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New recruits to the Royal Navy write their first letter home to tell their people of their safe arrival at HMS Raleigh, the navys training barracks at Torpoint in Cornwall. 21st December 1942
It was just over six weeks ago that pop singer John Morgan first met22 year old Swedish student Yvonne Gustavson, with a casual meeting in one of Londons clubs
Some of the crew of HMS Minesweeper Commiles, adopted by the Daily Mirror reading their fan mail. Over 1000 letters were received by the crew within a month following adoption
Mechanisation, like this letter sorting machine introduced at Newport Head Post Office last year has eased the burden of high labour costs but there is a limit to what it can achieve. February 1971
Inspector Mr Dave Williams checks some of the letter n the new automatic sorting machine at Newport, Wales. June 1971
Shakin Stevens, real name Michael Barratt (born 4 March 1948 in Ely, Cardiff, in Wales) pictured at home with his many fan letters Shakin Stevens is a platinum-selling Welsh rock and roll singer
Farmer Harold Robert Mapstone with Mr Green and Jack Humphreys on hay wagon Glastonbury 1945
The old Royal Mail sorting office in Small Street, Bristol, before the move to a brand new building at Temple Meads in 1969. The mail is now sorted at Filton. Circa 1965
Queen Elizabeth II meets Piers Corbyn. The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh visit Imperial College of Science and Technology, to open the new College Block and Libraries Building
A postman on skis in the snow, Reading, Berkshire. January 1982
Pam Ayres replies to fan mail in her lounge at her home in a village in Oxfordshire. 12th May 1977
Postman Pat failed to deliver the goods when disappointed youngsters waited for him to launch their schools book week. But although the megastar mailmans costume got held up in the post
Ben the talking dog from Royston, sitting on a wooden chair as his mistress sorts through his fan mail. August 1946 12/8/46
It was just over six weeks ago that pop singer John Morgan first met 22 year old Swedish student Yvonne Gustavson, with a casual meeting in one of Londons clubs
A postcard sent home to his wife by a young British soldier of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) serving in France during the early days of the Second World War
Christmas airmail being loaded on to a British Flying Boat on its way to British forces in the Middle East during the Second World War. 16th December 1941
Piles of mail bags sorted by soldiers in Liverpool. 19th December 1943
HMS Devonshire coming alongside HMS Mauritius to pass the mail. Note the rocket bearing a line crossing the bows of the Devonshire. September 1943
South African forces trek to East Africa during Second World War. Troops seen here with letters from home. Circa November 1940
Clerks at work in an Army Post Office dealing with letters and parcels returned through incorrect addresses during the Second World War. 17th November 1939
Audrey Hall, aged 16, and Edna Laurence, aged 15, both from the L. C. CAudrey Hall, aged 16, and Edna Laurence, aged 15, both from the L.C.C. Technical Institute, at work in a sorting office of a local Post Office during the Second World War. 14th December 1943
800 yards from the enemy lines, British infantry are entrenched on the 5th Army main front in Italy. By day they live under fire from enemy mortar shells
British ATS women in the Middle East, getting letters from home. November 1942
British 8th Army had just crossed the River Arno into Florence. The Regimenta, Sergeant Major, who had apparently established his open air pantry
A post girl collecting letters in a London district. 1st February 1941
The tunnel beneath the road leading to the new head post office in Newport. It will carry a conveyor system for parcels and letters. 27th June 1969
The scene at Newport Sorting Office, showing rows of coding machines and their operators. June 1971
The new head Post Office at Mill Street, Newport, Wales. June 1969
Channel 4s Chief Executive, Jeremy Isaac, surrounded by messages of best wishes, champagne and flowers. 2nd November 1982
The first mail from home arrives for the men fighting in France. Regimental sergeant major Hind sorts it out. 11th June 1944
The sorting office at the General Post Office, Victoria Street, Liverpool. 5th November 1966
Christmas post panic at the Torquay sorting office in December 1985
Post Office sorting office at Broomhill Way, Torquay in 1984
Felixstowe, Suffolk. 19th July 1936
The Duke of Edinburgh meets Piers Corbyn. The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh visit Imperial College of Science and Technology, to open the new College Block and Libraries Building
Coventrys new head post office cost £2, 600, 000Coventrys new head post office cost £ 2, 600, 000, has nearly four acres of floor space and will employ 800 people. The building, in Bishop Street
Post office workers sorting the Christmas mail at Coventry Sorting Office. The final trip from the office to the van. 16th December 1991
Sorting mail at Bishop Street. 21st July 1984
Conservative MP for Smethwick, Peter Griffiths and his wife Jeannette. 9th November 1964
Charlton Athletic goalkeeper Sam Bartram with teammate Eddie Firmani (left). 18th July 1955
Run along to the post box! Santa - alias Peter Clifford - is warning Loftus Poultry Run hopefuls to get their entries for next year in early
Freda Kelly, 26, The Beatles Official Fan Club Secretary, pictured at her Liverpool office, 11th January 1971
Mrs Gloria Davies who works at Cardiff City Football Club, sorts out some of the huge mail which the club received in application for tickets for the second leg of the European Cup Winnerss Cup semi
The Christmas Mail rush is well under way. By the beginning of December the Post Office expects to be handling over 100 Million Letters, cards
Ringo Starr Fan-mail, September 1964. Letter to Ringo Starr from Mary L
Staff at the Official Beatles Fan Club in Monmouth Street, Soho, London wade through the thousands of letters that pour into the office daily, 10th April 1964. The girls are: Kathy Belcher (17)
Jim Fox (Left) Col. Gees general manager, and director Jimmy Jones getting to grips with your complaints. 12th June 1988
