Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	Old Post Office, Kendal
	Old Post Office
	Beast Bank Post Office
	Beast Banks Post Office
Street:-	Greenside
Street:-	Beast Banks
locality:-	Kendal
civil parish:-	Kendal (formerly Westmorland)
county:-	Cumbria
locality type:-	buildings
locality type:-	post office (once)
coordinates:-	SD51139245
1Km square:-	SD5192
10Km square:-	SD59
	BRZ20.jpg (taken 19.1.2010)   BRZ21.jpg  House name:- "THE OLD POST OFFICE" and a horn, symbol of post services. (taken 19.1.2010)
	BRZ22.jpg  Plaque about the Postman Pat stories by John Cunliffe, which featured this post office. (taken 19.1.2010)   BRZ24.jpg  Street sign for:- "GREENSIDE" (taken 19.1.2010)
person:-	teacher; author  : Cunliffe, John
person:-	artist  : Berridge, Celia
person:-	: Postman Pat
date:-	1978
	The Postman Pat stories were conceived after teacher John Cunliffe called in at Beast Bank Post Office, Kendal, in the 1970s. John Cunliffe called in and chatted to the post master, Jim, at that time, for background ideas. The post office closed 19 June 2003.
	The Postman Pat stories first appeared on television, 1978. They were issued as books from 1981, the first being:-
	Many of the incidents in Greendale, of the Postman Pat stories are said to have been inspired by the valley of Longsleddale.
	Cunliffe, John &Berridge, Celia (illustrator): 1981: Postman Pat and the Mystery Thief: Andre Deutsch (London):: ISBN 0 233 97418 0

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