourse. 💌 @letterappsoc.bsky.social
September 20, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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Happy #PostboxSaturday, everyone! This is the postbox that started the hashtag, found on Peveril Downs, the place where the idea for The Handwritten Letter Appreciation Society was born. #Swanage ☺️📮☁️🎉
September 13, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Happy #PostboxSaturday from this George VI pillar box on the Mile End Road in Bow. It has a security panel on the righthand side to prevent it from being prised open with a crowbar, despite being steps away from The Thames Magistrates’ Court! 💌 ⚖️ @letterappsoc.bsky.social
September 13, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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“I’ve got letters and postcards a-plenty
I’ve got paper and notelets galore
You want cool postboxes? I’ve got twenty!
But who cares? No big deal, I want more!” OK, Little Mermaid, here’s a nice one in Puerto del Carmen too… Happy #PostboxSaturday, everyone! 😄📮🧜‍♀️🏝️❤️
August 30, 2025 at 6:34 AM