Post Office - Postal Service
Jul. 07, 1959 - Mr. Marples Goes To Norwich - Inspects Electronic Sorting Machines. The Postmaster General, Mr. Ernest Marples, visited Norwich to inspect the sorting office where eight electronic sorting machines (ELSIE) have been installed. He also announced that everyone in and around Norwich is to be given a postal code and asked to use it as the last line of their postal address. This will apply to residents, firms and business houses alike - in fact everyone whose present address includes the words Norwich, Norfolk'. He said the people of Norwich will be the first in the world to use postal codes in this way. The object is to open the way for the automatic sorting of letters. Keystone Photo Shows:- Mr. Ernest Marples operating one of the sorting machines, during his visit to Norwich
