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Post Office pillar box number BB1012 in front of Banbury Town Hall
The fluted design for the Birmingham and Southern District dates from 1856, the design being modified in 1857 to incorporate what was to become the conventional horizontal posting slot. This particular pillar is though to date from 1856 and was awarded Grade II listed building status on 14th February slot.
This particular pillar is dates from 1857 and was moved to its present location after restoration on 25th November 1974. It was awarded Grade II listed building status on 14th February 1986
Picture by B.Buchanan
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Drove out to the town of Arnprior a few weeks ago. This is the old post office, which, if I remember correcctly, is now a town museum.
Of all the towns in North Dakota, I think Goodrich is easily in my top three. Why? It’s for kind of a strange reason.
Twelve years (right down to the month, if I recall) before I took these photos, I was in Goodrich but it looked a lot different. It’s one of my few good memories of being at boarding school. I was a senior. It was the fall of 2006. A gorgeous fall day. We were going to do community service - just something we did at the school. And that day we were sent to Goodrich - the whole school. Back then, Goodrich had more buildings on main street. And some of us painted them and hauled off debris and mostly goofed around and observed the goings on of a tiny dying town.
I may be the only one that went there that day that was so impacted. It was just one of those perfect ND fall days and we got there firs thing in the morning. As I walked main street while my classmates were goofing off I crested the hill of the main street and saw a little lake sparkling off in front of me, dotting the prairie like a jewel. There was just something about it. Something about the old buildings. The few townspeople out and about. Some were eating gat a restaurant called the Harvester. It looked kind of new, actually (back then). I was captured by the magic of Goodrich and of the beautiful fall Nd day and my classmates swarming around me kind of faded. We had the run of the town - something that was so extremely rare that it may be the reason I remember the day so well. The school was so oppressive that I still can’t believe we were left to wander. But where could we go? The town was so quiet and dying. There wasn’t much trouble we could get into.
That day as always stuck in my mind and I knew I had to go back. And it had to be on a beautiful fall day. Finally, twelve years later, I came back. But it was largely too late. I captured the town the best I could - but the most memorable main street buildings were gone. Torn down completely. You can see them on google earth street view - they were amazing. A little grocery store and more. But I still have my memories. They’re bright and crisp and not bad. Which was unusual for that point in my life. It’s what I think of when I think of fall in ND. Goodrich. Quiet. And that shining jewel of a lake on the edge of town that you can see from the top of main street. There’s just something about it…
So join me. Join me for what’s left of Goodrich I’ve split it into two parts.
Time to walk main in 2018. It looks completely different than it did twelve years back. Back in an empty field there was a big set of buildings - one was a grocery store. They were abandoned I think even when I was there in 2006. I probably wanted to explore them even then. I’ve never changed in my love of abandoned places. But what I can remember is that the guys in my school especially were being used for routine labor and maintenance around this set of buildings and around main street. Again, not sure what or why though. Anyway - you can see these amazing buildings from google street view shots on my blog!
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Pike County. Photo by J Emerson, Jan. 2011.
Part of the Post Mark Collectors Club (PMCC) and auvet collections.
Knott County. Photo by J Gallagher, Oct. 2011.
Part of the Post Mark Collectors Club (PMCC) collection.
Middlesex County. Photo by E Kalish, May 2013.
Part of the Post Mark Collectors Club (PMCC) collection.
The dry air and strong sunlight of the desert are rough on wood. This fence corner is about to reach the end of its useful lifespan, but a mesquite seems to be volunteering to take over the task of supporting the fence.
San Juan County. Photo by J Gallagher, Mar. 1982.
Part of the Post Mark Collectors Club (PMCC) collection.
Former site. Comanche County. Photo by J Gallagher, Nov. 1995.
Part of the Post Mark Collectors Club (PMCC) collection.
Table and cabinets for autopsies on prisoners, conducted to assess effects of killing methods. Pathology building.
Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, Germany, June 06, 2009.
Just after sunset Thursday night, this great blue heron landed on the shore of Lake Lanier.
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