The Post Office in Pictures Exhibition
Sir Stephen Tallents was appointed as Public Relations Officer to the General Post Office (GPO) in 1933 and he began a major project promoting various postal services to the public. One of the initiatives was to establish The Post Office Magazine to provide a sense of community. As part of this challenge the GPO employed photographers to capture beautiful, interesting and often humorous images of Post Office locations and postal workers.
While the photographic documentation of the Post Office at work continues today, this exhibition highlights images from the British Postal Muuseum and Archive (BPMA) collection covering the period from the 1930s to the 1990s. Local artists from Artsite Ltd. also provide a contemporary twist with an art installation inspired by the archive images.
Entrance is free - although donations are welcome - and more information is available at the BPMA website.
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