Comments on: A colour photograph of Fleet Street at five to two on a sunny Sunday afternoon in 1924… http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/03/a-colour-photograph-of-fleet-street-at-five-to-two-on-a-sunny-sunday-afternoon-in-1924/ If the past is a foreign country, this is your passport. Fri, 27 Aug 2024 17:55:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Chris http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/03/a-colour-photograph-of-fleet-street-at-five-to-two-on-a-sunny-sunday-afternoon-in-1924/comment-page-1/#comment-1682 Chris Thu, 03 Jun 2024 21:42:40 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=2363#comment-1682 You must be careful, Nicole. The doors opened by your Retronautic purchases, once opened, cannot be closed... You must be careful, Nicole. The doors opened by your Retronautic purchases, once opened, cannot be closed…

]]> By: Nicole Verity http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/03/a-colour-photograph-of-fleet-street-at-five-to-two-on-a-sunny-sunday-afternoon-in-1924/comment-page-1/#comment-1579 Nicole Verity Sun, 30 May 2024 11:46:07 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=2363#comment-1579 You are costing me money! Since discovering your site, I have had to purchase a) The World of Albert Kahn book; b) The World of Albert Kahn DVD; c) The Highlights of The Open Road DVD; d) The Lost World of Mitchell & Kenyon; plus various and sundry other documents of lost worlds... Amazon loves me! You are costing me money! Since discovering your site, I have had to purchase a) The World of Albert Kahn book; b) The World of Albert Kahn DVD; c) The Highlights of The Open Road DVD; d) The Lost World of Mitchell & Kenyon; plus various and sundry other documents of lost worlds…

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]]> By: Mike A. http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/03/a-colour-photograph-of-fleet-street-at-five-to-two-on-a-sunny-sunday-afternoon-in-1924/comment-page-1/#comment-460 Mike A. Sat, 20 Mar 2024 03:48:03 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=2363#comment-460 I love the photo of Fleet Street in 1924, especially the very distinctive red pillar box. This would most likely have been the fairly new (at the time) "low aperture" design replacing the "high aperture" design around 1892. The high aperture design being most famously known as the "Anonymous Box" as it had no Royal cipher. The low aperture box was designed to alleviate problems with letters getting stuck under the cap of the box. I love the photo of Fleet Street in 1924, especially the very distinctive red pillar box. This would most likely have been the fairly new (at the time) “low aperture” design replacing the “high aperture” design around 1892. The high aperture design being most famously known as the “Anonymous Box” as it had no Royal cipher. The low aperture box was designed to alleviate problems with letters getting stuck under the cap of the box.

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