Visitors to Great Ormond Street Hospital this Christmas are in for a woolly surprise.
The local postbox, on the corner with Queen Square, has been decorated with this festive tableau.
Elves, reindeer and gingerbread people cavort around a Christmas tree, all on top of a traditional postbox.
A note around the pillar (and a bit of sleuthing) reveals this to be the work of Sabine Oakley in the Random Acts of Crochet Kindness group on Facebook. She placed the topper on 10 November, and it's still looking bright and cheerful one month on.
Post box toppers are a reasonably common sight these days. We've clocked examples everywhere from Harrow to Havering, to Hadley Green to Hornchurch. They tend, however, to appear in residential, villagey places (and, evidently, places beginning with H) rather than central London.
This one's perfectly placed. It's metres away from London's best-known children's hospital. "To whom ever made this …. Thank you. You really cheered my little boy up while we were on our way to Great Ormond Street Hospital," says one happy parent on the Facebook group.
While we're on the subject, do consider making a donation to the GOSH charity Christmas appeal. Every pound helps the hospital continue its mission to help seriously ill children.
