Telegraph Pole Appreciation Day 2026
posted in: Appreciation Day
Telegraph Pole Appreciation Day
posted in: Appreciating, Appreciation Day, History, Telegraph Poles, Things on poles, Vintage
21st September is the day to celebrate the glorious everyday mundanitude of these simple silent sentinels the world over. So why not get out there and really appreciate something tall, wooden, sticky-uppy with wires all coming out the top.
Meanwhile here is a photo that member #666 Dave Bennett took of pole revellers down at Pelehenge in Ceredigion a couple of years ago. With some cross pollination going on here it’s also mini golf appreciation day.
And because it’s such a special day here’s a very recent photo of the Fabled Lost Pole of Bala Leisure Centre.
Telegraph Pole Appreciation Day 2022
posted in: Appreciating, Appreciation Day, Country poles, Telegraph Poles
Blimey these don’t half come around quick. As I write, just two more sleeps until that wonderful day of appreciating those delightful tall wooden, sticky-uppy things that punctuate our landscape, disappear off into perspective infinity o’er hill and dale and which stand silent and sentinel over us all.
To help you celebrate this great day (coincidentally, miniature golf appreciation day also) we’ve decided to upload a gallery of some of our favourite poles of the last few years. Scroll, enjoy, appreciate.
Telegraph Pole Appreciation Day – Sept 21st
posted in: Appreciation Day, Country poles, Gorgeousness
Blimey, this soon comes around. You know what to do. Get out there and get appreciating…
Photo: (Poles on Mull, thanks John Cranston)
Telegraph Pole Appreciation Day 2020
posted in: Appreciating, Appreciation Day, Art, Telegraph Poles
Blimey, these September 21st’s don’t half come round quick. The nights are drawing in. Autumn equinox but one day away, and with the leaves just starting to thin out on the trees, this could be a time for melancholy. Except, that you can now see the telegraph poles that bit easier at this time of year, of course. So why not get out there and really appreciate something tall, wooden, sticky-uppy with wires all coming out the top.
As usual, TPAS staff, and invited telegraph dignitaries will make our way to Polehenge (Ceredigion) for our dawn to dusk vigil. Artist’s impression here of last year’s event by Benny, aka tub-thumping garden shed builder, friend of this society, member #0666 Dave Bennett.
And what about this to warm the cockles of a pole connoisseur’s heart this Appreciation Day – a drawing by Mid Wales artist Carolyn Blake, aka TPAS member #0960 www.carolynblake.co.uk. This piece depicts a S. Wales valleys scene and a particularly fine twin pole with transformer. I love this. She really “gets” telegraph poles and says she wears her [TPAS] badge with pride.
Appreciation Day 2019 :-)
Appreciation Day 2018
Blimey, that soon came around. This Friday (or last Friday if you're reading this next week) is (was) Telegraph Pole Appreciation Day, This is a day to look up from your iPhone 8 and your facebook feed showing what each of your 861 friends had for tea last night. Look up, look up, and gaze on the telegraphular magnificence of those lovely wooden, tall, sticky, uppy things that BT (formerly GPO) have kindly erected around the country for us to APPRECIATE.
And what finer way to celebrate this wonderful 1/365th [*1] of the year than to give our dear readers this one-off SPECIAL OFFER to get 50% of the price of either our book (Telegraph Pole Appreciation for Beginners) or full life membership of this most sage, august and revered society.
Simply go to our shop page and enter the code APPRECIATE at checkout. This offer expired on 30th September. Too late, sorry.
So, make my wife's day and help us clear a path to our pantry through this pile of books what we have here as well as finding your own path to telegraph pole enlightenment and wisdom.
What's that you say; you've already got this book. No problem, simply buy another and bring down the average price of the first one by about a third. Buy 2, save even more. Christmas is coming. It's a no brainer win-win. I think. If you bought one in the last week or so, get in touch. What's more, any books ordered on 21st September (exactly) will get a free TPAS pencil too. Gordon Bennett, cut my own bleeding throat why don't I?
*1 1/366th in years whose last two digits are evenly divisible by four, except for centenary years not divisible by 400