Sanquhar Post Office

Sanquhar Post Office community treasurer

I popped in to send some postcards home as an historic souvenir of this amazing place. Barry and his wife have already begun to think of things to encourage folk and tourists to visit. This is an esse...

Nothing much to see - but it’s what it represents.

I don’t know if the small Post Office in Sanquar was the world’s first, but it is certainly the oldest “continually operated” Post Office in the world, and just thinking of the countless people who ha...

Go in and get a wee souvenir, such history!

The world's oldest post office, in a small town in Scotland. Yes it's nothing too exciting but you have to respect the place. I went in and had a lovely little chat with the manager Nasra, told her wh...

The Worlds oldest Post Office

On the High Street this small unassuming building sits with the title of the oldest Post Office in the World . Opened in 1712 it has seen history pass its door over 3 centuries .There have been 17 pos...

Post Office, Not So Exciting

Reputedly the oldest post office in the world. TBH, there’s not much to see. I came more for the novelty than any real expectation of anything exciting.