Radio 4 - The People's Post

[the deliverer]

Radio Four have been running a series on The People's Post: A Narrative History of the Post Office. Worth listening to especially is The Postal Worker's Strike - its first in 1890 and listening to the grievences not much different than today.

5 December 2011
The People's Post: A Narrative History of the Post Office: 1. The Secret Room

6 December 2011
The People's Post: A Narrative History of the Post Office: 2. The London Penny Post

7 December 2011
The People's Post: A Narrative History of the Post Office: 3. A Culture of Letters

8 December 2011
The People's Post: A Narrative History of the Post Office: 4. The Mail Coach

9 December 2011
The People's Post: A Narrative History of the Post Office: 1. The Origins of the Post Office

The People's Post: A Narrative History of the Post Office: 5. Freepost

12 December 2011
Colin Bloomfield: The Royal Mail's busiest day
The People's Post: A Narrative History of the Post Office: 6. The Penny Black

15 December 2011
The People's Post: A Narrative History of the Post Office: 9. A Community Hub

16 December 2011
The People's Post: A Narrative History of the Post Office: 2. Becoming the People's Post

The People's Post: A Narrative History of the Post Office: 10. The Postal Worker's Strike

19 December 2011
The People's Post: A Narrative History of the Post Office: 11. The Telegraph

20 December 2011
The People's Post: A Narrative History of the Post Office: 12. The Post Office at War

21 December 2011
The People's Post: A Narrative History of the Post Office: 13. A Job in a Million

22 December 2011
The People's Post: A Narrative History of the Post Office: 14. The Post Code

23 December 2011
The People's Post: A Narrative History of the Post Office: 3. The Post Office and the State

The People's Post: A Narrative History of the Post Office: 15. The Last Post

[Lounge Lizard]

Yes, excellent, the sort of programmes that make paying the license fee worthwhile.