Postbox toppers fit for a King popping up around Shropshire
Shropshire crafters have been back out in the county, readying postboxes to celebrate the coronation.
Postbox toppers have been spotted around Shropshire, as talented crafters celebrate the coronation in their own woolly way.
Two have been spotted in Ellesmere. One on the high street outside Severn Hospice displays King Charles III atop a knitted throne.
The other, next to the town's post office on Scotland Street, shows a purple crown above the monarch's official monogram.
A knitted topper has reappeared on Birchfield Way in Lawley, Telford, displaying the King and the Queen consort hand-in-hand.
The largest so far, on Station Road in The Humbers, Telford, is complete with a knitted orb and sceptre and an ornately designed robe.
The tradition of topping postboxes with knitted bonnets gained national momentum during the pandemic, where people got out their needles to celebrate frontline workers.
During the late Queen's Jubilee, yarn bombers were back out in force, decorating the nation's postboxes with celebratory works of art.
Following the Queen's death, knitters were paying sweet tribute to the late monarch with their woolly creations.
Most recently, several of the county's postboxes were adorned with eggs and chicks to celebrate Easter.
