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Book Launch: Post Offices by Julian Stray


Published by Admin: 01/27/2010

A twitter by the BPMA has tipped us off about a forthcoming book being published in association with Shire Books. Simply titled Post Offices, the book will provide an historical overview of the development of British post offices, from the ‘letter receiving house’ to its modern incarnation on town high-streets.

The book promises to outline the range of services post offices have provided over time from postage stamps, pension payments, postal orders, airmail services, savings certificates, dog and TV licences etc. Highlighting the ‘heyday of the GPO’ during the 1930s, ’40s and ’50s, the author will recall childhood memories of post office counters selling stamps and sweets, the weekly pension queue, and the friendly local postmaster. The book will constitute a celebration of a very British institution, now threatened by modern-day forces.

Format: 210 x 149mm, 56pp.

Publication: planned for June 2010 by Shire Books

ISBN: 978 0 74780 785 8

Cover price: £5.99

Thanks to the BPMA on Twitter for the tip off!

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