Remember when we used to send letters? | Nostalgia

There’s a generation growing up which will never have known the network of large and small post offices which once glued our communities together.

From the smallest village to the big city general post offices, they were everywhere.

Does anyone recognise this street in Portsmouth where a Royal Mail van has ended up on its side? Picture: Colin Hull collection.placeholder image
Does anyone recognise this street in Portsmouth where a Royal Mail van has ended up on its side? Picture: Colin Hull collection.

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