40 years of the postcode - and it all began in Norwich

[maureenho]

40 years of the postcode - and it all began in Norwich

Sam Russell Tuesday, April 8, 2014
9:33 AM

There are around 1.8 million postcodes in use across the United Kingdom.


Sorting work carried out in Norwich in the years after the experimental postcode system was introduced in 1959.

And the system – now part of everyday life, used in sat navs and lending its name to the postcode lottery – began in Norwich.

The allocation of postcodes to every town in Britain was completed in 1974, and to mark the 40th anniversary a blue plaque has been installed at Lloyds TSB in Gentlemans Walk.

This was the site of Norwich’s first post office, helping to pioneer the modern postcode.

More than half a century ago, the then Post Office had started a major mechanism programme.

http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/40_ ... _1_3532272

[wendy]

I remember it well, but it does not seem like 40 years ago.

[annie]

I didn't think it was so long & I had no idea it began there

[Rosalind]

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[JaneJ]

That was interesting thank you

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[pamella]

I was born in London and we always had London N9. and so on