Post Offices (Shire Library) - Softcover

Stray, Julian

 
9780747807858: Post Offices (Shire Library)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 074780785X ISBN 13: 9780747807858
Verlag: Shire Publications, 2010

Inhaltsangabe

The local post office has a special place in the social history of Britain. This book provides an historical overview of the development of this public institution - from 'letter receiving house' to familiar high-street presence. It outlines the range of services post offices have provided over time - from stamps, pensions and postal orders, to airmail, savings certificates, dog and TV licences. Highlighting the 'heyday of the GPO' during the 1930s, 40s and 50s, the author recalls childhood memories of post office counters selling stamps and sweets, the weekly pension queue, and the friendly local postmaster. It constitutes a celebration of a very British institution now threatened by modern-day forces.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Julian Stray is Assistant Curator at The British Postal Museum & Archive (BPMA). The BPMA is the leading resource for all aspects of British postal history. It is custodian of The Royal Mail Archive and the museum collection of the former National Postal Museum. Records in the Royal Mail Archive are designated as being of outstanding national importance.

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Verlag
Shire Publications
Erscheinungsdatum
2010
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
074780785X
ISBN 13 
9780747807858
Einband
Tapa blanda
Anzahl der Seiten
56
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