The UK’s mail system is one of the largest in the world and it used by millions of people every day. Despite this there is still plenty that people do not know about it – from how it began to how changed overtime and even to how it once sponsored children’s TV show. Here are 9 things you probably didn’t know about one of the UK’s finest institutions. 1. Military might At the outbreak of the First World War, the Post Office employed more than 250,000 people, making it the largest single employer in the world (it remains the largest in Europe today). Vast numbers of... [More]