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Joanna Espin, Curator

Unstitching the Uniform:Unpicking the stories hidden within the British Postal

Museum & Archive’s uniform collection

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BPMA, Mail Packet off Eastbourne, Victor Tolubioff Howes, 2005-0102

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BPMA, 2010-0079

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Uniform coatNational Trust Inventory Number 1350640Snowshill Wade Costume Collection

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Uniform coatNational Trust Inventory Number 1350640Snowshill Wade Costume Collection

GPO Mail Coach Guard CoatBPMA, 2010-0079

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BPMA, flintlock pistol, E1346.

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BPMA, 2010-0384/05

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BPMA, 2010-0384

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"Them as 'ave seen coaches afore rails came into fashion 'ave seen something worth rememberin'!

Them was 'appy days for old England, afore reform and rails

turned everything upside down."

Recollections of a coachman, St Martin's-le-Grand Magazine

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BPMA, E3548

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BPMA, E14973

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www.postalheritage.org.uk BPMA, 2004-0180

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BPMA, Post 118/2052www.postalheritage.org.uk

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BPMA, River postman’s uniform 1861-1882 (2010-0476)

GPO Mail Coach Guard CoatBPMA, 2010-0079

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BPMA, 2012-0031

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The Post of River Postman in the Pool of London

1800 - 1806 William Simpson Former Waterman

1806 - 1810 William Simpson Son

1810 – 1832 Samuel Evans Simpson’s Assistant

1832 - 1845 Samuel Evans Son

1845 - 1856 Samuel Lowden Evans Son

1856 - 1885 George. T. Evans Brother

1885 - 1914 George Henry Evans Son

1914 - 1952 Herbert Lionel Evans Son

1952 Service is terminated

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www.postalheritage.org.uk BPMA, POST109/178

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BPMA, 2004-0173www.postalheritage.org.uk

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POST 118/1039

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www.postalheritage.org.uk BPMA, POST 61/116

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POST 61/116

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BPMA, POST 61/116

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BPMA, POST 122/10143

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BPMA, Post 61/212 BPMA, Post 61/209

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BPMA, 2011-0076, 1980s, Royal Mail maternity dressBPMA, Post 61/209, 1992

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