THE latest crochet postbox topper to hit the streets of Rubery has made a lighthearted mockery of road works.
The crochet topper is located on a postbox at the corner of Beverley Road and New Road.
Adorned with orange traffic cones with frustrated and perplexed facial expressions, the crochet artwork appears to have been created by a knitting group, known on Facebook as Rubery Castoffs.
The group is made up of five local ladies who love to knit and crochet, and use their craft to ‘bring a smile to the faces of the lovely people of Rubery’.
The postbox topper also features a knitted road and a sign which reads ‘sorry for the delay’ and ‘work in progress’.
People took to Facebook to praise the work of the crocheter. One user wrote: “Love it! Well done and spot on given all the road works.”
Another wrote: “These postbox toppers are fabulous well done to all who firstly think of what next, and secondly actually making them. I love them.”
Royal Mail say they first began to see postbox toppers pop up around 2012, with designs usually paying tribute to prominent public figures, such as late Queen Elizabeth II on her Platinum Jubilee or to celebrate public holidays such as Easter or Christmas.
