Instructions for use
Select an object to view from the list below. To rotate either click on the rotate icon located in the bottom right hand corner of the image or click and drag within the object window.
Experimental notebook, 1896 - 1897
Early telephone directory
Post Office Telephones advertising material, 1930s
Phonecards, 1990s
National Telephone Company Midland province, staff dinner programme
Liverpool scrapbook
Model vans
Photograph albums, 1911 and 1932
London telephone directories
Bell's Telephone, edited by Kate Field
Victorian marketing
Shareholder register
This is a selection of models of vehicles used by the General Post Office. The GPO's motor transport division was started in 1906 and went on to become the largest vehicle fleet in the country. As transport became increasingly essential for engineers, the fleet expanded and vehicles became much more tailored to the job. The distinctive green livery lasted until the 1970s, when it was replaced by a bright yellow.