----- Original Message ----- From: "Helen Dafter" <hdafter@YAHOO.CO.UK> To: <ARCHIVES-NRA@JISCMAIL.AC.UK> Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 2:12 PM Subject: The Royal Mail Archive Stocktaking Closure The Royal Mail Archive Search Room will be closed for stocktaking and its annual Christmas closure from 12 December 2005-2 January 2006. We will continue to deal with letters, telephone and email enquiries during this time, although there may be some disruption to service. Our last day of opening this year will be Saturday 10 December 2005. We will reopen at 10.00am on Tuesday 3 January 2006. Please can you make any users planning on visiting us aware of this closure. Regards Helen Dafter User Services Archivist - The British Postal Museum & Archive Freeling House, Phoenix Place, LONDON WC1X 0DL T 020 7239 2570 F 020 7239 2576 E helen.dafter@postalheritage.org.uk British postal communications helped to shape the modern world. The British Postal Museum & Archive illuminates the lives of people in the Post Office, the messages carried by Royal Mail, the history we all share. Our history through the post. Visit our website www.postalheritage.org.uk The British Postal Museum & Archive is managed by the Postal Heritage Trust. Registered as a charity in England and Wales, No. 1102360, Company No. 4896056