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126 High Street, Mar 2007 - Crown Post Office, 1914
25 High Street - site of Post Office 1857-1890
GPO Reward Notice for return of "bag of letters" lost at Hungerford, 23rd Oct 1818
The Postmen's Supper, 1913
14 High Street - site of Post Office 1890-1914
Crown Post Office, Jul 2014. Do you know what the little black missing brick is for? See the text for the solution!
The Royal Mail Post Bus at Denford Mill. This is one of the four Post Bus services started on1 Jul 1974, and carried mail and passengers to and from Kintbury.
The four Royal Mail Post Bus services started on1 Jul 1974, to carry mail and passengers to and from local villages.
Fred Macklin outside 89 High Street ?c1910. Attached to the picture frame is a postcard saying "F Macklin, Job & Post Master, High Street". (Kindly sent by Andrew Macey)
Hungerford, England, is a market town of about 5,900 people at the Berkshire / Wiltshire border. Find us
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