Talk: The Travelling Post Office

Thursday 3 April 2008

Alex Obradovic, a former head of the TPO network, looks back at the early days of the TPOs to explore some of the lesser known features and human themes behind the celebrated history of this fascinating part of the mail system.

The Post Office originally used the public railway service to transport mail coaches, until a horse box was converted to accommodate the sorting of mail in January 1838. By September the same year carriages were introduced with facilities for sorting mail on board and fitted with a special apparatus for delivering and collecting pouches of mail while moving at high speed.

The Travelling Post Office (TPO) service lasted for 166 years, until it came to an end in 2004.

Event details	Talk - The Travelling Post Office
Event type	Talk
Location	The Royal Mail Archive
Date	Thursday 3 April 2008
Time	7.00pm
Price	Free
Pre-booking required?	Booking required.  Please call 020 7239 2570 or email info@postalheritage.org.uk to book
Suitable for?	Anyone with an interest in postal or transport history.
Related events	Film Screening: Night Mail (1936) Family event: Night Mail Poetry Workshop

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