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Photo of the week: 10 Mar 2002, no.6
Every Sunday one of
my photographs - past or present - and the story behind it
I'm not entirely sure of the 'story behind' this week's
subject. I'd love to know... This is the brass letterbox on my front door. This
week I had some graphics work to do, part of which required an image of a letterbox,
so I took this shot to use as reference.
In the past I've removed the letterbox when painting the door and I've cleaned
it. But I've never thought much about it. It wasn't until I saw this photograph
that I began to wonder.... Funny how a photo can somehow 'detach' you and make
you see something from a different perspective.
The centre of the word 'letters' is so worn... I wonder just how many mail deliveries
does it take to cause that amount of wear and tear? Over how many years? This
house was built in the 1920's. Has the letterbox been on the door since then?
Does the door itself date back to that time? Did the letterbox come from somewhere
else?
Perhaps I'll never know. It would help if, by some fluke, an old photograph, showing
the door was to turn up. It IS possible... There are lots of old shots of the
village around. I like a good mystery!
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