Cheltenham’s Wartime Hospitals
During the First and Second World Wars, Cheltenham in common with many towns converted buildings to VAD hospitals. VAD stands for Voluntary Aid Detachment, a civilian unit that provided nursing care for military personnel in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries. Cheltenham had eight VAD hospitals of which four are illustrated on the postcards below. […]
Cheltenham – the only town with 8 Grade-II listed post boxes!
Britain’s first post box was in St. Helier, Jersey – a recommendation of novelist and Post Office-employee, Anthony Trollope, in 1854. Cheltenham has eight Grade-II listed Victorian post boxes! These are cast-iron Penfold Post Boxes which were first used in 1866, Cheltonians still post letters in these. Read the BBC article on Cheltenham’s Penfold post […]
