Some fun questions about the postal service over your Saturday morning coffee ... and to get you in the mood to see 84 Charing Cross Road at The Little Theatre at 2.30pm this afternoon, or 8pm tonight!
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TRIVIA QUESTIONS
Q1 What was a Bellman’s job?
Q2 What colour was the first trial post box?
Q3 Why do postboxes have a sort of lid shape in their design?
Q4 Where was the first postbox situated?
Q5 Why did the colours of postboxes change several times?
Q6 Was there ever a blue postbox?
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THE ANSWERS
1.
What
was The Bellman’s job?
Before
postboxes, The Bellman walked around the streets collecting letters from the
public
2.
What
colour was the first trial post box?
Green
3.
Why
do postboxes have a sort of lid shape in their design?
To
keep the rain off!
4.
Where
was the first postbox situated?
The
Channel Islands – as an experiment, four were installed in Jersey.
5.
Why
did the colours change several times?
The
four trial postboxes on Jersey were green but subsequent ones were red. The
four trial postboxes on Jersey were green but subsequent ones were red. In 1859
the colour for all post boxes was standardised as green, to be were
unobtrusive. Complaints were received by
people having difficulty finding them and a return to red was specified in
1874. It took 10 years to complete the programme of re-painting.
6.
Was
there ever a blue postbox?
Yes – specifically for airmail but only between 1930 – 1939
