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Mail Collection

Background imageMail Collection: Platform 8 at Paddington Station, 1905

Platform 8 at Paddington Station, 1905
Arrival of an Ocean Mail Special from Plymouth. Staff unload mail from carriages to horse drawn Royal Mail vans ready for delivery

Background imageMail Collection: Reading Station, September 1991

Reading Station, September 1991
This photograph shows lines of track approaching Reading Station in Berkshire in September 1991, with the Royal Mail office behind

Background imageMail Collection: Swindon Junction Station, Platform 3, 28th January 1970

Swindon Junction Station, Platform 3, 28th January 1970
A view of Platform 3 at Swindon Junction Station in Wiltshire, taken on 28th January 1970, showing bags of mail in cages ready to be transported at the far end of the platform

Background imageMail Collection: Swindon Junction, Platform 3, 28th January 1970

Swindon Junction, Platform 3, 28th January 1970
A view of Platform 3 at Swindon Junction Station in Wiltshire, taken on 28th January 1970, showing bags of mail in cages ready to be transported

Background imageMail Collection: Post Office Sorting Van, c1950s

Post Office Sorting Van, c1950s
Coach no 814. Diagram no L23

Background imageMail Collection: Post Office Sorting Van, c1932

Post Office Sorting Van, c1932
Coach no 849. Diagram no L19

Background imageMail Collection: Post Office Sorting Van, 1st July 1935

Post Office Sorting Van, 1st July 1935
Sorting the South Devon Mails in coach no 806. Diagram No L18

Background imageMail Collection: Post Office Sorting Van, 1929

Post Office Sorting Van, 1929
Coach no 806. Diagram number L18. Built 1929

Background imageMail Collection: Post Office Sorting Van, c1900

Post Office Sorting Van, c1900
Clerestory coach built in 1892 to diagram no L10

Background imageMail Collection: Interior of Post Office Sorting Van, 1937

Interior of Post Office Sorting Van, 1937
Coach number 831. Built to diagram L14

Background imageMail Collection: Mail sacks at Paddington Station, 1926

Mail sacks at Paddington Station, 1926
Mail sacks being loaded onto Royal Mail vans during the Christmas period of 1926. A policeman can be seen to the left of the picture as he cast a supervisory eye over the proceedings

Background imageMail Collection: Mail sacks on Platform 10 at Paddington Station, 1926

Mail sacks on Platform 10 at Paddington Station, 1926
Mail sacks being sorted on Platform 10 during the Christmas period of 1926. During the Christmas this would be a regular sight at Paddington station

Background imageMail Collection: GWR Sailor, 1922

GWR Sailor, 1922
This sailor worked on the Royal Mail trains

Background imageMail Collection: Post Office Sorting Van, c1950

Post Office Sorting Van, c1950
Coach no 807. Diagram no L18

Background imageMail Collection: Close up view of the mail exchange apperatus, 1925

Close up view of the mail exchange apperatus, 1925
Coach number 853. Diagram number L15


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