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The Postal Museum: It scratches a childhood itch for secret, Narnia-like passageways

Evening Standard
Summary
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73% Informative

The Postal Museum in Clerkenwell tells the story of the post and how it has evolved.

The highlight is a 15-minute ride on an underground railway network which was used to transport letters across London , called the Mail Rail .

The Mail Rail opened in 1927 and operated for 76 years until its closure in 2003 .

The Travelling Post Office was a mail train which ran until the Nineties where post was sorted en route.

For kids, there's a game you can play inside a mocked-up carriage.

The carriage shakes and jolts as you sort letters into boxes labelled with corresponding regions.

VR Score

69

Informative language

64

Neutral language

45

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

35

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

long-living

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