Southwell
Nottinghamshire, England

Started in around 1988 as a joint effort between Southwell Scouts and Southwell Boys Brigade offering a free card delivery service to the senior citizens and the registered disabled.

In 2008 the Southwell Boys Brigade was disbanded due to a lack of leaders and the Southwell Scouts continued alone.

Limited details available for this postal service.
Attempts to contact them have not yet succeeded.
Please send any information to johncrabbe(at)yahoo.com

Three rubber stamps have been reported as used in the early years (no specific dates available).

C1 - A John Bull printing outfit.

C2 - An animal rubber stamp.

C3 - A rubber stamp with a Christmas message.

In the early 2000's computer generated labels were applied to all items delivered.

1st version - "Merry Christmas from the Southwell Scouts and boys Brigade".

2nd version - in 2009 used 1st version with "and Boys Brigade" cut off the label as the Boys Brigade had been disbanded the year before.

3rd version - in 2012 new label, "Merry Christmas from the Southwell Scouts" rounded corners,

4th version - in 2016 a revised label was produced "Merry Christmas from Southwell Scout Group".

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This page last amended 3rd October 2023
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