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Google News: The last post: The shameful betrayal of the Royal Mail
[Mail on Sunday] - In 1840, the great postal reformer Rowland Hill successfully argued for a radical new scheme under which people would pay a simple, flat fee before sending a letter, rather than the receiver paying on delivery, as had been the case until then.
Boy artist brushes with fame as works go on show
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[Yorkshire Post] - Edward has also been inspired to continue painting after meeting artists David Shepherd, Terrence Cuneo and Rowland Hill. He paints supervised by grandparents Leslie and Margaret, 63, at their house in Beverley, so he doesn't mess up the house he
Gerald Laing
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[Telegraph.co.uk] a frieze of bare-breasted women for an office building in George Street, Edinburgh; the bronze bas-relief twin dragons at Bank station in the City of London (1995); and the rugby line-out on Rowland Hill Gate at Twickenham (1996).
Guardian: Masters of the Post: The Authorized History of the Royal Mail by Duncan ...
[The Guardian] - Most of the credit belongs to Rowland Hill, but even before he remade the institution in the 1840s, Britain's dedication to the speedy delivery of letters drew admiration at home and abroad. Purpose-built mail coaches pulled by relays of horses (four
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