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Got curious, turns out their WordPress theme adds a wild <link rel="shortcut icon" href="https://insidegovuk.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/themes/gds-blogs/favicon.

by dmarto 3y ago

Got curious, turns out their WordPress theme adds a wild <link rel="shortcut icon" href="https://insidegovuk.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/themes/gds-blogs/favicon.ico"> at (or near) the bottom, and that is the old favicon.

milliams 3y ago
Interesting, good spot. I might try to find a way to notify them, lest someone gets hanged for treason.
- gchq-7703 3y ago
  I'll pop them a message, assuming you haven't found their contact details already. :)
  - milliams 3y ago
    Nope, go for it.
- perihelions 3y ago
  For cached majesté
- sib 3y ago
  You laugh, but then I found this when following a link on the page to learn more about Royal Cyphers... There are simply thousands of Pillar Boxes across the United Kingdom and the best way to date them is to look at their cypher. This will identify the Monarch that was on the throne during their creation. When the monarch changes, new pillar boxes do not replace old but are added to those in use, and this is why Britain has such an array of boxes. You will find, however, that in Scotland pillar boxes do not have ‘EIIR’ on them. This is because some Scottish people did not accept Queen Elizabeth as the second monarch of her name, since Queen Elizabeth I was never ruler of Scotland. Earlier pillar boxes with the cypher were vandalised and even blown up, and because of this they instead depict the Scottish Crown.
  - soneil 3y ago
    Related trivia there is that you'll still find some postboxes with royal cypher - usually GR, ER, or VR (George, Edward & Victoria) across Ireland. But painted green.
    - walthamstow 3y ago
      Are they in use by An Post or just disused relics?
      - soneil 3y ago
        There's apparently some still in use - the oldest still in use is in Kent train station in Cork, which has a 160yo postbox. They're increasingly rare - which makes sense, given they have to be 100+ years old by definition. But they're out there.

by dmarto 3y ago

milliams 3y ago

Interesting, good spot. I might try to find a way to notify them, lest someone gets hanged for treason.

gchq-7703 3y ago
I'll pop them a message, assuming you haven't found their contact details already. :)
- milliams 3y ago
  Nope, go for it.
perihelions 3y ago
For cached majesté
sib 3y ago
You laugh, but then I found this when following a link on the page to learn more about Royal Cyphers... There are simply thousands of Pillar Boxes across the United Kingdom and the best way to date them is to look at their cypher. This will identify the Monarch that was on the throne during their creation. When the monarch changes, new pillar boxes do not replace old but are added to those in use, and this is why Britain has such an array of boxes. You will find, however, that in Scotland pillar boxes do not have ‘EIIR’ on them. This is because some Scottish people did not accept Queen Elizabeth as the second monarch of her name, since Queen Elizabeth I was never ruler of Scotland. Earlier pillar boxes with the cypher were vandalised and even blown up, and because of this they instead depict the Scottish Crown.
- soneil 3y ago
  Related trivia there is that you'll still find some postboxes with royal cypher - usually GR, ER, or VR (George, Edward & Victoria) across Ireland. But painted green.
  - walthamstow 3y ago
    Are they in use by An Post or just disused relics?
    - soneil 3y ago
      There's apparently some still in use - the oldest still in use is in Kent train station in Cork, which has a 160yo postbox. They're increasingly rare - which makes sense, given they have to be 100+ years old by definition. But they're out there.