
[Former] Post Office - Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, UK
N 53° 00.733 W 002° 13.515
30U E 551978 N 5873910
The former post office located on Ironmarket in Newcastle-under-Lyme, is now The Arnold Machin a Wetherspoons pub.
Waymark Code: WM170Q3
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/15/2022
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The former post office located on Ironmarket in Newcastle-under-Lyme, is now The Arnold Machin a Wetherspoons pub.
The building was designed by the architect? Edward Cropper in 1914'
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The words 'POST OFFICE' can be seen on the front of the building and two red postage stamp machines can be seen on the wall to the left of the entrance.
The former post office opened as a pub in 2002, and it bears the name of the Staffordshire-born sculptor Arnold Machin who designed the portrait of the queen which has appeared on postage stamps since 1967, along with the image of the queen’s head for the first decimal coins.
Arnold Machin was born at nearby Stoke-on-Trent, in 1911. He was chosen to design the new effigy of the Queen for the Royal Mint. He also designed the commemorative Crown coins for the Royal Wedding in 1972 and the Silver Jubilee in 1977.
Arnold Machin received the OBE in 1965, and later retired to Garmelow Manor, south of Newcastle-under-Lyme. He died in 1999."
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