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Medstead, Post Office c.1955
Photo ref: M324012
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More about this scene

The village shop and post office are featured prominently in this picture. Like the pub and school, rural post offices are under constant threat of closure, and in recent times they have been closing at the rate of 400 a year. One third of Britain's country dwellers now have no access to a local shop.

Memories of Medstead, Post Office c1955

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Medstead, Post Office c.1955

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I remember the Great Dane in the picture. My Grandma had a Yorkshire/Manchester Terrier cross, and the two animals looked so incongruous when they met. My aunt Doris Greenslade lived in a tiny cottage owned by Walter Little Senior situated 100 yards to the left of the post office in the picture.