Vectis postal service
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Vectis postal service
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The Vectis postal service was a postal service set up during the national postal strike of the United Kingdom in 1971. This was amongst a number of local delivery services which flourished during the strike. The service was set up by a group of Ryde business men, led by R. W. Cawdell, C.C., who acted as head postmaster for the service. It covered an area encompassing the whole of the Isle of Wight. At peak the service handled over 1500 items of mail daily. The national postal strike ended on 8 M
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vectis_postal_service
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2022-11-26T20:42:33Z
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