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| Picture No | 10282230 |
| Date | 1886 |
| Description | Post Office Savings Bank |
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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.
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| Source | Engraving in The Christian Herald, 1886 |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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