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Be one of the first to contribute to our NEW BPMA Wiki!

After months of hard work we are now ready to launch our new Wiki - a completely interactive area of our website where you can create and edit content.

You can find the Wiki at www.postalheritage.org.uk/wiki

We're very excited about the Wiki, because as far as we know, very few museums or archives have used this kind of technology before.

At the moment the Wiki is just starting, and it desperately needs some content.

We'd be very grateful if you, our regular website users, could help us to get some really great material into it! It would be an opportunity for you to share your knowledge and research with others. It will also be a way of interacting with other like-minded people who have the same experiences and interests as you.

What will the Wiki be like?

We want the Wiki to be whatever our users want it to be (within a postal theme!). Eventually we hope to build up a regular community of Wiki users who contribute and interact with each other. We think the Wiki could be a fantastic resource but before we can convince a wider public to use it, it needs to have some content. We hope that you, our regular readers, will help us to fill the Wiki with content.

It is designed to be very easy to use. The Wiki Help page gives instructions on the site and we would be happy to advise you if you have any difficulties. You can contact us on 020 7239 2588 or wiki@postalheritage.org.uk.

We understand, however, that getting started can sometimes be a bit daunting so we’ve come up with six ideas to get people started:

Family History Research

Researching your postal ancestors? Want to share what you've discovered with a wider audience? Why not use the Wiki to tell others about your research?

Use the Wiki Family history research page to get started.

Postal History

Do you know a lot about a certain aspect of postal history? Have you uncovered a particularly interesting story in our archive? Why not tell us more about them on the Wiki?

Use the Wiki Postal history page to get started.

We hope you enjoy using our Wiki! We look forward to reading your content soon.

Working with our collections

Did you/do you work for the Post Office? Do you recognise some of the objects and documents in our Collections section? Why not tell us about what it was/is like to work with them?

Use the Wiki Working with our collections page to get started.

Working for the Post Office

Did you/do you work for the Post Office or Royal Mail? Tell us about your experiences on the Wiki.

What do you think has changed over the years? We'd be interested to hear what you think.

Use the Wiki Working for the Post Office to to get started.

Letter boxes

Do you have a digital image of a particularly interesting letter box? Why not upload your image to the Wiki and tell us more about it.

Is there a letter box near you that you would like to know more about? Maybe someone else out there can help you with your query. You could post a question on the Wiki.

Use the Wiki Letter boxes page to get started.

War Memorials in the Post Office

Have you noticed a War Memorial in your local Post Office? Please help us compile our database of Post Office War Memorials.

Use our Wiki War Memorials in the Post Office page to get started.

Why we created our Wiki

Without our own museum building, our website is our most important public face. It therefore needs to provide as much of a museum/archive experience as possible.

Museums and archives are centres of learning. Participation, debate and engagement are key to this learning process. They empower people and help them to use their resources for their own benefit and for the benefit of their communities. In creating the Wiki we wanted to give people the opportunity for this kind of participation online.