Description
This is the Second Edition.
Over the past several years, I have been collecting postcards of old Norfolk post offices and hunting around to see if they still exist. But this was not on foot or by car; it was a virtual tour, done using Google Earth. Finding each post office was an interesting pastime, and I began to put a lot of this together on my website at thestampbook.co.uk, where you can see some post offices as they were then and as they are now.
Then one day I thought it might be nice to make a little book as a companion, with a bit more information about each one, and thus the first edition was born. This second edition adds yet more images and is in a larger A4 format. Some of the images have been upgraded with better examples I have acquired since the first edition.
Information comes from various sources, but a lot of it comes from reading through copies of Kelly's directories of Norfolk covering the early 1900s, so the town descriptions you read here are renditions of information from that time. I quote or paraphrase the introductory information as relayed in the directory. I think this gives a sense of what it was like back then in terms of travel arrangements and so on. It's certainly eye-opening to read about so many railway stations that have now been lost.
Details of who held the position of sub-postmaster or sub-postmistress in a certain year also come from Kelly's directories. If I have been able to find them, there then follow details taken from the various censuses, usually from 1901 or 1911.
The postcards I have selected mostly date from the early 1900s and, where possible, I have tried to enhance them for display – with no AI! Some were very age-worn, but they still give a good impression of the scene. There are over 200 individuals identified and over 180 images. I hope you enjoy this little trip.
"Details
Publisher - BookVAULT Publishing
Language - English
Perfect Bound
Contributors
Author
Roger Davie
Published Date - 2026-08-20
ISBN - 9781808970009
Dimensions - 29.7 x 21.0 x 1.4 cm
Page Count - 194
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