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a novel idea for the post office.(Column)

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From: The Daily Mail (London, England)
Date: 20020131
Author:Waterhouse, Keith

Byline: KEITH WATERHOUSE

HAT a harebrained idea it must have seemed at the time. Imagine the scene, back in the 1840s, at Mount Pleasant post office, where the young Anthony Trollope is perched at his desk.

'What's that you're doodling on your blotter, Trollope?' It looks like some form of cylinder with a slot in it.' 'That's exactly what it is, sir - made of cast iron and painted some bright colour. I call it a pillar box. I'm thinking what a good wheeze it would be to have one on every street corner in the land.' W

'Oh, yes? For robins to nest in, I suppose?' 'Not ...

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