A brief history of the British Postal service

A brief history of the British Postal service by Simon Sharville

St Leonard’s. May 2012

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Welcome to economy custard, where the cheap and everyday is everything. Updated sparodically when I can be bothered.

One Response to A brief history of the British Postal service

  1. Tuiruru says:

    “The Americans have need of the telephone, but we do not. We have plenty of messenger boys”.
    Sir William Preece, chief engineer of the British Post Office, 1876

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