These kind of trousers were known as ‘Camerons’ after Jean Cameron, the 19 year old who had first suggested postwomen should be allowed to wear trousers rather than skirts. By June 1941, more than 500 pairs of trousers had been issued. They are made of dark blue serge with red piping trimming the seam of the outside leg. They fasten on the left hip with three navy blue plastic buttons. 14,000 pairs were being worn by November 1943.
1900s Mobile post office and tractor (trailer: 1937, tractor: 1954)
1900s Festival of Britain (1951)
1800s Queen Victoria 2d blue (1840)
1800s Growth of Valentine’s Day
1900s Poster artwork, ‘Post Office Tube Railway’, by Edward Bawden (c.1935)
1900s Modern Special Stamp Programme born with Churchill Commemoration (1965)