Wadebridge Town Council has recently installed a white post box at Egloshayle Cemetery to provide a quiet and meaningful way for people to stay connected with loved ones they have lost and miss.
This special ‘Letters to Loved Ones’ post box is available to everyone visiting the cemetery to post letters and cards to their loved ones who are no longer with them.
Wadebridge Town Council completely understands the upset and anguish that the loss of a loved one may cause and that grief affects everyone differently. There is no right or wrong way to manage grief, it is a personal journey with no timeframe. We hope that this post box will provide some comfort to those who feel they would like to send messages to their loved ones knowing that every message will be treated with kindness and respect and will remain private.
No need for a stamp – your letters and cards do not need a stamp, simply seal them with love and post them into the box. The post box is owned and cared for by Wadebridge Town Council.
All of the messages will be treated confidentially and with complete respect. They will never be opened or shared. On the last Friday of each month the messages will be respectfully removed from the box and shredded. This material will then be composted and later used within the cemetery grounds by the Parks team while they are maintaining flower beds or replanting. This allows the messages to be returned to the cemetery and become part of the peaceful surroundings.
The history of white post boxes - the first white post box was the idea of nine-year old Matilda Handy from Nottingham. Matilda wanted a special place where she could send birthday and Christmas cards to her grandparents and with her mother’s help they came up with the idea for a ‘Letters to Heaven’ post box. This first post box was installed at Gedling Crematorium, near Nottingham, where Matilda’s mother is a Memorial Adviser, in late 2022 just before Christmas time.
Since that time, white post boxes have become a feature in many crematoriums and cemeteries across the country, providing comfort to those who wish to send a message to their missed loved ones.
You can read Matilda’s story and all about the first Letters to Heaven post box from the following link –
https://www.gedlingcrematorium.co.uk/letters-to-heaven.php#:~:text=Our%20first%20memorial%20post%20box,Leanne%2C%20is%20Memorial%20Advisor%20there
Should you wish to contact the town council regarding the post box then please contact Beverley Collins, 01208 817081 or
