The Postal Museum
Spent a few hours here before lunch with my brother. The best bit was the 1936 film Night Mail with John Grierson narrating W H Auden's poem, that he wrote specifically for the film.
You can listen to the poem and watch a clip from the film here
The museum has some interesting exhibits. In extras is a 5 wheel bicycle designed specially for the Royal Mail but never popular outside Horsham where it was invented in 1882 by Edward Burstow. You also get to ride on a mail train beneath London
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