Dartmoor Postman

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

135

Date Released

29 Jul 1957

Date recorded

29 Jun 1957

Length of issue (in feet)

756

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Aerial Gymnast
2. 2Lurex
3. 3Prince and the Showgirls
4. 4Dartmoor Postman

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

Pathe synopsis: Dartmoor may sound a grim place to many people but not to John Bellamy of Postbridge, who is one of the world’s few remaining postmen to deliver mail on horseback. Astride his eight-year-old cob "Tinker", John visits the homes and farms on his ten-mile round once a day, six days a week, winter and summer, and despite the grim winters on the "Moor", 62-year-old John would not exchange his round for any other in the country.

Keywords

Postal services

Locations

Devon; England; Dartmoor

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

David De Keyser

Length of story (in feet)

243

Story extras:

Film clip

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