Grass Roots Magazine

DIY Letter Barrel

ailboxes come in many sizes. Most of them are totally inadequate for the sort of mail we have these days. Letter sending has seriously diminished and parcels from online shopping now make up a huge volume of our mail delivery. So where does our trusty postie put our valued parcels, large letters, circulars and subscription magazines if the slot on our all-weather postbox is hardly bigger than 20cm x 3cm wide? Good question and if you talk to posties, you’ll find it is a source of perpetual frustration. These days too, posties can’t always come right to your door to deliver your precious

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