Exhibition looks at 200 years of the postal industry

[Geezer]

Exhibition looks at 200 years of the postal industry

http://www.lutontoday.co.uk/lut-news/WH ... 4902176.jp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Published Date: 22 January 2009
By Laura Kempsell

Discovery Centre hosts touring exhibition

A touring exhibition about the postal industry is coming to Luton's new Stockwood Discovery Centre on January 31. The display, called Moving The Mail by The British Postal Museum and Archive (BPMA), explores the story of road transport in the postal industry over the last 200 years.

Rare vehicles from the BPMA, as well as an original 1840s Royal Mail Coach from Luton's own Mossman collection, will be on show. Images from the Royal Mail archive will also be on display, giving an interesting insight into the men, women and machines that have been delivering UK mail.

The exhibition is free and runs until September 13.

BPMA curator Chris Taft will give a talk on the Underground Postal Service on Thursday, February 19, at 3pm. This talk will also be British Sign Language interpreted. Anyone is welcome.

For more information call 01582 546722 or visit http://www.lutonculture.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;