This postbox is said to have once stood outside the gates to one of Cambridge’s colleges. As the college gates used to be locked shut each evening, the postbox was used by students to climb over the locked gate at night. This spiky top was added as a deterrent!
I don’t know which college it used to stand near; it has apparently been moved several times. It now stands on the corner of Priory Road and Riverside where it mostly deters pigeons from landing.
Tags: Cambridge, postbox, Priory Road, Riverside, spikes
