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

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

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