Monday 4 May 2015
Sunday 1 January 2012
Happy New Year
I am so sorry that I have let this blog lapse for so long. It is a New Year's resolution of mine to do a lot more with it this year, so watch this space.
Saturday 17 April 2010
British Post Office
For many years the British post office in Tangier was located in or near the Petit Socco. In July 1908 it moved from the location illustrated in my earlier post to one just down the road near the Mosque, in the building that was previously the Hotel International in the Rue de la Marine. It stayed there until July 1938 when it moved to a prominent location on the Boulevard Pasteur.
This is how the British post office looked 1908-38:
This is how the British post office looked 1908-38:
Sunday 1 March 2009
French & German Post Offices
This is one of my favourite views of the Petit Socco:
Note the French post office next door to the shop Au Grand Paris, and the little group of schoolgirls outside:
Note also the German post office next door to the Cafe des Postes and the horse waiting patiently outside:
Incidentally, the stamp and postmark on this card are from the Spanish post office.
Note the French post office next door to the shop Au Grand Paris, and the little group of schoolgirls outside:
Note also the German post office next door to the Cafe des Postes and the horse waiting patiently outside:
Incidentally, the stamp and postmark on this card are from the Spanish post office.
Early View
Sunday 22 February 2009
The British Post Office 2
Saturday 21 February 2009
The British Post Office
The photograph shows the British post office during the time it was located on the Petit Socco, from 1895 to 1908. It is adapted from Fig 2.3 on p. 31 of my book and also appears in Richard's book.
There are many old postcards of the Petit Socco, some of them showing the post offices, but on very few can you pick out the British post office. The unusual shape of the lettering on the British Post Office sign above the entrance sometimes enables one to pick it out.
Above the British post office was the Bristol Hotel.
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