The Royal Mail: Its Curiosities and Romance

The following is a list of the Travelling Post-offices in the United Kingdom, most of which travel by night, distributing their freight of intellectual produce through all parts of the country:-- North-Western and Caledonian. Birmingham and Stafford. London and Holyhead. Bangor and Crewe, and Normanton and Stalybridge. London and Exeter. Bristol and Exeter. York and Newcastle. St Pancras and Derby. Midland. Bristol and Newton Abbot. South-Western. South-Eastern. Great Northern. London and Bristol. London and Crewe. ----------------- Dublin and Belfast. Belfast and Northern Counties. Ulster. Midland (Ireland). Great Southern and Western. Dublin to Cork. There are, besides, a great many other Travelling Post-offices of minor importance throughout the country, designated Sorting Tenders.