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Now Royal Mail to stop deliveries by railway after more than 200 years
1516: King Henry VIII establishes first postal service in Britain 1830: Royal Mail starts using the railway to move post 1838: Introduction of the first Travelling Post Offices, also known as ...
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End of the line for mail train
Notice has already been given to end five mail train services by the end July between Swansea and London, Warrington and London, Norwich and London and Doncaster and London. Royal Mail forecast it ...
First pictures released of Royal Mail’s new £1.65 UK stamps including Loch Ness Monster
Royal Mail has revealed a set of stamps featuring mythical creatures and figures from UK folklore. Cornish piskies, the Loch ...
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Great Train Robbers’ Monopoly board
This is an important Monopoly board because it is all part of history. In 1963, a Royal Mail train was held up in Buckinghamshire and £2.5 million was stolen. The train robbers went to a ...
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Royal Mail to slash letter deliveries in second class post shake-up
Royal Mail has warned up to 1,000 jobs could be axed ... benefits and council tax coming in April 2024 Northern is hiring hundreds of new train drivers and conductors with salaries from £23k ...