A filmmaker's new documentary on postbox toppers features interviews and stories from the Isle of Wight - including the founder of the Isle of Wight Postal Museum and Women's Institute members.
Xaymaca Awoyungbo, from Walthamstow in north east London, has released his new documentary, The Great British Yarn.
He was inspired to explore the significance of postbox toppers after seeing them on his road and searched to work out where they came from.
He told the County Press: "I found out who the person was on my road. Then, through conversations I heard about Arthur Reeder on the Isle of Wight.
"Within the postbox community, his name kept getting mentioned."
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He filmed with Arthur, curator of the Isle of Wight Postal Museum on Fairlee Road in Newport, which boasts a world-famous collection of post boxes - the biggest in the UK.
Arthur said he loved postbox toppers and some of the greatest he had seen nationwide had been on the Island.
Xaymaca said: "I really enjoyed the visit. I've never been in the room with that many postboxes. He knows so much about each one."
Xaymaca also spoke to Pauline Rippon and Debbie Hall from Gurnard Bay Women's Institute about when the toppers get stolen.
The documentary features both the Island and Walthamstow, and looks at how the yarn-based activity can contribute to togetherness.
Xaymaca is screening the documentary in London, but you can watch it via Youtube on Stow Stories from 7pm tonight (Monday, May 25).
He said: "I think it's definitely about community. What I want people to take away from the documentary is that individually, you can do small acts that other people wouldn't think about.
"That's the message I want to get across. I feel like post box toppers brings communities together."
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