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The Royal Mail: Its Curiosities and Romance
·
James Wilson Hyde
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A
Lacroix.
A
Parsons.
A
Partridge.
A
Laforet.
An
Archer.
A
Peacock,
A
Deforge.
A
Fisher.
and
A
Defraine.
A
Hunter.
One
Berdmore.
A
Clark.
Letter-box,
St
Martin's-le-Grand.
So
much
has
it
become
the
custom
in
these
later
times
for
the
Post-office
to
afford
facilities
to
the
public
in
whatever
will
tend
to
increase
the
business
of
the
Department,
that
in
all
large
towns
pillar-boxes
or
branch
offices
are
dotted
about
everywhere
at
short
distances,
thus
altering
the
conditions
which
formerly
obtained,
when
the
chief
office
was
the
great
central
point
where
correspondence
had
to
be
deposited
for
despatch.
London
is
no
exception
to
this
general
plan
of
accommodation,
and
there
may
be
some
lingering
regrets
that
the
stirring
scenes
which
used
to
attend
the
closing
of
the
letter-box
at
St
Martin's-le-Grand
(when
the
great
hall
led
right
through
the
building)
no
longer
exist,
at
least
as
things
worthy
of
note.
Lewins,
who
wrote
the
History
of
the
Post-office
(Her
Majesty's
Mails),
thus
describes
what
nightly
took
place
at
the
closing
of
the
box
at
six
o'clock:--
Marker
Marker
Fine marker
White-out
Fine white-out
Circle
Paint
Unmarker
Hand
Scalpel
Dice
Sieve
Purify
Undo
Redo
Start over
