Bishop Street Post Office Leicester 2013

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Bishop Street Post Office, which was opened in 1935, is built from coarse-grained De Lank granite from Cornwall. 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.

The four-storey 1930s building in Bishop Street has stood empty – costing the taxpayer £30,000 a year – since it was bought by Leicester City Council for £1.4 million in 2008.

there was talk it was to be converted into student flats, because leic's needs more of those :rolleyes:
visited with most of the Leics crew in our masks and hoodies emblazoned with our names on...

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aint that the truth...


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Superb work from a cracking location!
 
Fantastic photos as always dude!
Rob's got a good point, that'd make a great Wetherspoons!
Looks an awesome explore, cheers for sharing! :)
 
nice photos, such a waste. make into a great wetherspoons.
Ha ha, I get your thinking! Personally I think it would make a great er... post office :mrgreen:

It's still a large and impressive municiple type building. Good photo's, thanks for sharing..
 
Loving the colours in here! Great shots too. Might add this to my list of places to visit
 
This place really is superb..great photos there.
 

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