All our pension forms have now been fully transcribed. Thanks to everyone who has contributed to our project, your help is very much appreciated. Our results page contains some preliminary findings and more can be found on our website and our data mapper.
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These records tell us how ill health affected the working lives of thousands of postal workers. There are some fascinating stories of individuals, and altogether the data we're gathering will help us understand health and wellbeing in new ways.
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Why did the UK's Post Office employees in the nineteenth century retire from work? Some reached retirement age but many had to end their careers early because of ill health. Be a part of this Wellcome-funded project to find out what Post Office workers' lives tell us about the history of health and wellbeing in the Victorian period. Transcribe the records of their career histories from images of documents held at the Postal Museum, London.