Post Office Vehicle Gathering

It was held at The British Postal Museum & Archive Museum Store in Debden, near Loughton, which holds preserved vans, trucks, pedal and motor cycles and all sorts of other memorabilia including postboxes. As well as the museum’s own vehicles many POVC members brought along theirs, the highlights being two recently restored mail vans, a Bedford HA mail a mini. There were also trade stands and presentations, and a good number of people enjoyed the show in warm sunshine.

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