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The People's Post: A Narrative History of the Post Office Episodes

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  1. The Post Office and the State

    3/3 In 1870, the telegraph system came under the control of the post office.

  2. Becoming the People's Post

    2/3 Dominic Sandbrook looks at the arrival of Universal Penny Postage in 1840.

  3. The Origins of the Post Office

    1/3 Dominic Sandbrook investigates how the post office has shaped British society.