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Three individuals stand outdoors in winter attire, with a marina and cityscape in the background near the London Museum in Docklands.

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Londoners split on whether £1.1million spent on new slave memorial is worth the money

22 January 2026

Two vintage photographs of coal women from St. Thomas, showcasing traditional attire and baskets on their heads, displayed in a museum.

Community • Features • History

A visit to the new Postal Museum exhibition

11 April 2025

EC1 Echo had a guided tour of the new exhibition at the Postal Museum, before it opened to the public on Saturday 5th April.

Black and white postcard which has 'COALING SHIP, ST. THOMAS, V. I.' printed on the front lefthand corner. Postcard depicts coaling men and women boarding a ship on the dock of St. Thomas, carrying baskets on their heads. The back of postcard is divded and is postally unused.

Events • History

New exhibition explores lives and legacies of enslaved Africans who powered 19th century postal ships

26 February 2025

The Postal Museum's new exhibition, Voices of Resistance: Slavery and Post in the Caribbean, exposes how 19th century British postal services profited from and...