Boat-borne mail delivery at Wisbech in Cambridgeshire, Poole in Dorset and Badluarach in Inverness. Photos used with permission of the British Postal Museum & Archive
These charming photos were found by intheboatshed reader and epoxy ply boat building guru Chris Perkins, who is now well known for his award-winning builds of Iain Oughtred-designed boats and for his involvement (as a boatbuilder) in Scottish Coastal Rowing.
They come from a Flickr set put up by the British Postal Museum & Archive.
Chris tells me he found them on a day when the wind and rain put him off making the journey to the little green boat building shed in his garden. Thanks Chris!