Post Office Savings Bank
A coal carter opening an account with Her Majesty at the Post Office Savings Bank. In 1861 the Palmerston government set up the Post Office Savings Bank, a simple savings scheme which aimed to encourage ordinary wage earners to provide for themselves against adversity and ill health
Picture No
10282230
Media ID
47418349
Size
3920px x 3896px
(3.2MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Engraving in The Christian Herald, 1886
Date
1886
