The British Postal Museum and Archive Podcast show

The British Postal Museum and Archive Podcast

Summary: British postal services helped to shape the modern world. The British Postal Museum & Archive (BPMA) works to make this human story of communication, industry, and innovation accessible to everyone. We care for the visual, written and physical records of over 400 years of postal development. Our podcast presents recordings of talks in which specialists and experts explore aspects of philately, stamp collecting and the British postal service.

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  • Artist: The British Postal Museum & Archive
  • Copyright: Copyright The Postal Heritage Trust & Royal Mail Group Ltd

Podcasts:

 Oliver Carter-Wakefield | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Oliver Carter-Wakefield explores disease and occupational illness amongst Post Office staff during the latter half of the 19th Century

 Chris West | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Chris West explores British history as illustrated by some of our most expressive, quirky, beautiful and baffling stamps.

 Anna Flood | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

BPMA Archivist Anna Flood discusses the earliest Christmas cards, the cards that followed, and the reasons for sending them.

 David Hay | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

David Hay, Head of Heritage at BT Group Plc, explores the radical change in Post Office telephone marketing strategy in the 1930s

 Martin Devereux | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

The history of the General Post Office Photograph Unit/Public Relations Department and the collection of photos now in the Royal Mail Archive.

 David Rooney | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

An intriguing collection which includes teabags dropped over Holland during wartime and the first airmail stamp

 Julian Stray | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

In the centenary year of the sinking of RMS Titanic Julian Stray tell the stories of a handful of mail ships which paid the ultimate price.

 Michael Sefi | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

The Keeper of the Royal Philatelic Collection, Michael Sefi, introduces and discusses aspects of one of the world's greatest collections of stamps. (Mr Sefi appears by permission Buckingham Palace)

 Julian Stray | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

The long and often strained association between the Post Office and the rail companies.

 Guy Atkins | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Exploring the design innovation in messages written on Edwardian postcards.

 Vyki Sparkes | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Revealing the real stories of postal workers and buildings that were affected by the Blitz.

 John Tingey | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

The eccentric habits of W Reginald Bray who enjoyed testing the Post Office Regulations to their limits.

 John Tingey | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

The eccentric habits of W Reginald Bray who enjoyed testing the Post Office Regulations to their limits.

 Professor Brian Goodey | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Professor Brian Goodey reviews the buildings chosen for British stamp issues (and non-issues), and discusses the picture of British architecture that they generate.

 Matthew Glencross | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

An examination of the life of Britain's first contemporary monarch, George V.

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