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Corner of Albany Street and Broughton Street View of pillar box by 'McDowall Steven & Co Ltd, London and Falkirk'
SC 2573747
Description Corner of Albany Street and Broughton Street View of pillar box by 'McDowall Steven & Co Ltd, London and Falkirk'
Date 1970
Catalogue Number SC 2573747
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of ED 3504
Scope and Content Pillar-box at the corner of Albany Street and Broughton Street, Edinburgh Albany Street, a pleasant street built with rows of two-storeyed houses divided by a cross-lane, runs west into Abercromby Place. Feuing began in 1801, probably to William Sibbald's design, but the north-west part by Thomas Bonnar was built later in 1815. This pillar-box, which stands on the corner of the pavement, bears the crest and 'GR' monogram of King George V (1910-36). It was made by McDowall Steven and Company, London and Falkirk between 1932-6. The first free-standing pillar-boxes were introduced c.1850. They were cylindrical, painted green and had a narrow slot in the top for letters. From c.1870 boxes were painted 'pillar-box' red, and from 1887 bore the royal cipher and crest. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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