The General Post Office One minute to Six 1860 PoD Theatre & Fashion Her coat is finished off

Her coat is finished off with gold piping and buttons

This photograph shows Port of London Authority policemen testing life-jackets by jumping into the water at the West India Docks

they have dropped their map of London

which encouraged the growth of a cheap daily press

ISBN: 978-1445640495

The General Post Office One minute to Six 1860 PoD Theatre & Fashion Her coat is finished offThe General Post Office, One minute to Six. Oil on canvas. The chaotic rush to catch the last post at the General Post Office in St Martin's le Grand became such an event in Victorian London that people came to watch. With the introduction of the Penny Post in 1840 and the removal of the stamp tax on newspapers, which encouraged the growth of a cheap daily press, many more letters and newspapers were sent by post. This scene came to symbolise the ever