Editing Post box (section)

====The Troubles====
During 1939 a number of bombs were put in post boxes by the [[Irish Republican Army (1922–1969)|IRA]] as part of their [[S-Plan#Events June 1939 - December 1939|S-Plan]] campaign. When the [[Provisional IRA]] blew up the Arndale shopping centre in the [[1996 Manchester bombing]], one of the few things to survive unscathed was a Victorian pillar box dating from 1887 (a type A Jubilee pillar).

In [[Northern Ireland]] several red Royal Mail post boxes were painted green by [[Irish Republicans]] in early 2009, in order to resemble [[An Post]]'s post boxes in the [[Republic of Ireland]].<ref>{{cite web |first=Louise |last=Quinn |date=4 February 2009 |title=Green postbox row MLA told to say sorry |url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/green-postbox-row-mla-told-to-say-sorry-14169746.html |work=[[The Belfast Telegraph]] |access-date=20 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Anger over green postboxes |url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/anger-over-green-postboxes-15000124.html |work=[[The Belfast Telegraph]] |date=10 November 2010 |access-date=20 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Seeing red on green postboxes |url=http://www.derryjournal.com/news/local/seeing-red-on-green-postboxes-1-2129548# |work=[[Derry Journal]] |date=10 September 2008 |access-date=20 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503102338/http://www.derryjournal.com/news/local/seeing-red-on-green-postboxes-1-2129548 |archive-date=3 May 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>