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Caption Time - July 2004

The Travelling Post Office like a good laugh, so we thought it would be a good idea to follow in the tradition of Nene Steam and have an area on the website that was just for fun. An area where we could show some of the more humorous aspects of our operation. So, if you can think of any humorous comments about the following picture then please email me here and I will try to use the best ones.

Caption Picture

Picture by Pam Silver

Caption picture archive

From George Denscombe ...
Man in middle: "no no no no no no no yes we've finally got a whole GWR set." (With apologies to the Vicar of Dibley)
From Maurice Jones ...
The Wild Bunch: Are You Sure This Is The Right T P O ??
Well It Had All The Fittings When We Dispatched The  Pouches
From Brian White ...
To the lady in the picture, "Excuse me my dear, let me take you away from these evil men"
"A flock of trainee Arkwright's"
"A rose surrounded by many thorns"
"Why is that daft b*****r wearing a hat ?   Doesn't he know the coach has been overhauled and is now waterproof"
"TPO crew lining up for a rollicking after getting a dirty handprint on Paul's new paintwork !"
"The guilty parties confessing their sins after failing to touch their forelocks to 'The man in the bowler hat' "   This was a quaint Great Western custom brought back into the preservation scene.   Ordinary folk from western parts used to dance about the streets, wearing silly hats bedecked with flowers and beat each other with sticks.   Postal staff were not allowed to do this so their leaders just wore silly hats instead and all the others paid homage to him.   In the rest of the country TPO staff behaved quite normally !!!!
From John Summers ...
Who said there's no refreshment carriage?????????
From Ian Watson ...
TPO Restorationists demonstrate the original method of measuring the width of a carriage - just four blokes and a lass wide this one. Some allowance has to be made for modern day physiques though.
Brown Coats in a line, fal de ral di do,
There are Brown Coats in a line, fal de ral de ral do
Brown Coats in a line, fal de ral di do
They look like they've lost pouches over board.
(with apologies to Boney M)
Five people, but only four hands visible. What's going on?
Dust Jacket to Enid Blyton's last book: The Famous Five and the Mail Robbers!
From John Richards ...
Phil Collins, right, poses with his new band - l/r Roy Hudd, Victoria Wood, Jim "no,no,no" Trott from the Vicar of Dibley and TV John McIver from Hamish Macbeth
From Margaret Craggs ...
"Any size will do - No height discrimination here!"
From Matthew Simons ...
"The NVR's Most Wanted"