Gold post box to honour Lee
A VILLAGE post box is to be painted gold in honour of Paralympic gold medallist Lee Pearson.
Equestrian rider Lee Pearson CBE, from Cheddleton, won a gold, silver and bronze medal at the the London 2012 Paralympics.
The 38-year-old, who now lives in Bagnall, won a gold as part of Team GB last Thursday, a silver in the individual championship test grade 1B on Saturday, and a bronze in the individual freestyle test grade 1B on Monday.
Lee, who was born with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita, previously won three gold medals at each of the last three Paralympic games in Sydney in 2000, Athens in 2004 and Beijing in 2008.
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The Post Office has now confirmed a post box in School Road, Bagnall, will be painted gold in Lee's honour.
This will be the second gold post box for the Staffordshire Moorlands, as one in Derby Street, Leek, has already been painted after Olympic rower Anna Watkins won gold in the women's double skulls with Katherine Grainger.
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