2Z18 Restoration of Victorian Era Post Boxes

Tutor/Facilitator Michael Slocum

When
Date: on/from Tue 16 Jun 2026 to Tue 16 Jun 2026
Frequency: Single Event
Class time: 1:00-2:00

Delivered F2F

Where
Mary Kehoe Centre, Room 2

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A brief history of the process involved in the restoration of Victorian Era post boxes in Victoria.  It’s a task that Mick believes is best done in period costume: often a tartan three-piece suit and a straw boater hat.

And it all started on an impulse. “I was going through an anti-graffiti campaign,” Mr Slocum said at a pillar-box restoration in Albert Park.  “I bought some solvent and went and cleaned off the graffiti (from a pillar-box).

Then I stood back and … I thought goodness me, I think I’ll just keep going.”

TUTOR: 76-year-old former Bushwackers band member’s passion is travelling the state refurbishing colonial-era postboxes — known as pillar-boxes

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