Postal Services in the 60s

In 1963, there were 49 of these trains being used. So this is like a predominant amount of their mail services going this way. They went between Aberdeen and Scotland and London or Pennzance up. The second and third cars were always special. These were called HVP cars. That's high value packets. Normally there'd be about 300,000 pounds sterling in that carriage. In the 60s, that's a ton, right? Yeah. Well, I mean, don't forget, you K rations were in place until 1954. During the war, this whole black market economy comes up and actually is driving. And so that good, you know, that continues on during ration