An 83-year-old man who worked as a cleaner for the Post Office for more than 30 years has been found to have died as a result of exposure to asbestos. Joseph Chumnery, who was born in the West Indies in 1940 before moving to the UK aged 19 or 20, …
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London is famous for its subsurface locomotives. The Underground network is, of course, known all over the world. But there is another network of tracks beneath the capital that are relatively unknown. On them runs a tiny train with a fascinating history. The Mail Rail is a small railway network …
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25 August 2023, 11:44 Brand new Paddington stamps have been revealed. Picture: Royal Mail Everyone’s favourite bear is going to have their own stamps. Paddington Bear is set to appear on 10 special stamps released by Royal Mail to mark the bear’s 65th anniversary. Paddington made his first appearance in …
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The Post Office Railway or the ‘Mail Rail’, was an automatic electric railway designed to streamline Royal Mail deliveries in London by bypassing the city’s congested streets. Early in the 20th Century, Royal Mail officials explored ways to make deliveries faster, and they found inspiration in Chicago’s underground freight train …
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