Report - Bishop Street Post Office, Leicester - June 2013

[Goldie87]

Bishop Street Post Office opened in 1935, it is built from coarse-grained De Lank granite from Cornwall and Heather brick. It replaced a victorian Post Office which was nearby. In 1954 this was the first provincial post office in Britain to be equipped with a machine that informed parcel senders the postage to any part of world. It closed in November 2007, with its remaining services being replaced by some counters in the basement of W.H.Smiths! It was bought by the city council for use as a customer service centre, however the plans fell through and the building remains disused.

First visited this about 18 months ago, and been back a few times since.

 

[Yorrick]

Really like this mate That ceiling is fabulous.

 

[Fudge]

Lovely.

 

[mattdonut]

Good stuff mate I'll tag mine on here when I get five mins

 

[host]

What a beautiful place, really nice report.

 

[Els]

Yea this is really bob on.

 

[elhomer12]

Wow, this looks awesome. I wonder how many other places like this there are in Leicester that I don't even know exist

 

[Will Knot]

Nice clean crisp shots there mate, great report and pics thanks for postin'

 

[Session9]

Really nice, good work fella

 

[Lost Explorer]

Very nice!

 

[Boomstick84]

Awesome report, really like this!

 

[catbalou]

really liking this... what a lovely building.

 

[Olly Stabler]

Very nice building, I think Soulsby has got big ideas for this one so I'm gonna check it out soon before it gets locked down.