The oldest post office in the world


	The oldest post office in the world

Patty2007

10-19-2007 12:14 PM

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dumfriesshire, scotland

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/72ba5134-8b64-4e66-88f2-3f1d0d764839/C6924DA4-F9D5-49DB-AE4E-5A512021A254/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://heritage.scotsman.com/places.cfm?id=2002662005" href="http://heritage.scotsman.com/places.cfm?id=2002662005" style="font-size: 11px;">heritage.scotsman.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://heritage.scotsman.com/places.cfm?id=2002662005"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/heritage.scotsman.com/img/1AF9EE3E-6E12-43E0-BB2A-CA75571BD610" alt="Post-it: The Sanquhar Post Office. Picture: With..." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://heritage.scotsman.com/places.cfm?id=2002662005"><H2>The oldest post office in the world</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://heritage.scotsman.com/places.cfm?id=2002662005"><P>THE TOWN of Sanquhar in Dumfriesshire is like many small towns dotted around Scotland. It is old - in this case dating back to the 8th century - and is long past its heyday. It has a wealth of history, including a striking castle ruin, and lies amid exquisite scenery. A quiet and unremarkable little place nowadays, its glory lies in the past.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://heritage.scotsman.com/places.cfm?id=2002662005"><P>Unremarkable, that is, unless you take the time to explore. Try looking beyond Sanquhar's pretty town centre with its shops, tearoom and cash machines to a building on the town's High Street. It can boast something truly remarkable. For if you send a postcard from Sanquhar Post Office you will have sent it from the oldest post office in the world.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://heritage.scotsman.com/places.cfm?id=2002662005"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/heritage.scotsman.com/img/88D7BB2A-B05B-46FA-908A-E2AF5B617160" alt="Sanquhar town sign" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://heritage.scotsman.com/places.cfm?id=2002662005"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">
Sanquhar knitwear is world famous and flourished during the 18th century when many stockings, gloves and individual patterned garments were sent to America before the War of Independence.
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