A leap backwards for Royal Mail

[TrueBlueTerrier]

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I was somewhat surprised to see the Royal Mail currently operating a fleet of vans in Scotland with signs written in Welsh.


Following incidents in the 1950s that saw postboxes with the EIIR cypher being attacked by militant Scottish nationalists who objected to the term Queen Elizabeth II on the basis that Scotland had never had a Queen Elizabeth I, the then GPO undertook to use only ER in Scotland.

Yet these vans clearly display EIIR.

Perhaps times have changed and our nationalists no longer care about such things?

John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh

[Wessex]

I suppose he has answered his own question.

[not me]

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[Straight4ward]

Can you buy the Daily Mail in Scotland?
He certainly sounds like one of their readers.

[Lounge Lizard]

In a few years time post privatisation and twice weekly rural deliveries north of the border Mr Douglas will surely be questioning why he was ever concerned about whether the vans displayed Scottish, Welsh, English or whatever logos.

[maisymoo04]

might of been welsh posties workin in scotland

[DGP1]

Reminds me of Absolutely..............a character called McGlashan (I did try to find a vid-a-o but they have all been blocked by C4).

[fishtank]

Reminds me of Absolutely..............a character called McGlashan (I did try to find a vid-a-o but they have all been blocked by C4).

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[DGP1]

Reminds me of Absolutely..............a character called McGlashan (I did try to find a vid-a-o but they have all been blocked by C4).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5cUxawA ... re=related" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

That's the one FT

[maisymoo04]

hahaha

[rmdriver]

I have been overtaken by one of these "welsh" vans in Edinburgh. Does anyone know what the sketch is?

http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/inde ... witterfeed

I was somewhat surprised to see the Royal Mail currently operating a fleet of vans in Scotland with signs written in Welsh.


Following incidents in the 1950s that saw postboxes with the EIIR cypher being attacked by militant Scottish nationalists who objected to the term Queen Elizabeth II on the basis that Scotland had never had a Queen Elizabeth I, the then GPO undertook to use only ER in Scotland.

Yet these vans clearly display EIIR.

Perhaps times have changed and our nationalists no longer care about such things?

John Eoin Douglas
Edinburgh

[Tman]

Can you buy the Daily Mail in Scotland?
He certainly sounds like one of their readers.

He's worse. A Morning Star reader....

It's good that he's got his eye on the important matters, though.

[blackadder]

did the scots attack postboxes that had george v or vi ?? probley not. the scots want independence, good with me. send them all back and give them there bucket of oil. see how long b4 they relise that the grass aint so greener the other side of the wall

[fishtank]

see how long b4 they relise that the grass aint so greener the other side of the wall

It is...our grass is much greener than yours.

[blue1873]

did the scots attack postboxes that had george v or vi ?? probley not. the scots want independence, good with me. send them all back and give them there bucket of oil. see how long b4 they relise that the grass aint so greener the other side of the wall

I see Blackadder is still having trouble with HIS English
(probley just a typing error)