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Lewisham Post Office

Lewisham High Street branch post office was kept open all night on Tuesday for "Telegrams, telephones, Reservists and money orders." With numerous depositors making withdrawls, the post offices have been scenes of great activity.On Sunday when the order for the mobilisation of the Fleet Reserve was issued, the post offices were opened, notices were promptly served, and before midnight large numbers of men left to join their ships.

Lewisham Borough News 7 August 1914 ([/Lewisham Post Office

Lewisham High Street branch post office was kept open all night on Tuesday for "Telegrams, telephones, Reservists and money orders." With numerous depositors making withdrawls, the post offices have been scenes of great activity.On Sunday when the order for the mobilisation of the Fleet Reserve was issued, the post offices were opened, notices were promptly served, and before midnight large numbers of men left to join their ships.

Lewisham Borough News 7 August 1914 view original])

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