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      • 07 August 2019

      Powering Mail Rail

      What is this strange blue thing? Archivist Matt Tantony investigates the tech that kept Mail Rail moving.

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      • 24 October 2018

      Ghost Trains

      Are there ghosts in Mail Rail? Archivist Helen discovered an article in the 1928 Post Office magazine that talks 'Underground Wizardry'.

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      • 06 November 2017

      Mail Rail Graffiti Art

      Have you spotted our latest billboard graffiti art? We were spray-painting a Mail Rail scene at a secret location in London.

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      • 16 May 2017

      A First-Class Christmas

      Christmas in May? It might sound way too early but our Events Team is already out and about to promote our Mail Rail space.

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      • 10 April 2017

      10 Facts About Mail Rail

      If you're keen to learn more about Mail Rail read on! In this blog we will reveal some interesting facts about Mail Rail that you might not have known.

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    • Stamp cancelling machine, 1948

      POST 118/1872
    • Ships Div’n, Mount Pleasant, 1945

      POST 118/1546
    • Travelling Post Office, 1881

      POST 118/792
    • Tibs the Great, 1954

      M3/0W
    • Telegram messengers, 1934

      POST 118/70
    • Post Office Home Guard, 1941

      POST 56/83
    • Opening of Mount Pleasant, 1934

      POST 118/170
    • Telegram messenger, 1934

      POST 118/69
    • Fish Wharf Post Office, 1936

      POST 118/589
    • Van at crossroads, 1934

      POST 118/1094
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