Christmas Advent Scavenger Hunt 4th December

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I've only had the pleasure of seeing two of these special gold post boxes, but they bring back such positive memories of the amazing 2012 Olympics. This one is in Alton.

Arilx

Comments

  1. KC'sCourt!4 December 2017 at 07:48

    I have not seen an actual one, they are great.

    Julie xxxxx

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  2. kjsutcliffe4 December 2017 at 09:40

    we are lucky enough to have one in our local town, unfortunately the gold that was used looks a little more like mustard than olympian gold!

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  3. Barbara4 December 2017 at 16:05

    There is one in Sherborne (Dorset) but I've not seen any others. We used to live near Alton but moved down this way 18 years ago.

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  4. Debbie4 December 2017 at 17:21

    Fabulous post box photo...x

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  5. Aril4 December 2017 at 21:31

    Thank you for your lovely comments....a gold postbox just seems perfect for the season.
    Arilx

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  6. Kezzie6 December 2017 at 00:13

    Oooooooooooooooooh, I would love to see one in real life!

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