Remember when we used to send letters? | Nostalgia

By Deborah Croker
Published 6th Apr 2021, 16:24 BST
Updated 6th Apr 2021, 16:28 BST
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.
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.

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